Hey Everybody, Just a friendly reminder that today is the official two month reminder [1] prior to feature freeze on Wednesday, July 18th, 2018. For those who are not aware, we try to "feature freeze" the master branch in order to test and stabilize the code base prior to release of a new major version of Asterisk - in this case, Asterisk 16.
Let's take a moment to discuss what 'feature freeze' even means if we are still adding new features to Asterisk 15. On July 18th, the Asterisk team will create the Asterisk 16 branch, along with a branch specifically for the first release of Asterisk 16, 16.0.0. As new features are developed, they can be proposed both for Asterisk 15 as well as for the Asterisk 16 mainline branch, subject to the 'you must have tests for release branches' policy [2]. Meanwhile, the Asterisk 16.0.0 branch will remain frozen, and the first beta/release candidates will be cut from it. When Asterisk 16.1.0 is released, it will contain any minor new features or improvements that were made in the meantime and were merged into the Asterisk 16 mainline branch. Essentially, this gives the 16.0.0 the equivalent of an extended release testing period prior to final release. [1] https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Asterisk+Versions [2] https://wiki.asterisk.org/wiki/display/AST/Software+Configuration+Management+Policies#SoftwareConfigurationManagementPolicies-NewFeatures -- Matthew Fredrickson Digium, Inc. | Engineering Manager 445 Jan Davis Drive NW - Huntsville, AL 35806 - USA -- _____________________________________________________________________ -- Bandwidth and Colocation Provided by http://www.api-digital.com -- asterisk-dev mailing list To UNSUBSCRIBE or update options visit: http://lists.digium.com/mailman/listinfo/asterisk-dev
