+1. 4.2 carries some important changes for the long run, giving it more time would help a smooth release in the final
Kelven On 6/3/13 10:55 AM, "Edison Su" <edison...@citrix.com> wrote: >+1[binding] on pushing back feature freeze date. > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Chip Childers [mailto:chip.child...@sungard.com] >> Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 8:00 AM >> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org >> Subject: [VOTE] Pushback 4.2.0 Feature Freeze >> >> Following our discussion on the proposal to push back the feature freeze >> date for 4.2.0 [1], we have not yet achieved a clear consensus. Well... >> we have already defined the "project rules" for figuring out what to do. >> In out project by-laws [2], we have defined a "release plan" decision as >> follows: >> >> > 3.4.2. Release Plan >> > >> > Defines the timetable and work items for a release. The plan also >> > nominates a Release Manager. >> > >> > A lazy majority of active committers is required for approval. >> > >> > Any active committer or PMC member may call a vote. The vote must >> > occur on a project development mailing list. >> >> And our lazy majority is defined as: >> >> > 3.2.2. Lazy Majority - A lazy majority vote requires 3 binding +1 >> > votes and more binding +1 votes than binding -1 votes. >> >> Our current plan is the starting point, so this VOTE is a vote to >>change the >> current plan. We require a 72 hour window for this vote, so IMO we are >>in an >> odd position where the feature freeze date is at least extended until >> Tuesday of next week. >> >> Our current plan of record for 4.2.0 is at [3]. >> >> [1] http://markmail.org/message/vi3nsd2yo763kzua >> [2] http://s.apache.org/csbylaws >> [3] >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Cloudstack+4.2+ >> Release >> >> ---------------------------------------------------------------- >> >> I'd like to call a VOTE on the following: >> >> Proposal: Extend the feature freeze date for our 4.2.0 feature release >>from >> today (2013-05-31) to 2013-06-28. All other dates following the feature >> freeze date in the plan would be pushed out 4 weeks as well. >> >> Please respond with one of the following: >> >> +1 : change the plan as listed above >> +/-0 : no strong opinion, but leaning + or - >> -1 : do not change the plan >> >> This vote will remain open until Tuesday morning US eastern time. >> >> -chip
