All,
The 4.8.2.0 and 4.9.1.0 releases have taken more time than expected to
finalize. Per our original schedule [1], 4.9.2.0 and 4.10.0.0 were scheduled
to freeze yesterday (18 September 2016). I propose the following schedule and
end-of-life (EOL) changes:
* 4.8.2.0 is still open, but 4.8 EOL is scheduled for 19 September 2016. I
propose freezing the 4.8 branch this Sunday, 25 Sept 2016, and extending the
EOL to 31 October 2016. This extension will provide 4.8 users with a slightly
longer support period to compensate the schedule delays. With one week to test
and one week for RC voting, the 4.10.0.0 release date would be pushed out to 10
October 2016.
* Since we are still working to close out 4.9.1.0, I am proposing that we
combine 4.9.1.0 and 4.9.2.0 into the 4.9.1.0 release, and extend the freeze
date to 25 Sept 2016 in order to close out open issues. With one week to test
and one week for RC voting, the 4.10.0.0 release date would be pushed out to 10
October 2016.
* Extend the 4.10.0.0 freeze date by one (1) week to this Sunday, 25 Sept
2016. With one week to test and one week for RC voting, the 4.10.0.0 release
date would be pushed out to 10 October 2016.
Assuming these changes are acceptable, i will update the release schedule [1]
to reflect the new dates and cascade the changes out to future releases by COB
Monday (19 Sept 2016).
I have captured a list of open PRs and JIRA tickets to target for 4.8.2.0,
4.9.1.0, and 4.10.0.0 in a Google Sheet [2]. Please review and let me know if
any additional items should be added. Of note, we have two potential blockers
for all three (3) releases — CLOUDSTACK-9489 [3] and CLOUDSTACK-9497 [4].
Finally, except for blockers, these are best effort targets. If they are not
closed out by 25 Sept 2016, the release branches will be frozen and any open
PRs will be deferred to the next release cycle.
Thanks,
-John
[1]:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/%5BPROPOSAL%5D+2016-2017+Release+Cycle+and+Calendar<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/[PROPOSAL]+2016-2017+Release+Cycle+and+Calendar>
[2]:
https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1N9Mrg-RQZRch3x2BoRutGQKija_TnQC5tnaNOWy0IuY/edit?usp=sharing
[3]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-9489
[4]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/CLOUDSTACK-9497
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