All, I had intended to complete updates the release schedule [1] early last week, but a variety of community and $dayjob activities distracted me. I apologize for the delay.
I have updated the dates to reflect the recent schedule slips. Also, per our recent discussions, I have changed the LTS process to be a long-running release branch rather a separate branch. Maintenance releases for LTS branches are now scheduled to occur monthly for the first 14 months of an LTS branch’s support period. Please let me know if there is any additional feedback, -John [1]: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/%5BPROPOSAL%5D+2016-2017+Release+Cycle+and+Calendar > john.burw...@shapeblue.com www.shapeblue.com 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London VA WC2N 4HSUK @shapeblue On Sep 19, 2016, at 1:18 AM, John Burwell <john.burw...@shapeblue.com> wrote: > > 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 > > > john.burw...@shapeblue.com > www.shapeblue.com > 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London VA WC2N 4HSUK > @shapeblue > > >
