Agree with Andrea, keep groupId of 2.6.3 unchanged for compatibility while having all incompatible changes related with Apache graduation on 2.7.0+ or 3.x.x.
Release progress: two extra PRs[1][2] have been merged to 2.6.3 release candidates. I will start the vote process later. 1. https://github.com/apache/incubator-dubbo/pull/2126 2. https://github.com/apache/incubator-dubbo/pull/2119 Best regards, Jun > On 25 Jul 2018, at 22:09, Andrea Del Bene <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi > > On Wed, Jul 25, 2018 at 2:09 PM, Huxing Zhang <[email protected] > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I think we need to decide whether we should change the groupID in the >> release or not. >> >> My main concern is: >> >> 1. if we do not change the group id to org.apache.org, we can not >> publish the artifact to apache repository. >> 2. if we do not change the group id, I don't know if it is allowed >> when graduation. >> >> There is another option, which is do it next time. But it depends on 2. >> >> > > Good point! Personally I think 2.6.3 should be released without changing > groupID. This is a maintenance release so it's expected to work by simply > updating version number. I wouldn't introduce major changes such as a > different groupID. Version 2.7.0 should be the candidate version for > graduation as it already satisfy the requirements to be a first-level > Apache project. > Finally after 2.7.0 is released I suggest to adopt semantic versioning ( > https://semver.org/ <https://semver.org/>) and put major changes on a 3.x.x > branch (or on master). > > Regards. > >> >> On Tue, Jul 24, 2018 at 11:02 AM, jun liu <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello Community, >>> >>> I think we are ready for the next maintenance release 2.6.3 now. In this >> release, we plan to solve the issues and requirements reported by the >> community recently: >>> >>> * Delivery of attachments from provider to consumer. >>> * Generic invoke and attachments for http&hessian protocol. >>> * Introduce new bootstrap module >>> * Performance tuning >>> * Bugfixes >>> >>> Check the link below for more detailed release candidates: >>> https://github.com/apache/incubator-dubbo/blob/2.6.3-release/CHANGES.md >>> >>> I’d like to be the PM of this release, I suggest we start this release >> cycle as soon as possible. If you are ok to that, let's start the official >> release vote in community later today. >>> >>> We kindly ask for your suggestions on the release candidates, and you >> can also help verify all the commits on the release branch: >>> https://github.com/apache/incubator-dubbo/tree/2.6.3-release >>> >>> Best regards, >>> Jun >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Best Regards！ >> Huxing >> > > > > -- > Andrea Del Bene. > Apache Wicket committer.
