Hi, On Fri, Dec 28, 2018 at 10:45 AM Huxing Zhang <[email protected]> wrote: > > Nice work! > > I think we should let the community to participate more in the release > process, for example, > 1. check out a release branch called 2.7.0-release > 2. encourage people to check it out, test it and report if there is > any regressions, bugs or issues. > 3. while we are doing the test, we can start going through the ASF > release process locally, once we think it is ready to start a formal > release note, it can be done very quickly. > > By the way, we need decide the release manager of 2.7.0 release. Is > there anyone who volunteer to do that?
I'd like to be the release manager if no one is claiming it. > > On Thu, Dec 27, 2018 at 11:53 PM jun liu <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Hi, All > > > > I am writing this mail to > > > > * Keep you refreshed of the latest status about v2.7.0. > > * Call for efforts on code review and tests > > * Discuss possible release schedules of v2.7.0. > > > > About v2.7, it’s going to be a milestone version, in which will make some > > significant changes. Most importantly, we will complete all IP Clearance > > related works. Technically speaking, it’s from this version on that a Dubbo > > release starts fully follows the Apache rules (lawfully), totally > > independent from any other third-party organizations or companies. > > Secondly, this version will include many new features that have received > > wide attention from the community, by supporting these features, we can > > better resolve the community’s long accumulated demands. Last but not > > least, we have made some architectural changes in this version, made Dubbo > > closer to the micro-service architecture, take the newly introduced > > configuration center as an example, it can work both as the center of > > Externalized Configuration at startup and as the center of service > > management configurations at runtime. > > > > To summarize, the contents already included in the CodeBase are: > > > > * Config Center: Zookeeper, Apollo, Nacos > > * Externalized Configuration > > * Service governance enhancement: dynamic configuration & routing rule > > * Repackage to 'org.apache.dubbo' > > * Java 8 support > > * Async programming support > > > > Most of the candidates listed above are in the proposal list that we have > > discussed in some threads before. For a more detailed description of these > > features or how they are realized, you can refer to the draft development > > documentations within this link[1] > > > > Thanks to the efforts from the community (especially thank to Ian, CVictory > > and Minxuan), most of the development work has been completed and a round > > of code review and regression test based on some basic use cases have been > > completed[2]. > > Now I think it's time to prepare the formal release. One most important > > thing I think we should pay attention to is stability. We should guarantee > > it's stable enough before release, so we may need to put more effort into > > code review and functional testing. Based on my understanding of the > > CodeBase, such tests may at least continue to last for about 1 week, during > > this period we may need to `freeze the code`, which means only optimization > > and bugfix will be allowed. After that, we can continue to evaluate when to > > start the formal vote process. > > > > 1. https://github.com/apache/incubator-dubbo/issues/2919 > > 2. > > https://github.com/apache/incubator-dubbo-samples/tree/samples-for-2.7.0-SNAPSHOT > > > > Jun > > > > > -- > Best Regards！ > Huxing -- Best Regards！ Huxing
