+1 Quarterly releases -- Mike Stolz Principal Engineer - Gemfire Product Manager Mobile: 631-835-4771
On Oct 8, 2018 6:52 PM, "Sai Boorlagadda" <sai.boorlaga...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 for time-based minors (if patches are reserved for security fixes) > > On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 2:55 PM Anthony Baker <aba...@pivotal.io> wrote: > > > We reserve the patch version number for when we want to issue a fix for a > > security vulnerability or address a critical bug. We did that with 1.1.1 > > and 1.2.1. > > > > I think the release schedule and SemVer are separate topics. AFAICT this > > proposal is just about putting a more deterministic schedule around what > we > > are already doing / have been doing. Given that releases have > significant > > overhead, I think it makes sense to plan ahead. If you want to know more > > about that ask Naba, the last release manager :-) > > > > > > Anthony > > > > > > > On Oct 8, 2018, at 2:42 PM, Udo Kohlmeyer <u...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > > -0 > > > > > > It seems we have completely disregarded the *patch* version number. > Does > > this mean Geode versions will be *major*,*minor*? Can we then remove the > > *patch* version on the release version? > > > > > > In addition to this, should the test coverage not be sufficient enough > > to allow "release when green"? I must agree with @Jacob, I would prefer > > something a lot less formalized. If the community has contributed a > > significant fix, should that not warrant an ad-hoc patch release? Or what > > if the community has added functionality, that could "fill" a single > minor > > release by itself, should that not warrant a pre-emptive release. > > > > > > All these questions are not enough to warrant this effort to be > blocked, > > but I prefer those use cases to be considered for a more comprehensive > > documentation effort, than what is currently on the wiki. > > > > > > In addition to that, is a release with only bug fixes in it, really > > still a worthy of minor release number, or does it not count as a patch > > release? > > > > > > --Udo > > > > > > > > > On 10/8/18 14:27, Jacob Barrett wrote: > > >> +0 > > >> > > >> My preference is to release when there is something worth releasing > > rather > > >> than arbitrary points in time but I don't hold that preference > strongly > > >> enough to spike this effort. > > >> > > >> On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 2:24 PM Alexander Murmann <amurm...@pivotal.io > > > > >> wrote: > > >> > > >>> Hi everyone, > > >>> > > >>> As discussed in "Predictable minor release cadence", I'd like us to > > find > > >>> agreement on releasing a new minor version every three months. There > > are > > >>> more details in the other thread and I should have captured > everything > > >>> relevant on the wiki: > > >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/GEODE/Release+Schedule > > >>> > > >>> There are also some discussions about patch releases. Let's please > > focus > > >>> this vote on the proposed minor release schedule and carry on other > > >>> discussions in the [DISCUSS] thread. > > >>> > > >>> Thank you all! > > >>> > > > > > > > >
