+1. Also a bit skeptical on monthly minor releases. But can give it a try. On Tue, Sep 8, 2020 at 5:55 PM Mehrotra, Udit <[email protected]> wrote:
> +1 on the process. > > On 9/8/20, 5:11 PM, "Vinoth Chandar" <[email protected]> wrote: > > CAUTION: This email originated from outside of the organization. Do > not click links or open attachments unless you can confirm the sender and > know the content is safe. > > > > >, bit skeptical on minor version releases every month, but nvm. guess > its > just a rough estimate. > > That's an aspirational goal that we should try to hit. We have all > worked > on teams/projects that shipped at that cadence regularly. > It's a matter of getting our test infrastructure and processes > streamlined > IMO :) > > On Fri, Sep 4, 2020 at 8:29 AM Nishith <[email protected]> wrote: > > > +1 on the process > > > > Sent from my iPhone > > > > > On Sep 3, 2020, at 8:14 AM, Sivabalan <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > +1 on the general release policy. Realistically speaking, bit > skeptical > > on > > > minor version releases every month, but nvm. guess its just a rough > > > estimate. > > > > > >> On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 8:41 PM Balaji Varadarajan > > >> <[email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >> > > >> +1 on the process. > > >> Balaji.V On Tuesday, September 1, 2020, 04:56:55 PM PDT, Gary > Li < > > >> [email protected]> wrote: > > >> > > >> +1 > > >> Gary LiFrom: Bhavani Sudha <[email protected]> > > >> Sent: Wednesday, September 2, 2020 3:11:06 AM > > >> To: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > >> Cc: [email protected] <[email protected]> > > >> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Formalizing the release process +1 on the > release > > >> process formalization. > > >> > > >>> On Tue, Sep 1, 2020 at 10:21 AM Vinoth Chandar < > [email protected]> > > wrote: > > >>> > > >>> Hi all, > > >>> > > >>> Love to start a discussion around how we can formalize the > release > > >>> process, timelines more so that we can ensure timely and quality > > >> releases. > > >>> > > >>> Below is an outline of an idea that was discussed in the last > community > > >>> sync (also in the weekly sync notes). > > >>> > > >>> - We will do a "feature driven" major version release, every 3 > months > > or > > >>> so. i.e going from version x.y to x.y+1. The idea here is this > ships > > once > > >>> all the committed features are code complete, tested and > verified. > > >>> - We keep doing patches, bug fixes and usability improvements to > the > > >>> project always. So, we will also do a "time driven" minor version > > release > > >>> x.y.z → x.y.z+1 every month or so > > >>> - We will always be releasing from master and thus major release > > features > > >>> need to be guarded by flags, on minor versions. > > >>> - We will try to avoid patch releases. i.e cherry-picking a few > commits > > >>> onto an earlier release version. (during 0.5.3 we actually found > the > > >>> cherry-picking of master onto 0.5.2 pretty tricky and even > > error-prone). > > >>> Some cases, we may have to just make patch releases. But only > > extenuating > > >>> circumstances. Over time, with better tooling and a larger > community, > > we > > >>> might be able to do this. > > >>> > > >>> As for the major release planning process. > > >>> > > >>> - PMC/Committers can come up with an initial list sourced > based on > > >>> user asks, support issue > > >>> - List is shared with the community, for feedback. community > can > > >>> suggest new items, re-prioritizations > > >>> - Contributors are welcome to commit more features/asks, (with > due > > >>> process) > > >>> > > >>> I would love to hear +1s, -1s and also any new, completely > different > > >> ideas > > >>> as well. Let's use this thread to align ourselves. > > >>> > > >>> Once we align ourselves, there are some release certification > tools > > that > > >>> need to be built out. Hopefully, we can do this together. :) > > >>> > > >>> > > >>> Thanks > > >>> Vinoth > > >>> > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Regards, > > > -Sivabalan > > > >
