Hi All, At our current release cadence we would reach 2.0.0 until Feb. 2015. I’d like to propose that we release 2.0.0 in mid-Sept. for a number of reasons.
1. A big boost in interest for jclouds at JavaOne I’ll be giving an “Introduction to Apache jclouds” session at JavaOne on Sept. 30. I think we could get a big boost in interest for jclouds if I announce that we’ve gone to 2.0.0 and Java 7. Especially if we follow this up with an ASF press release shortly before or after. 2. Using Java 7 Now that we’ve committed to using Java 7 it would be good to release it too. It would also be nice if we release the Java 7 version of jclouds to our users more than a month before the Java 7 EOL in Apr. 2015. ;) 3. Makes development a bit easier When back porting changes to 2.0.x branch we wouldn’t have to worry about accidentally back porting something that is Java 7 specific like we do with 1.8.x. If people still need 1.8.1 then we can still release 1.8.1 alongside 2.0.0. It terms of dates we could do the following. Code freeze: Sept. 19 Release begins: Sept. 22 Let me know what you think. Thanks, Everett
