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Lazy Consensus

On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 5:15 AM Victor Corral <[email protected]> wrote:

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> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 2:22 AM Neil C Smith <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Hi,
>>
>> OK, as requested I'm starting a lazy consensus thread] following the
>> discussion thread on draft release schedule -
>>
>>
>> https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/ea5189b51477cfca2b18e9c122872d36ab3ef6d9babf27c4aa649c3d@%3Cdev.netbeans.apache.org%3E
>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Release+Schedule
>>
>> This is to get consensus on the following broad points and specifics
>> that affect how / when we release NB 11.1, and how we present it to
>> users.  Other aspects of the release plan are definitely still up for
>> discussion and modifications as necessary.  If you have any objections
>> or things to clarify, please respond here by Tues May 28th.
>>
>> General
>>
>> * Four releases a year - mid-January, mid-April, mid-July, mid October.
>> * One release a year (April), starting with NB 11.0, is an LTS that
>> will be kept available until following April.
>> * Only LTS has a full NetCAT process, and an emphasis on stability
>> over features.
>> * Each release has a feature freeze date one month in advance, two
>> months in the case of LTS to fit in NetCAT.
>> * All commits to master are intended for the release - only required
>> PRs should be merged between feature-freeze and release dates.  Master
>> should always be releasable.
>> * Major number is increased with LTS - so NB 12.0 will be in April 2020.
>> * Critical and security updates may be pushed via UC to last and LTS
>> release - otherwise releases are not expected to get new features.
>>
>> NB 11.1 -> 11.2 specifics
>>
>> * NB 11.1 release date will be ~15th July.
>> * NB 11.1 feature freeze date will be 15th June.  Features for NB 11.1
>> should be merged by that date.
>> * NB 11.1 beta(s) will be made available for testing as soon as
>> possible after feature freeze date.
>> * NB 11.2 merge window will open after 15th July release, with
>> currently intended feature freeze ~15th Sept and release ~15th Oct
>> * NB 11.0 will remain available alongside NB 11.1, 11.2 or 11.3 until
>> NB 12.0 is released in April 2020.
>>
>> Open questions
>>
>> * Jan raised important point of whether freezing master hinders
>> development, and whether we need a "next" branch.  I would suggest we
>> start with freezing master and review after NB 11.1 release, but
>> during release process if it becomes a real problem.  Personally I
>> think it would be worth considering feature branches for this that can
>> be merged and closed.  If we do have a long-lived "next" branch and
>> end up cherry-picking from it to master do we gain anything or are we
>> better continuing with cherry-picking to release branches?
>>
>> * Glenn raised important issue on NetCAT scheduling / test-spec
>> review.  How that fits in the draft schedule definitely needs
>> reviewing, although I don't think it affects the other key dates, and
>> doesn't have a direct NB 11.1 implication(?)
>>
>> Thanks and best wishes,
>>
>> Neil
>>
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