HARD At WORKNOT Lazy Consensus On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 5:15 AM Victor Corral <[email protected]> wrote:
> please give me a minute to catch up im only an individual and you have no > idea how much i reall have on my plate. Im trying to get a hold of the > president im configuring my domain im about to purchase champion.android > from the eu. Im learning about how to file for securities in my state, im > building my bitcoin-core for my clearinghouse proiject andf more but im > almost where i want to be to maybe ionpress the WORLD!!!!!!! > > 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 >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> >> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists >> >> >> >>
