Hi everyone,

I'd like to announce that code freeze is now lifted in 3.7-dev and 3.8-dev. 
Both branches have been updated to the latest snapshots, artifacts have been 
pushed to maven, and the documentation has been published.

Thanks,
Cole

On 2025/11/13 05:02:23 Cole Greer wrote:
> Hi everyone,
> 
> While preparing the release votes, I’ve run into some issues with my
> code signing keys which is blocking the release validation. Everything
> should be resolved now, but I need to wait for ASF committer keys
> directory to update. My apologies for this delay. I will continue with
> the vote threads tomorrow, once the keys are refreshed and the
> validation can proceed.
> 
> Thanks,
> Cole
> 
> From: Cole Greer <[email protected]>
> Date: Tuesday, November 4, 2025 at 5:35 PM
> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] 3.8.0/3.7.5 Release
> 
> Hi everyone,
> 
> I’d like to extend code freeze by an additional week if possible (release vote
> would post on Nov. 12). This has been one of the more active code freezes
> I’ve seen in my time with TinkerPop with folks from several projects getting
> involved in reviewing the snapshots. I greatly appreciate everyone who has
> been testing out the changes, providing feedback in Discord, and opening
> PRs with fixes and improvements. I’ve also had a few folks reach out
> privately and ask for a bit more time to review all the changes.
> 
> Given all this activity, I think we would benefit from an extra week for 
> things to
> settle down and ensure that everyone’s feedback can be properly addressed.
> 
> Please feel free to reach out if you have any questions or concerns.
> 
> Thanks,
> Cole
> 
> 
> From: Cole Greer <[email protected]>
> Date: Friday, October 31, 2025 at 12:28 PM
> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] 3.8.0/3.7.5 Release
> 
> Hi Stephen,
> I’m happy to add a few extra days to code freeze. I haven’t had quite as much
> time to work through the documentation as I would’ve liked, so I would
> appreciate the short extension as well. I’ll pencil in Wednesday Nov. 5 as the
> cutoff for building release artifacts and sending out the vote. Feel free to 
> reach
> out again if you’d like more time beyond that.
> 
> Thanks,
> Cole
> 
> From: Stephen Mallette <[email protected]>
> Date: Friday, October 31, 2025 at 4:08 AM
> To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] 3.8.0/3.7.5 Release
> 
> Normally, I think we'd expect to see release artifacts on Monday after a
> code freeze. If it's ok with everyone, it would be helpful to get a few
> extra days before building release artifacts. Still testing some things and
> could use a bit more time to make sure everything looks good.
> 
> On Wed, Oct 29, 2025 at 1:50 PM Yang Xia <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> > Thank you Cole and Andrea!
> >
> > On 2025/10/29 17:01:01 Cole Greer wrote:
> > > Hi everyone,
> > >
> > > I’ve recently deployed the latest java snapshots to the snapshot repo:
> > https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/snapshots/org/apache/tinkerpop/
> > ,
> > > and the upgrade docs have also been published:
> > https://tinkerpop.apache.org/docs/3.8.0-SNAPSHOT/upgrade/. I will
> > continue to
> > > redeploy snapshots and documentation throughout code freeze. Please feel
> > free to try it out and get in touch with any feedback.
> > >
> > > Thanks Andrea for volunteering as an observer, I’d be happy to show you
> > the release process. I will sync with you off-list to coordinate this.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Cole
> > >
> > > From: Andrea Child <[email protected]>
> > > Date: Tuesday, October 28, 2025 at 10:08 AM
> > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] 3.8.0/3.7.5 Release
> > > Hi Cole,
> > > Thanks for volunteering as release manager for 3.8.0. If possible, I
> > would like to participate as an observer to this release so that I can help
> > for future releases. Please note that I also merged the prevent inject in
> > repeat PR last night: https://github.com/apache/tinkerpop/pull/3253
> > > Thanks,
> > > Andrea
> > >
> > > From: Cole Greer <[email protected]>
> > > Date: Monday, October 27, 2025 at 7:16 PM
> > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] 3.8.0/3.7.5 Release
> > >
> > > Hi Yang,
> > >
> > > Thanks for driving the code freeze here, I’d be happy to volunteer as
> > release manager this time around.
> > >
> > > Regarding your PR list, I would also include Kirill Stepanishin’s PRs
> > cleaning up the gremlin examples
> > > as well as Kangwei Zhu’s flaky test fix PR.
> > >
> > > Thanks,
> > > Cole
> > >
> > > From: Yang Xia <[email protected]>
> > > Date: Monday, October 27, 2025 at 6:33 PM
> > > To: [email protected] <[email protected]>
> > > Subject: [DISCUSS] 3.8.0/3.7.5 Release
> > > Hi all,
> > >
> > > As mentioned in the previous thread on releases, I'd like to initiate
> > the code freeze on 3.7-dev and 3.8-dev, for the 3.7.5 maintenance release
> > and the 3.8.0 major release.
> > >
> > > We have a lot of exciting new features coming in 3.8.0, so I'd like to
> > invite folks to take the opportunity to try out the SNAPSHOT build.
> > >
> > > Within this code freeze period, we'll not be considering major PRs or
> > new features, but will accept small non-breaking fixes and documentation
> > updates, including these few PRs:
> > >
> > > * Prevent inject in repeat:
> > https://github.com/apache/tinkerpop/pull/3253
> > > * Remove GenericArgument from from() and to():
> > https://github.com/apache/tinkerpop/pull/3252
> > > * Fix tail inside repeat: https://github.com/apache/tinkerpop/pull/3248
> > >
> > > The VOTE threads could be expected starting November 3rd, and the
> > releases would be expected within the same or the following week.
> > >
> > > If there are any objections to this timeline, or if there are any other
> > desired changes before the release, please raise in this thread.
> > >
> > > In addition, if any committers and PMC members would like to be the
> > release manager this time, please also reply to this thread.
> > >
> > > Cheers,
> > >
> > > Yang
> > > Warning: The sender of this message could not be validated and may not
> > be the actual sender.
> > >
> >
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