Amendment for the first bullet: - "backporting" time ends (estimate) should be replaced by "common development process"
2016-06-30 15:50 GMT+02:00 Oleg Nenashev <[email protected]>: > Hi, > > Today we had a chat with Oliver regarding 2.7.2 release timeline and > bugfix backporting windows. Below you can find a summary, which is a > detalized version of the process described on the LTS Release Line > <https://wiki.jenkins-ci.org/display/JENKINS/LTS+Release+Line> page. > Oliver is going to update that page soon. > > So the Jenkins 2.7.2 timeline is... > > - *before July 10* => "backporting" time ends (estimate) > - If the fix gets integrated into the master branch by this date, it > will be available in 2 weekly releases by the RC cutoff > - Integrated bug fixes will be *likely* automatically backported > into 2.7.2 > - Exception: barely reviewable or dangerous fixes (we don't want to > cause new regressions) > - *Hint*: After merging to master please setup the lts-candidate > label to the issue > - *July 10 ... July 20 *=> "backporting of high-priority fixes" > - Fixes during this timeframe do not comply with the 2 weekly > release practice > - Each fix backporting should be proposed in the mailing list and > reviewed individually > - If the fix is reviewable && safe enough, it *may be* backported > - the decision will be made depending on the bug severity and > LTS team capacity > - *July 20* - Backporting of bugfixes for RC ends > - est. July 21 - RC candidate, testing starts > - *July 20 .. August 2* - Release candidate testing > - During this period *serious regressions* and *Blocker* issues may > be backported > - Each issue requires an individual review together with the > release officer (Oliver Gondža) > - *August 3 *- Release > > Best regards, > Oleg Nenashev > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Jenkins Developers" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/jenkinsci-dev/CAPfivLC3yGVCQ6r8G7gEgPSYNjJxO40Z6vq8m3DRg30f1pSRhA%40mail.gmail.com. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
