Hi All, I just wanted to say a few quick words about Evergreen 3.5 development. Things have been relatively quiet -- at least publicly -- so far, but we're now entering what I think of as Feature Month for 3.5 (or any Spring release). I expect to see a bit more activity over the next few weeks related to 3.5.
I call this Feature Month since we are 3 weeks out from our Developer Feedback Fest (week of Feb 17) and 4 weeks out from our Feature Freeze (Feb 26). At the end of the month, features that made the cut will be merged and we'll have a good idea how Evergreen 3.5 is going to look. The Feedback Fest will give us a chance to focus as a group on all of the Launchpad pull requests, in part so we can merge any last minute features before the Feature Freeze. I encourage feature developers to take a few simple steps *before* the Fest, though: * Rebase and re-test your feature branches. With the move to Angular 8 and a fair amount of attention specifically on browser client code, there are a lot of opportunities for merge conflicts. * Make sure your LP bugs have a 3.5-alpha milestone and an importance value of "Wishlist". * Recap and/or add test steps, especially to bugs with lots of discussion, so testers and code reviewers can quickly grasp the intention of the code. * And of course during the Fest, prompt replies for additional information or mid-Fest rebasing will help get features merged. Other suggestions welcome! As a reminder we have an IRC developer meeting next week. This will be the last regularly scheduled developer meeting before the feature freeze, so it's a good time to bring up any feature-related topics that might require group discussion or voting. Thanks, Bill Erickson, 3.5 Co-RM.