On 2/4/26 8:51 PM, Mark Michelson via dev wrote: > Due to general best practices about not releasing on Fridays, this proposed > timetable for 2027 suggests Tuesday releases of OVN. Rather than releasing > exactly four weeks after branching, we release on the Tuesday following the > four week mark. Soft freeze and branching still occur on Fridays, though. > > Signed-off-by: Mark Michelson <[email protected]> > ---
Hi Mark, Releasing on Tuesday sounds better indeed! > Documentation/internals/release-process.rst | 14 ++++++++------ > 1 file changed, 8 insertions(+), 6 deletions(-) > > diff --git a/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst > b/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst > index 938ed30a2..ae2c1750e 100644 > --- a/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst > +++ b/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst > @@ -178,26 +178,28 @@ OVN version. > Release Calendar > ---------------- > > -The 2025 timetable is shown below. Note that these dates are not set in > stone. > +The 2026 timetable is shown below. Note that these dates are not set in > stone. > If extenuating circumstances arise, a release may be delayed from its target > date. > > +---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+ > | Release | Soft Freeze | Branch Creation | Release | > +---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+ > -| 25.03.0 | Jan 24 | Feb 7 | Mar 7 | > +| 26.03.0 | Jan 23 | Feb 20 | Mar 20 | > +---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+ > -| 25.09.0 | Jul 25 | Aug 8 | Sep 5 | > +| 26.09.0 | Jul 24 | Aug 21 | Sep 18 | > +---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+ > > -Below is the 2026 timetable > +Below is the 2027 timetable. Note that unlike in previous years, this > +calendar proposes Tuesday releases instead of Friday releases. However, > +soft freeze and branching dates are still on Fridays. > > +---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+ > | Release | Soft Freeze | Branch Creation | Release | > +---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+ > -| 26.03.0 | Jan 23 | Feb 20 | Mar 20 | > +| 26.03.0 | Jan 22 | Feb 19 | Mar 23 | > +---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+ > -| 26.09.0 | Jul 24 | Aug 21 | Sep 18 | > +| 26.09.0 | Jul 23 | Aug 20 | Sep 21 | > +---------+-------------+-----------------+---------+ There's a typo here. These should be 27.03 and 27.09. With that addressed: Acked-by: Dumitru Ceara <[email protected]> Thanks, Dumitru _______________________________________________ dev mailing list [email protected] https://mail.openvswitch.org/mailman/listinfo/ovs-dev
