I'd like to create branch-2.8 today in preparation for releasing OVS 2.8
later in August. I sent the patch that would lead off the branch a few
minutes ago:
https://mail.openvswitch.org/pipermail/ovs-dev/2017-August/336544.html
According to our published schedule, we should have create branch-2.8 at
the beginning of July, but we delayed to allow some more features to
enter the 2.8 release. There continue to be reasonable arguments along
these lines in favor of delaying branching further:
* Many DPDK patches have been posted but are still under review
or awaiting application.
* Multiple series of patches leading up to NSH support have been
posted but are still iterating through reviews.
The primary argument in favor of branching quickly is to keep to a
regular release cadence. My understanding is that multiple downstream
projects rely on prompt Open vSwitch releases. (This is mainly based on
speaking to Russell Bryant at Red Hat; he can fill in the details if
need be.) I'd prefer to stick to our schedule for this reason.
I propose that we branch today, with the following further details:
* Continue to apply patches that add features, that as of now
have already been posted and ready for review or iterating on
reviews, until approximately this Friday. These patches will
need to be committed both to master and branch-2.8.
* As always, bug fix patches are acceptable on any branch at any
time.
* Plan to release, given acceptable quality, during the last
week of August.
Thoughts?
Thanks,
Ben.
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