Like Wido, I also agree with LTS, but also think 4.3 is kind of old by now and 4.4.2 is looking good.
Perhaps take a step back and see how 4.5 goes and start with that one? -- Sent from the Delta quadrant using Borg technology! Nux! www.nux.ro ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Rohit Yadav" <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com> > To: "dev" <d...@cloudstack.apache.org> > Cc: users@cloudstack.apache.org > Sent: Tuesday, 25 November, 2014 11:30:53 > Subject: [DISCUSS] LTS Releases > Hi, > > During CCCEU14 conference and over emails, I spoke with many CloudStack users > and I think most of us would like to have and use LTS releases. I propose > that; > > - We encourage a habit to backport a bugfix to all qualifying branches whether > or not those branches are LTS > - We contribute (unit, integration) tests on LTS branches as well on other > qualifying branches > - We put correct affect version and fix version on JIRA so issues that should > be > backported to a branch are identified > - We adapt the LTS release model from Fedora/Ubuntu projects. Please share > ideas, comments? > - We officially recognize a LTS release branch, say 4.3 now and everyone helps > to maintain it, backport bugfixes etc. > - Until a next latest stable release is published that we all mutually agree, > we > keep working on the LTS branch. After say we have a stable 4.5.0 or 4.5.1 > release, we can agree to recognize 4.5 as our next LTS branch and work on it. > > Having a robust product release means we all (developers, users, sysadmins, > ops > etc.) can save time consumed on firefighting a CloudStack cloud. Having a LTS > branch and releases will get us there because on a LTS release/support branch > we don’t do feature work at all and we only invest time to do bugfixing etc. > > ShapeBlue is already serving their customers with product patching service and > using our own packages hosting (http://shapeblue.com/packages) we publish > patches on the “main” repository for everyone. We also publish details of the > patch we publish on our Github wiki, such as this example; > https://github.com/shapeblue/cloudstack/wiki/Release-Notes:-ACS-4.4.1-ShapeBlue-Patch01 > We’ve recently started putting patches and release notes publicly (rather than > just using emails) so you’ll see more of these in future. When we make patches > we push the changes to upstream branches as well, in fact we fix on upstream > first. > > In our experience the 4.3.x releases are most stable and so we’re backporting > bugfixes from 4.4/4.5/master. I’m personally going through a list of JIRA > issues which has affect version 4.3.0 and/or 4.3.1 but the bugfix either does > not exist or exists in a non-4.3 branch. > > Regards, > Rohit Yadav > Software Architect, ShapeBlue > M. +91 88 262 30892 | rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com > Blog: bhaisaab.org | Twitter: @_bhaisaab > > Find out more about ShapeBlue and our range of CloudStack related services > > IaaS Cloud Design & Build<http://shapeblue.com/iaas-cloud-design-and-build//> > CSForge – rapid IaaS deployment framework<http://shapeblue.com/csforge/> > CloudStack Consulting<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-consultancy/> > CloudStack Software > Engineering<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-software-engineering/> > CloudStack Infrastructure > Support<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-infrastructure-support/> > CloudStack Bootcamp Training > Courses<http://shapeblue.com/cloudstack-training/> > > This email and any attachments to it may be confidential and are intended > solely > for the use of the individual to whom it is addressed. Any views or opinions > expressed are solely those of the author and do not necessarily represent > those > of Shape Blue Ltd or related companies. If you are not the intended recipient > of this email, you must neither take any action based upon its contents, nor > copy or show it to anyone. Please contact the sender if you believe you have > received this email in error. Shape Blue Ltd is a company incorporated in > England & Wales. ShapeBlue Services India LLP is a company incorporated in > India and is operated under license from Shape Blue Ltd. Shape Blue Brasil > Consultoria Ltda is a company incorporated in Brasil and is operated under > license from Shape Blue Ltd. ShapeBlue SA Pty Ltd is a company registered by > The Republic of South Africa and is traded under license from Shape Blue Ltd. > ShapeBlue is a registered trademark.
