> On 8 Jul 2022, at 08:35, Henry Wang <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> Hi,
>
> As discussed in the community call on July 7, the release schedule for Xen
> 4.17
> is proposed below. Please send comments ASAP and in any case by the end of
> Friday the 15th of July. I hope we can finalise the schedule then.
>
> Original date following the 8 month release cycle (August 2022) is likely to
> miss
> considering the summer season in Europe and the fact that we would have had to
> feature freeze in July, but this is likely to be not feasible anymore.
>
> Based on the Xen 4.16 release timeline, for Xen 4.17 release:
>
> Proposed option 1: Wed Sep 28, 2022
> (+9 months from Xen 4.16 release, after Xen Summit)
>
> - Last posting date Fri Jul 29, 2022 (+3 weeks from now)
>
> Patches adding new features should be posted to the mailing list
> by this date, although perhaps not in their final version.
>
> - Feature freeze Fri Aug 19, 2022 (+3 weeks from Last posting
> date)
>
> Patches adding new features should be committed by this date.
> Straightforward bugfixes may continue to be accepted by maintainers.
>
> - Code freeze Fri Sep 9, 2022 (+3 weeks from Feature freeze)
>
> Bugfixes only.
>
> - Hard code freeze Fri Sep 16, 2022 (+1 week from Code freeze)
>
> Branch off staging-4.17. Bugfixes for serious bugs (including regressions),
> and low-risk fixes only.
>
> - Final commits Fri Sep 23, 2022 (+1 week from Hard code freeze)
>
> Docs/prep only
>
> - Release Wed Sep 28, 2022
>
>
> Proposed option 2: Wed Nov 2, 2022
> (+1 year from Xen 4.16 release)
+1 for this option
>
> - Last posting date Fri Aug 12, 2022 (+5 weeks from now)
>
> - Feature freeze Fri Sep 2, 2022 (+3 weeks from Last posting date)
>
> - Code freeze Fri Sep 23, 2022 (+3 weeks from Feature freeze)
>
> - Hard code freeze Fri Oct 14, 2022 (+3 weeks from Code freeze)
>
> - Final commits Fri Oct 28, 2022 (+2 weeks from Hard code freeze)
>
> - Release Wed Nov 2, 2022
>
Bertrand
