Hello everyone, Following the 8-month release cycle, also taking into account that 4.19 has been released 27.07.24 and the next "good" month for release should be November according to [1] but it seems to me that it could be too short, below is the proposed release schedule that I come up with for Xen 4.20.
Please don't hesitate to provide your feedback. If there are no objections, I plan to update the Wiki page *Xen_Project_X.YY_Release_Notes* to make it easier to find our final schedule ( especially for the people who aren't following xen-devel mailing list ). As an additional benefit, it will also be accessible via *SUPPORT.md* (in the wiki at https://xenbits.xen.org/docs/unstable-staging/support-matrix.html). Thanks! ** Proposed option: Wed March 12, 2024 ** (+8 months from Xen 4.19 release) - Last posting date Fri Dec 20, 2023 (+13 weeks from now) Patches adding new features are expected to be posted to the mailing list by this date, although perhaps not in their final version. - Feature freeze Fri Jan 10, 2024 (+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 Jan 31, 2025 (+3 weeks from Feature freeze) Bugfixes only. - Hard code freeze Fri Feb 21, 2025 (+3 weeks from Code freeze) Bugfixes for serious bugs (including regressions), and low-risk fixes only. - Final commits Fri March 7, 2025 (+2 weeks from Hard code freeze) Branch off staging-4.18. - Release Wed March 12, 2025 [1] https://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2018-07/msg02240.html Best regards, Oleksii
