Re: [Xen-devel] [VOTE] Release cycle scheme

[Wei Liu <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, Nov 09, 2015 at 11:24:59AM +0000, Lars Kurth wrote:
> 
> 
> On 09/11/2015 11:04, "Wei Liu" <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> >On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 03:46:59AM -0700, Jan Beulich wrote:
> >> >>> On 02.11.15 at 14:47, <wei.liu2@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> >> > So I propose we use the following scheme:
> >> > 
> >> > - 6 months release cycle from unstable branch.
> >> >   - 4 months development.
> >> >   - 2 months freeze.
> >> >   - Eat into next cycle if doesn't release on time.
> >> > - Fixed cut-off date: the Fridays of the week in which the last day of
> >> >   March and September falls.
> >> > - No more freeze exception, but heads-up mails about freeze will be
> >> >   sent a few weeks before hand.
> >> > - Stable branch maintained for 18 months full support plus 18 months
> >> >   security support. No mixed maintainership for stable trees.
> >> 
> >> -1 overall (the different points would get different ratings
> >> individually)
> >> 
> >
> >For the record, Jan and I had a conversation on IRC. This -1 was cast on
> >-2...+2 scale and he changed it to -0 (against but non-blocking) to fit
> >in our governance.
> >
> >Wei.
> 
> It appears then, that we have a consensus and all stake-holders have
> voted. I think in future, it may be good to paste snippets of clarifying
> IRC conversation into the mail thread.
> 

That conversation was a bit long to paste in so I just stated the
conclusion.

> I was wondering, whether the dates you marked you proposed in "RFC: change
> to 6 months release cycle" (see
> http://markmail.org/message/hcp4wifaybk4vtkk#query:+page:1+mid:veqxur64wrwi
> ni73+state:results for entire conversation) with release dates at the
> beginning of June and December according to the new scheme hold (meaning
> that the 4.7 release will follow a 6+2 month cycle or probably more along
> the lines of 5.5+2.5), or whether maybe we gradually move to the new
> scheme over two releases (4.7 and 4.8 to follow 5+2 and subsequently 4+2).
> No strong opinion, just something I'd like to know.
> 

Most people agreed the fixed date arrangement is a good idea, so I would
go for end of March cut-off date.

> We should probably also write a blog post and update/create information on
> the wiki. Am willing to volunteer to put the latter together.
> 

As for blog post, I will try to come up with something after I finish my
email to xen-devel.

-- 
Wei.

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