Re: Xen 4.17: Proposed release schedule

[Juergen Gross <jgross@xxxxxxxx>]

On 08.07.22 09:35, Henry Wang 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

Juergen

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