Re: Xen 4.19 release schedule proposal

[Oleksii <oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx>]

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~ Oleksii
On Tue, 2024-01-02 at 18:59 +0200, Oleksii wrote:
> Dear community,
> 
> Wishing you a Happy New Year!
> 
> I'd like to propose the release schedule for Xen 4.19.
> 
> Based on the previous release schedules [1] and [2], it seems the
> next
> release date should be on Wednesday, July 10, 2024:
> 
> ** Proposed option: Wed Jul 10, 2024 **
> (+9 months from Xen 4.18 release)
> 
> - Last posting date          Fri Apr 26, 2024
> 
> 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 May 17, 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 May 31, 2024 (+2 weeks from Feature
> freeze)
> 
> Bugfixes only.
> 
> - Hard code freeze           Fri Jun 21, 2024 (+3 weeks from Code
> freeze)
> 
> Bugfixes for serious bugs (including regressions), and low-risk fixes
> only.
> 
> - Final commits              Fri Jul 05, 2024 (+2 weeks from Hard
> code
> freeze)
> 
> Branch off staging-4.19.
> 
> - Release                    Wed Jul 10, 2024
> 
> If there are no objections, we will stick to the proposed schedule.
> 
> One more thing I'd like to discuss is whether to add a file
> (RELEASE.md) with the release schedule to the source code or update
> an
> existing one (xen-release-management.pandoc). I think it will help to
> find the final release schedule for the nearest release. For example,
> for the previous release, there are a lot of emails with proposed
> schedules, polls of Xen release schedules, and I found the final
> release schedule in just one of the replies (but probably I missed
> something).
> 
> I'll be happy to hear any comments from you. Thanks in advance.
> 
> Best regards,
>  Oleksii
> 
> [1]
> https://lore.kernel.org/xen-devel/AS8PR08MB7991424A3167C70A9B29530C92929@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx/
> [2]
> https://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2018-07/msg02240.html