Re: Code freeze date for Xen 4.19 is 31.05.2024

["Oleksii K." <oleksii.kurochko@xxxxxxxxx>]

On Mon, 2024-05-27 at 17:55 +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 27.05.2024 17:52, Oleksii K. wrote:
> > On Mon, 2024-05-27 at 17:12 +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > > On 27.05.2024 15:58, Oleksii K. wrote:
> > > > I would like to remind you that the code freeze date for Xen
> > > > 4.19
> > > > is
> > > > May 31, 2024.
> > > 
> > > I may be confused: With feature freeze having been last Friday
> > > aiui,
> > > isn't
> > > this a little too short a period? I was actually expecting a
> > > longer-
> > > than-
> > > normal one to account for the Xen Summit week.
> > It makes sense to move the last day to June 14. Consequently, we
> > would
> > need to adjust the schedule as follows:
> > 
> > Hard Code Freeze: from June 21 to June 28
> > Final commits: from July 5 to July 12
> > Release: July 17
> > 
> > And this schedule also looks good to me.
> > 
> > However, another option is to combine the Code Freeze and Hard Code
> > Freeze periods since both phases are about accepting only bug
> > fixes,
> > differing only in the severity of the fixes.
> 
> I'm okay with whichever way you want it. All I'm seeking is clarity.
I realized that we have the Xen Summit coming up, which means we'll
lose almost a week from the review process perspective.

I would like to hear the other maintainers' thoughts on updating our
release schedule to have the release on July 17.

~ Oleksii