Re: Xen 4.20 release schedule proposal

[Julien Grall <julien@xxxxxxx>]

On 19/09/2024 18:10, Oleksii Kurochko wrote:
> 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.
I expect a few maintainer to be off around Christmas for a couple of 
weeks. So that will not leave much time between the last posting date 
and feature freeze. If you don't want to push too much the release, then 
I think it would be better if the feature freeze is just before (e.g. 
20th December) so last posting date early December.
Cheers,

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Julien Grall