+1 to move feature freeze date to 6/28 to get in the features proposed earlier for 4.2 and have a longer bug fix cycle.
After moving 103 open 4.1 targeted defects to 4.2 we will have total of 367 open defects for 4.2. I hope with this change we are able to resolve lot more defects before RC and we can get 4.2 out the door with fewer RC re-spin. Since all the other dates move out by 4 weeks means the feature proposal freeze date which was originally at 5/04 would have been 6/1 which means we are already past that, so no new feature proposals for 4.2. Any new feature proposal will have to be targeted for 4.3 or beyond. Thanks Animesh > -----Original Message----- > From: Chip Childers [mailto:chip.child...@sungard.com] > Sent: Friday, May 31, 2013 8:00 AM > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: [VOTE] Pushback 4.2.0 Feature Freeze > > Following our discussion on the proposal to push back the feature freeze > date for 4.2.0 [1], we have not yet achieved a clear consensus. Well... > we have already defined the "project rules" for figuring out what to do. > In out project by-laws [2], we have defined a "release plan" decision as > follows: > > > 3.4.2. Release Plan > > > > Defines the timetable and work items for a release. The plan also > > nominates a Release Manager. > > > > A lazy majority of active committers is required for approval. > > > > Any active committer or PMC member may call a vote. The vote must > > occur on a project development mailing list. > > And our lazy majority is defined as: > > > 3.2.2. Lazy Majority - A lazy majority vote requires 3 binding +1 > > votes and more binding +1 votes than binding -1 votes. > > Our current plan is the starting point, so this VOTE is a vote to change > the current plan. We require a 72 hour window for this vote, so IMO we > are in an odd position where the feature freeze date is at least > extended until Tuesday of next week. > > Our current plan of record for 4.2.0 is at [3]. > > [1] http://markmail.org/message/vi3nsd2yo763kzua > [2] http://s.apache.org/csbylaws > [3] > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Cloudstack+4.2+Re > lease > > ---------------------------------------------------------------- > > I'd like to call a VOTE on the following: > > Proposal: Extend the feature freeze date for our 4.2.0 feature release > from today (2013-05-31) to 2013-06-28. All other dates following the > feature freeze date in the plan would be pushed out 4 weeks as well. > > Please respond with one of the following: > > +1 : change the plan as listed above > +/-0 : no strong opinion, but leaning + or - > -1 : do not change the plan > > This vote will remain open until Tuesday morning US eastern time. > > -chip
