I share it too. Many developers in the community went out of their way to get a cleaner RC and thereby impacting their feature development efforts. We shouldn't be penalizing them with this 2 week's feature freeze schedule
Thanks, RamG > -----Original Message----- > From: Animesh Chaturvedi [mailto:animesh.chaturv...@citrix.com] > Sent: 27 February 2014 03:00 > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > Subject: RE: 4.4 Feature Freeze > > Mike I share your opinion most of us have been pretty much on 4.3 until > now, and pushing out the release seems reasonable. As I called out in earlier > mail the feature proposal date was not called out for 4.4 and as such giving > little extra room seems reasonable. > > Animesh > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Mike Tutkowski [mailto:mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com] > > Sent: Wednesday, February 26, 2014 7:29 AM > > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > > Subject: Re: 4.4 Feature Freeze > > > > I think we're having this discussion after every release because we're > > beginning to realize that a four-month release cycle has not been very > > realistic for us yet. > > > > The main issue I encounter is our month-long RC cycle where I spend a > > bunch of time validating the RC and (during that timeframe) less time > > developing for the next release as I had initially planned. > > > > Perhaps instead of extending the cycle we could consider ways to > > actually meet the schedule on a consistent basis. That would be fine, as > well. > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 8:04 AM, Hugo Trippaers <h...@trippaers.nl> > > wrote: > > > > > -1 on postponing the feature freeze. We are having this discussion > > > after every release, however we agreed to do a 4 month cycle so > > > let's stick > > to it. > > > > > > If there are important features that are currently being developed > > > but might not make this cut-off date we should discuss that > > > separately, but as a point of principle lets stick to the release > > > schedule as > proposed. > > > > > > > > > Cheers, > > > > > > Hugo > > > > > > > > > On 26 feb. 2014, at 15:23, Tracy Phillips > > > <tracy.phill...@weberize.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > +1 to Daan. > > > > > > > > Tracy Phillips > > > > Weberize, Inc. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 7:48 AM, Daan Hoogland > > > ><daan.hoogl...@gmail.com > > > >wrote: > > > > > > > >> -1 for postponing the feature freeze. It will amount to more > > > >> features in the release. I'd rather shorten the cycle and do more > > > >> releases then to pack more bugs in a single go. > > > >> > > > >> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 1:13 PM, Guo Star <ghxand...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >>> +1 > > > >>> > > > >>> > > > >>> 2014-02-26 20:01 GMT+08:00 Abhinandan Prateek < > > > >> abhinandan.prat...@citrix.com > > > >>>> : > > > >>> > > > >>>> +1 for 4.4 feature freeze on 3/28. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> On 26/02/14 10:01 am, "Sateesh Chodapuneedi" > > > >>>> <sateesh.chodapune...@citrix.com> wrote: > > > >>>> > > > >>>>>> -----Original Message----- > > > >>>>>> From: Mike Tutkowski [mailto:mike.tutkow...@solidfire.com] > > > >>>>>> Sent: 26 February 2014 04:46 > > > >>>>>> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > > > >>>>>> Subject: Re: 4.4 Feature Freeze > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> I think this is a good idea, Animesh (to push out feature > > > >>>>>> freeze to 3/28). > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> +1 to move 4.4 feature freeze date to 3/28. > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>> Regards, > > > >>>>> Sateesh > > > >>>>> > > > >>>>>> I also agree we should discuss 4+ month development cycles > again. > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>> On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Animesh Chaturvedi < > > > >>>>>> animesh.chaturv...@citrix.com> wrote: > > > >>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> I will start a separate discussion on 4 month cycle or > > > >>>>>>> longer, but wanted to call out one more important date. > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> We have a last day for feature proposal date which is > > > >>>>>>> typically a month before feature freeze date. If following > > > >>>>>>> 4.3 schedule + 4 > > > >> month > > > >>>>>>> it would have been 2/14 and we are already past that. Since > > > >>>>>>> it was > > > >> not > > > >>>>>>> announced for > > > >>>>>>> 4.4 release yet my suggestion would be to keep feature > > > >>>>>>> proposal > > > >> open > > > >>>>>>> for another week and push all the dates out by 2 weeks to > > > >>>>>>> give > > > >> folks > > > >>>>>>> opportunity to finish up their features for new proposals > > > >>>>>>> that are > > > >> yet > > > >>>>>>> to come out. > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> To be clear that would mean pushing out feature freeze to > > > >>>>>>> 3/28 from > > > >>>>>>> 3/14 and all the other dates likewise. > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>> Thanks > > > >>>>>>> Animesh > > > >>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- > > > >>>>>>>> From: Animesh Chaturvedi > > > >>>>>>>> [mailto:animesh.chaturv...@citrix.com] > > > >>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 1:05 PM > > > >>>>>>>> To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org > > > >>>>>>>> Subject: RE: 4.4 Feature Freeze > > > >>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>> With the experience of 4.2 and 4.3 I think we should > > > >>>>>>>> discuss if > > > >> we > > > >>>>>>>> can realistically achieve 4 month cycle our RCs take 2 > > > >>>>>>>> months. I > > > >> was > > > >>>>>>>> going to open up the discussion after 4.3 is shipped though. > > > >>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> -----Original Message----- > > > >>>>>>>>> From: Trippie [mailto:trip...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Hugo > > > >>>>>>>>> Trippaers > > > >>>>>>>>> Sent: Tuesday, February 25, 2014 8:50 AM > > > >>>>>>>>> To: <dev@cloudstack.apache.org> > > > >>>>>>>>> Subject: Re: 4.4 Feature Freeze > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> Hey, > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> If we stick to our 4 month release schedule the feature > > > >>>>>>>>> freeze > > > >> is > > > >>>>>>>>> four months after the feature freeze of 4.3. The feature > > > >> freeze of > > > >>>>>>>>> 4.3 was > > > >>>>>>> 8 Nov > > > >>>>>>>> 2013. > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> So the proposed release schedule for 4.4 would look like > > > >>>>>>>>> this (dates slightly modified to take efficiency and RM's > > > >>>>>>>>> personal > > > >> life > > > >>>>>>>>> into > > > >>>>>>> account ;-) ): > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> Feature Freeze: March 14, 2014 > > > >>>>>>>>> Testing/Bug Fixes: March 15, 2014 till April > > > >> 18, > > > >>>>>> 2014 > > > >>>>>>>>> (direct access for committers) > > > >>>>>>>>> Stability Fixes only: April 19, 2014 till > > > >>>>>>> release (cherry picks > > > >>>>>>>>> by RM only) > > > >>>>>>>>> First RC: May 9, 2014 > > > >>>>>>>>> Optimistic Release Date: May 19, 2014 > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> Cheers, > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> Hugo > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>> On 25 feb. 2014, at 16:35, Sudha Ponnaganti > > > >>>>>>>>> <sudha.ponnaga...@citrix.com> > > > >>>>>>>>> wrote: > > > >>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>>> Hi, > > > >>>>>>>>>> > > > >>>>>>>>>> I am also looking for feature freeze dates for 4.4. 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