> Op 4 juli 2016 om 18:17 schreef Rohit Yadav <rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com>: > > > I think 4.9 brings some new features, enhancements and improvements that > people would appreciate in a LTS release. Many of them cannot be simply > backported and 2 weeks will be far shorter to identify, backport and > regression-test all those changes. >
But that way we keep finding reasons to delay 4.9 and make that the LTS. 4.10 afterwards will have other cool features, etc. That will stay. > > From my personal experience, I've done a lot of backporting in 4.3, then did > maintenance work in 4.5. I think it's still worth it to wait for few weeks to > get 4.9.0 out of the door and have LTS based on 4.9.0 release. > > > If Will is not able to find time to work on 4.9 release, maybe someone else > can takeover and help with the 4.9 release by 15th July (at least get some > RCs up for testing and voting)? LTS can be 4.9.1 etc. > > > Regards. > > ________________________________ > From: Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl> > Sent: 04 July 2016 15:32:45 > To: dev@cloudstack.apache.org; John Burwell > Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] 2016-2017 Release Cycle and Calendar > > > > Op 4 juli 2016 om 6:57 schreef John Burwell <john.burw...@shapeblue.com>: > > > > > > All, > > > > Following up on a our discussions about LTS [1], post 4.9 releases [2], and > > 5.0.0/6.0.0 [3], I have assembled a release plan for the next 18-20 months > > in the wiki [4]. My original proposal assumed by that 4.9 would be > > released by 1 July. I have adjusted the timelines assuming that we will > > complete the release by 15 July. My thinking is that the number of defect > > fixes present in 4.9 and 4.8.1 would require more than 2 weeks of work to > > backport to a 4.8-based LTS. Therefore, I have shifted the LTS cutoff > > dates from 1 Jan and 1 July to 15 Jan and 15 July. > > > > Once we gain consensus on the release cycle and calendar, I will cleanup > > the wiki to move completed release plans to an archive area and remove > > obsolete release process documentation. > > > > Looks good to me. It's time that 4.9 is released and shifting to July 15th > looks good. > > Overall your release schedule proposal looks good to me, so I'd say +1 on the > proposal. > > Wido > > > Thanks, > > -John > > > > [1]: http://markmail.org/thread/zzrjldiryhy3ygfk > > [2]: http://markmail.org/thread/7rv3jwz4hzf3yplf > > [3]: http://markmail.org/thread/c24hvshz3z4babjb > > [4]: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/%5BPROPOSAL%5D+2016-2017+Release+Cycle+and+Calendar<https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/[PROPOSAL]+2016-2017+Release+Cycle+and+Calendar> > > > > john.burw...@shapeblue.com > > www.shapeblue.com<http://www.shapeblue.com> > > 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London VA WC2N 4HSUK > > @shapeblue > > > > > > > > rohit.ya...@shapeblue.com > www.shapeblue.com > 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London WC2N 4HSUK > @shapeblue > > >
