> Op 5 juli 2016 om 21:16 schreef John Burwell <john.burw...@shapeblue.com>: > > > Wido, > > I don’t think that Rohit is advocating expanding the 4.9.0 scope. Instead, > he is saying that proceeding with LTS on 4.8.0.1 would be counterproductive. > 4.8.0 was released in January meaning that 4.9 will contain nearly 6 months > of defect fixes and enhancements. Had we cut LTS last Friday, we would have > faced the choice of attempting to backport all of the defect changes from > master to LTS or simply not including them. Therefore, I think we all agree > that we should release 4.9.0.0 as soon as possible. My hope is that we can > complete testing and RC voting by 15 July 2016 in order to cut LTS and move > forward with the development of 4.10.0.0. Am I correct in my understanding > Rohit and your thoughts regarding 4.9? >
Ah, yes, I understand. I think I understand Rohit wrongly, thanks for explaining. Your timeline seems good to me. Wido > Thanks, > -John > > > > john.burw...@shapeblue.com > www.shapeblue.com > 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London VA WC2N 4HSUK > @shapeblue > > > > On Jul 5, 2016, at 5:25 AM, Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl> wrote: > > > >> > >> 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 >
