On Fri, May 15, 2020 at 9:14 AM Thomas Monjalon <tho...@monjalon.net> wrote:
> Hi, > > Please let's discuss the dates for the next release cycle. > > > * v20.08 proposal dates, please comment: > > * Proposal/V1: Tuesday, 16 June 2020 > > * Integration/Merge/RC1: Tuesday, 14 July 2020 > > * Release: Friday, 7 August 2020 > > I prefer a target at the very beginning of the month, > it is an insurance against disaster, > and it may allow a quiet August month for the maintainers. > > Another issue is the delay between -rc1 and final release. > The above proposal has only 24 days -rc phase. > Based on records, we need 30 days for a proper -rc phase. > > Taking above requirements into consideration, > I propose having a proposal deadline earlier by 8 days: > > - Proposal deadline: Monday, 8 June 2020 > - Integration deadline: Tuesday, 30 June 2020 > - 20.08-rc1: Friday, 3 July 2020 > - 20.08-rc2: Friday, 17 July 2020 > - 20.08-rc3: Friday, 24 July 2020 > - 20.08-rc4: Friday, 31 July 2020 > - Release: Monday, 3 August 2020 > Personally I think the original proposal deadline and release plan was good. But this is a valid argument to give sufficient days for the rc phase. Also the release of 20.08 early in August can also give a big enough window for the 20.11 release. So +1 for the new schedule.
