Kevin Traynor <ktray...@redhat.com> writes: > On 04/18/2018 02:28 PM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: >> 18/04/2018 14:28, Ferruh Yigit: >>> On 4/18/2018 10:14 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: >>>> 18/04/2018 11:05, Ferruh Yigit: >>>>> On 4/11/2018 12:28 AM, Thomas Monjalon wrote: >>>>>> - <p>Typically a new stable release version follows a mainline >>>>>> release >>>>>> - by 1-2 weeks, depending on the test results. >>>>>> + <p>The first stable release (.1) of a branch should follow >>>>>> + its mainline release (.0) by at least two months, >>>>>> + after the first release candidate (-rc1) of the next branch. >>>>> >>>>> Hi Thomas, >>>>> >>>>> What this change suggest? To be able to backport patches from rc1? >>>> >>>> Yes, it is the proposal we discussed earlier. >>>> We can wait one week after RC1 to get some validation confirmation. >>>> Do you agree? >>> >>> This has been discussed in tech-board, what I remember the decision was to >>> wait >>> the release to backport patches into stable tree. >> > > Any minutes? I couldn't find them > >> It was not so clear to me. >> I thought post-rc1 was acceptable. The idea is to speed-up stable releases >> pace, especially first release of a series. >> >> > > I think timing of stable releases and bugfix backports to the stable > branch are two separate items. > > I do think that bugfix backports to stable should happen on a regular > basis (e.g. every 2 weeks). Otherwise we are back to the situation where > if there's a bugfix after a DPDK release, a user like (surprise, > surprise) OVS may not be able to use that DPDK version for ~3 months. > > Someone who wants to get the latest bugfixes can just take the latest on > the stable branch and importantly, can have confidence that the > community has officially accepted those patches. If someone requires > stable to be validated, then they have to wait until the release.
+1 - this seems to make the most sense to me. Keep the patches flowing, but don't label/tag it until validation. That serves an additional function: developers know their CC's to stable are being processed. > Kevin.
