Hi, when we introduced time based releases, we added certain deadlines to streamline the release process and to make sure we can ship the release on time. Based on early experience, we adjusted those deadlines and introduced new deadlines which improved the situation.
However, we still have the issue that it often takes very long to stabilize a release branch and the release was delayed by several weeks. Thus, I am wondering if we should adjust those deadlines again. Currently, we have - KIP freeze - Feature freeze (+1 week) - Code freeze (+2 weeks) - Target release date (+2 weeks) I would like to propose to extend the deadlines as follows: - KIP freeze - Feature freeze (+2 weeks) - Code freeze (+2 weeks) - Target release date (+3 weeks) This would give us 2 more weeks. Note, that we would not put the target release date 2 week later, but put KIP freeze 2 weeks earlier. It does of course not come for free. In particular, having 2 weeks (instead of 1 week) between feature freeze and code freeze implies a longer period when PR needs to be double committed. However, from my personal experience, I don't think that this burden on committers it too high. Looking forward to your feedback. -Matthias
