+1 to Matthias' comment about fixed dates. Given that the release schedule has a fixed cadence, there shouldn't need to be much discussion around dates for each release.
Kirk On Thu, Apr 17, 2025, at 2:54 PM, Matthias J. Sax wrote: > Thanks! > > I am wondering if we should set more or less "fixed" dates (or date > ranges) for future release? To keep a real "time based" release schedule > and give some guidance? > > Thoughts? > > > -Matthias > > > On 4/17/25 11:55 AM, Ismael Juma wrote: > > Awesome, thanks. > > > > Ismael > > > > On Thu, Apr 17, 2025, 12:10 AM Mickael Maison <mickael.mai...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >> I updated the release plan and moved all dates forward by 2 weeks. > >> > >> Thanks, > >> Mickael > >> > >> On Thu, Apr 17, 2025 at 3:19 AM Matthias J. Sax <mj...@apache.org> wrote: > >>> > >>> I would want to backup the idea to move the release earlier if possible. > >>> Looking into historic release dates, we are slipping by roughly two > >>> weeks year over year, and I think it would be good to work against it. > >>> > >>> 4.0.0: March/18 2025 > >>> 3.7.0: Feb/27 2024 > >>> 3.4.0: Feb/7 2023 > >>> 3.1.0: Jan/24 2022 > >>> > >>> It's not a huge deal, but seems undesired? > >>> > >>> > >>> -Matthias > >>> > >>> On 4/16/25 9:02 AM, Ismael Juma wrote: > >>>> The issue is that July 23rd is the "earliest release date" but > >> historically > >>>> the actual release is weeks after that date from the release plan. So, > >> a > >>>> code freeze of June 25th would probably give us a better chance of > >> hitting > >>>> the 4 months goal. Would that work for you? > >>>> > >>>> Thanks, > >>>> Ismael > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, Apr 16, 2025 at 8:52 AM Mickael Maison < > >> mickael.mai...@gmail.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Hi Ismael, > >>>>> > >>>>> Sorry I had written the reply but never hit "send". > >>>>> > >>>>> France has a public holiday on July 14, so I thought I may be out some > >>>>> days that week. To be safe, I picked the week after as I thought July > >>>>> 23 was close enough to mid July. > >>>>> That said I currently don't have anything planned, so I can move the > >>>>> dates 1 (or 2 weeks) earlier, if this is what people prefer. > >>>>> > >>>>> Thanks, > >>>>> Mickael > >>>>> > >>>>> On Tue, Apr 15, 2025 at 8:09 PM Ismael Juma <m...@ismaeljuma.com> > >> wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Hi Mickael, > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Thoughts on my message below? > >>>>>> > >>>>>> Ismael > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Thu, Apr 10, 2025, 7:46 AM Ismael Juma <m...@ismaeljuma.com> wrote: > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Hi Mickael, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> The release plan indicates a release in August. However, 4.0 was > >>>>> released on March 18. If we stick to the 4 months schedule, the target > >>>>> release should be mid July. Is there a reason why we didn't set the > >> freeze > >>>>> dates earlier in order to enable that? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Ismael > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> On Wed, Apr 2, 2025 at 10:36 AM Mickael Maison < > >>>>> mickael.mai...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> You can find the release plan in the wiki: > >>>>>>>> > >> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/KAFKA/Release+Plan+4.1.0 > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> Thanks, > >>>>>>>> Mickael > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>> On Fri, Mar 21, 2025 at 8:15 PM José Armando García Sancio > >>>>>>>> <jsan...@confluent.io.invalid> wrote: > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> Thanks Mickael. > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 9:20 AM Ismael Juma <m...@ismaeljuma.com> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Thanks Mickael! > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> Ismael > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 19, 2025, 5:54 AM David Arthur <mum...@gmail.com> > >>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> +1 thanks Mickael! > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> David Arthur > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> On Wed, Mar 19, 2025 at 07:59 Mickael Maison < > >>>>> mickael.mai...@gmail.com> > >>>>>>>>>>> wrote: > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Hi, > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> I'd like to volunteer to be the release manager for the Apache > >>>>> Kafka > >>>>>>>>>>>> 4.1.0 release. > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> If there are no objections, I'll start building the release > >>>>> plan in > >>>>>>>>>>>> the next few days. > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks, > >>>>>>>>>>>> Mickael > >>>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> > >>>>>>>>> -- > >>>>>>>>> -José > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > > > >
