On Tue, Oct 7, 2014 at 4:08 PM, Ferenc Kovacs <tyr...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi, > > currently the 5.6 release schedule is not in sync with 5.4 and 5.5 which > is a bit inconvenient (it is easier to sync between the RMs if they are > targetting the same dates with their release, etc.) plus if we keep that > way, it will be a huge PITA when we have to do co-ordinated release > containing security fixes. > To resolve this we (Stas, Julien and myself) decided to sync the upcoming > releases for the next version, and as 5.4 and 5.5 are already on the same > schedule, the decision was to try to match that with 5.6. > 5.4.34 and 5.5.18 are expected to be released in about two weeks, so here > is the plan: > > - if we have security fixes ready for the next release, 5.6.2 will be > released along with 5.4.34 and 5.5.18 containing nothing but 5.6.1 plus the > security fixes and we will follow the same schedule onwards. > - if there are be no security fixes we obviously won't make an identical > release to 5.6.1, so then 5.6.2 will follow the release schedule for 5.4.35 > and 5.5.19 and we will follow the same schedule onwards. > > sorry for the inconvenience and the possible confusion, but after this > sync it will be easier for everybody to follow the schedule as there will > be only one schedule to keep in mind! > > -- > Ferenc Kovács > @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu > a little correction: 5.5.18 is expected next week (not in two weeks) and as 5.4 is in security fix mode, 5.4.34 will only happen when we have security fixes to release. -- Ferenc Kovács @Tyr43l - http://tyrael.hu
