Libraries do need to release by R-3 so that we have something to use as a branch point for the stable branches.
We encourage releases earlier than that, for a couple of reasons. First, because of the way the CI system works, libraries are generally not used in test jobs unless they are released. (We should not be testing services with unreleased versions of clients except on patches to the client library itself.) This means nothing can use the client modifications until they are actually released. Second, releasing early and often gives us more time to fix issues, so we aren't rushing around at deadline trying to solve a problem while the gate is full of other last minute patches for other projects. So, you don't *have* to release a client library this week, but it is strongly encouraged. And really, is there any reason to wait, if you have patches that haven't been released? Excerpts from Eric K's message of 2018-04-19 10:53:53 -0700: > Specifically, for client library using the cycle-with-intermediary release > model. > > On 4/19/18, 10:52 AM, "Eric K" <ekcs.openst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >Thank you, Doug. Question: do we need to do a client library release prior > >to R-3? The practice seems to change from cycle to cycle. > > > >On 4/19/18, 6:15 AM, "Doug Hellmann" <d...@doughellmann.com> wrote: > > > >>Today is the deadline for proposing a release for the Rocky-1 milestone. > >>Please don't forget to include your libraries (client or otherwise) as > >>well. > >> > >>Doug > >> > >>_________________________________________________________________________ > >>_ > >>OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > >>Unsubscribe: > >>openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > >>http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev > > > > > __________________________________________________________________________ OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) Unsubscribe: openstack-dev-requ...@lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev
