On Tue, Apr 10, 2012 at 8:57 AM, Mark McLoughlin <mar...@redhat.com> wrote: > Hi, > > On Fri, 2012-04-06 at 09:13 -0700, Lloyd Dewolf wrote: >> I've updated http://wiki.openstack.org/StableBranch to put Diablo in >> the past, and Essex as the current stable release. >> >> I'm delighted to see that Mark McLoughlin already has "Stable Branch" >> on the agenda for the Summit, >> http://summit.openstack.org/sessions/view/29 >> >> Before the summit I hope to get clarification on "The stable branch >> will only be maintained until the next release is out. This period may >> be extended if there are volunteers to maintain it beyond this point." >> >> I suspect we can generally agree that Diablo and future each stable - >> 1 should still be "supported" for some overlap with the current stable >> release, and beyond that would be dependent on... well the >> organizations dependent on that release. >> >> How long will https://launchpad.net/~openstack-stable-maint continue >> to maintain Diablo? Based on that we can determine if there is a group >> interested in continuing to own maintenance for an additional period. > > It's a good question, and one that we still need to figure out an answer > to. > > Judging by the level of interest so far in helping to maintain the > branch, I think this would work: > > - Core projects in a given release have a stable branch for that > release maintained by openstack-stable-maint > > - A stable branch is actively maintained (read - the branch > maintainers actively monitor master for patches to backport and > release new versions from the branch) until the next release comes > out > > - A stable branch is then passively maintained (read - the branch > maintainers will backport security fixes and accept patches for > high impact issues, but will not do new releases) until the next > release after that comes out > > Giving a current state of stable-maint actively maintaining stable/essex > and passively maintaining stable/diablo. We will EOL stable/diablo when > Folsom comes out. > > Of course, we can always re-evaluate the policy if interest increases. > > Looking forward to discussing further at the summit ...
Thanks Mark. This seems sane, and gives me confidence. See you next week, Lloyd _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~openstack Post to : openstack@lists.launchpad.net Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~openstack More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
