Re: [DISCUSS] Release Cycle

2016-05-31 Thread Abhinandan Prateek
Hi John, Thanks for detailed email on release cadence. A 2 month release cycle with an LTS release every 6 month is the middle ground. With CI evolving in terms of participation, coverage quality and test case quality we will be looking forward to still better cloudstack releases. Regards, -abhi

Re: [DISCUSS] Release Cycle

2016-05-31 Thread Will Stevens
Thanks for writing this up John. I was going to do a bit of a post mortem after the 4.9 release was out that would cover some of my thoughts on the release cycle. I was going to suggest a 2 month release cycle with an LTS release every 6 months, so I am totally in agreement with what you are prop

Re: [DISCUSS] Release Cycle

2016-05-31 Thread Daan Hoogland
We will hold this against you only shortly, John. Thanks for writing out the planning. On Tue, May 31, 2016 at 12:33 PM, John Burwell wrote: > All, > > Quick correction below: I misquoted the LTS proposal — branches are cut on > 1 January and 1 _July_ (not June). > > I apologize for the mistake,

Re: [DISCUSS] Release Cycle

2016-05-31 Thread John Burwell
All, Quick correction below: I misquoted the LTS proposal — branches are cut on 1 January and 1 _July_ (not June). I apologize for the mistake, -John > john.burw...@shapeblue.com  www.shapeblue.com 53 Chandos Place, Covent Garden, London VA WC2N 4HSUK @shapeblue On May 31, 2016, at 12:28 AM,

[DISCUSS] Release Cycle

2016-05-30 Thread John Burwell
All, Over the course of the last 6-8 months, we have attempted to release monthly. We successfully delivered 4.6, 4,7, and 4,8 using this model. We also established a strong set of CM and review principles to improve the quality of releases [1]. To support users that are unable to upgrade on