Re: Upcoming releases

2022-02-08 Thread Tim Bain
The concerns Justin has voiced are the reason I wasn't sure that adding such a page would be worth the effort. I think it would be OK to follow JB's proposal and do it despite those concerns (the consequences of failure are pretty low), particularly if some small group of people would take responsi

Re: Upcoming releases

2022-02-04 Thread Robbie Gemmell
Updating the site isnt actually hard at all, but its surprising how often people still manage not to get round to it for one reason or another. I recall on numerous occasions of asking about site updates for otherwise complete releases, sometimes weeks later. The last time adding a 'next release da

Re: Upcoming releases

2022-02-03 Thread Justin Bertram
My concern isn't so much with updating the website upon a release. As you note, we already do that. My concern is with the other updates that will inevitably be needed when the schedule slips for whatever reason. If we just stick to a general release cadence none of that will be necessary. Regard

Re: Upcoming releases

2022-02-01 Thread Jean-Baptiste Onofre
Hi Justin, I think it’s not a huge effort compare to what we already do at each release (updating the website). For instance, for Karaf, it’s pretty quick to update website and release schedule at each release cycle. I already proposed regular release cycle in the past (as best effort). I wou

Re: Upcoming releases

2022-02-01 Thread Justin Bertram
Generally speaking, I'm against anything that will require more maintenance of the website. History indicates that the community is somewhat weak in this area. Correct me if I'm wrong, but from what I can tell we've never consistently scheduled releases. Also, given the Apache Way with the release

Re: Upcoming releases

2022-02-01 Thread Jean-Baptiste Onofré
And by the way, this page should mention some important notes (like JDK version supported, log4j versions, Spring version, ...). Regards JB On 01/02/2022 13:47, Tim Bain wrote: Would it be worth the effort to create and then maintain a page that lists the planned timeline of upcoming releases

Re: Upcoming releases

2022-02-01 Thread Jean-Baptiste Onofré
Hi Tim, That's a good idea (and it's what we are doing on others projects like Karaf and Camel). If there's no objection, I will do the ActiveMQ one. Regards JB On 01/02/2022 13:47, Tim Bain wrote: Would it be worth the effort to create and then maintain a page that lists the planned timeli