Re: [Xen-devel] [VOTE] Release cycle scheme

2015-11-09 Thread Lars Kurth
On 09/11/2015 11:50, "Wei Liu" wrote: >On Mon, Nov 09, 2015 at 11:24:59AM +, Lars Kurth wrote: >> >> >> On 09/11/2015 11:04, "Wei Liu" wrote: >> >> >On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 03:46:59AM -0700, Jan Beulich wrote: >> >> >>> On 02.11.15 at 14:47, wrote: >> >> > So I propose we use the follo

Re: [Xen-devel] [VOTE] Release cycle scheme

2015-11-09 Thread Wei Liu
On Mon, Nov 09, 2015 at 11:24:59AM +, Lars Kurth wrote: > > > On 09/11/2015 11:04, "Wei Liu" wrote: > > >On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 03:46:59AM -0700, Jan Beulich wrote: > >> >>> On 02.11.15 at 14:47, wrote: > >> > So I propose we use the following scheme: > >> > > >> > - 6 months release cyc

Re: [Xen-devel] [VOTE] Release cycle scheme

2015-11-09 Thread Lars Kurth
On 09/11/2015 11:04, "Wei Liu" wrote: >On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 03:46:59AM -0700, Jan Beulich wrote: >> >>> On 02.11.15 at 14:47, wrote: >> > So I propose we use the following scheme: >> > >> > - 6 months release cycle from unstable branch. >> > - 4 months development. >> > - 2 months free

Re: [Xen-devel] [VOTE] Release cycle scheme

2015-11-09 Thread Wei Liu
On Wed, Nov 04, 2015 at 03:46:59AM -0700, Jan Beulich wrote: > >>> On 02.11.15 at 14:47, wrote: > > So I propose we use the following scheme: > > > > - 6 months release cycle from unstable branch. > > - 4 months development. > > - 2 months freeze. > > - Eat into next cycle if doesn't releas

Re: [Xen-devel] [VOTE] Release cycle scheme

2015-11-05 Thread Konrad Rzeszutek Wilk
On Mon, Nov 02, 2015 at 01:47:21PM +, Wei Liu wrote: > Hi committers, > > There doesn't seem to be consensus on how release cycle should be > managed. In the survey [0] about release cycle there were following > proposed schemes: > > #1. 6 months release cycle + current stable release scheme

Re: [Xen-devel] [VOTE] Release cycle scheme

2015-11-05 Thread Stefano Stabellini
On Mon, 2 Nov 2015, Wei Liu wrote: > Hi committers, I am not a xen.git committer, but I am the qemu-xen.git committer, and since I maintain all the qemu-xen stable trees and releases, I think that my vote should count, at least for this proposal. > There doesn't seem to be consensus on how relea

Re: [Xen-devel] [VOTE] Release cycle scheme

2015-11-05 Thread Tim Deegan
At 13:47 + on 02 Nov (1446472041), Wei Liu wrote: > So I propose we use the following scheme: > > - 6 months release cycle from unstable branch. > - 4 months development. > - 2 months freeze. > - Eat into next cycle if doesn't release on time. > - Fixed cut-off date: the Fridays of the w

Re: [Xen-devel] [VOTE] Release cycle scheme

2015-11-04 Thread Ian Jackson
Wei Liu writes ("[VOTE] Release cycle scheme"): > There are comments made by individuals that couldn't be clearly > represent in tally. The most acceptable option to stable tree > maintainers is #1. > > So I propose we use the following scheme: +1 Following Ian Campbell's lead, I want to commen

Re: [Xen-devel] [VOTE] Release cycle scheme

2015-11-04 Thread Ian Campbell
On Mon, 2015-11-02 at 13:47 +, Wei Liu wrote: >  > So I propose we use the following scheme: > > - 6 months release cycle from unstable branch. >   - 4 months development. >   - 2 months freeze. +1 >   - Eat into next cycle if doesn't release on time. +2 > - Fixed cut-off date: the Fridays

Re: [Xen-devel] [VOTE] Release cycle scheme

2015-11-04 Thread Jan Beulich
>>> On 02.11.15 at 14:47, wrote: > So I propose we use the following scheme: > > - 6 months release cycle from unstable branch. > - 4 months development. > - 2 months freeze. > - Eat into next cycle if doesn't release on time. > - Fixed cut-off date: the Fridays of the week in which the las

Re: [Xen-devel] [VOTE] Release cycle scheme

2015-11-04 Thread George Dunlap
On Mon, Nov 2, 2015 at 1:47 PM, Wei Liu wrote: > - 6 months release cycle from unstable branch. > - 4 months development. > - 2 months freeze. > - Eat into next cycle if doesn't release on time. ... > - Stable branch maintained for 18 months full support plus 18 months > security support.

Re: [Xen-devel] [VOTE] Release cycle scheme

2015-11-04 Thread Lars Kurth
Hi everyone, may I ask you to prioritise this vote, such that 4.7 release planning can start? Right now, it is holding up the release planning process, which normally starts around a month after a release (the release was on the 13th of Oct, well a little earlier of we count branching). Lars >

[Xen-devel] [VOTE] Release cycle scheme

2015-11-02 Thread Wei Liu
Hi committers, There doesn't seem to be consensus on how release cycle should be managed. In the survey [0] about release cycle there were following proposed schemes: #1. 6 months release cycle + current stable release scheme #2. 6 months release cycle + LTS scheme #3. 6 months release cycle + ex