[ovs-dev] [PATCH] release: Propose a shorter release cycle for 2.7.

Justin Pettit jpettit at ovn.org
Mon Oct 31 21:53:54 UTC 2016


> On Oct 31, 2016, at 12:22 PM, Russell Bryant <russell at ovn.org> wrote:
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> On Mon, Oct 31, 2016 at 5:23 PM, Justin Pettit <jpettit at ovn.org> wrote:
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>> > On Oct 29, 2016, at 9:19 AM, Russell Bryant <russell at ovn.org> wrote:
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>> > +
>> > +The following table identifies the planned dates for upcoming release
>> > +milestones.
>> > +
>> > +| Release Milestone              | Approximate Date  |
>> > +| ------------------------------ | ----------------- |
>> > +| branch-2.7 created             | Jan 11, 2017      |
>> > +| 2.7.0 released from branch-2.7 | Feb 8, 2017       |
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>> I'm fine with jiggering our release schedule for 2.7.  However, this changes from a formula-based table to one specific to 2.7.  Is there a reason you didn't just adjust the dates in the original table?  I'm hoping that we won't be shifting the dates all that often that we'd need to update the documentation for each release.
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> I was thinking we'd update this for every release.  We'd be aiming for six months, but we'd pick specific dates each time, after looking at alignment or conflicts (major holidays, events, other project schedules, ...).  Another reason was that I was proposing a shorter time between branch-2.7 creation and release for the shorter release cycle, so it didn't fit the formula.  I don't mind changing the table back, but then I'm not sure where to document the proposed deviation from the formula for 2.7.

I understand the logic, but I think if we update it every release, it won't give people much confidence that there's a regular release cadence--even if we do adhere to it.  There's already some wiggle-room in the dates, so I wouldn't expect holidays and other events to cause us to miss the deadlines by much.  In terms of the 2.7 release, I think the commit message does a fine job of explaining why the dates were modified.

--Justin





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