[ovs-dev] [PATCH ovn 1/2] Fix misleading release schedule.

[Ilya Maximets]

On 9/2/20 3:58 PM, Mark Michelson wrote:
> There were three problems:
> * It was not made very clear that the dates in the table were examples
>   only.
> * The time period per release only added up to ~2 months, not 3.
> * The example dates did not agree with the stated time period for branch
>   creation.
> 
> This commit should fix all three issues.
> 
> Signed-off-by: Mark Michelson <mmichels at redhat.com>
> ---
>  Documentation/internals/release-process.rst | 8 ++++----
>  1 file changed, 4 insertions(+), 4 deletions(-)
> 
> diff --git a/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst b/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst
> index 73a8f6bba..0b378bf35 100644
> --- a/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst
> +++ b/Documentation/internals/release-process.rst
> @@ -112,15 +112,15 @@ OVN makes releases at the following three-month cadence.  All dates are
>  approximate:
>  
>  +---------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
> -| Time (months) | Dates               | Stage                                |
> +| Time (months) | Example Dates       | Stage                                |
>  +---------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
>  | T             | Jan 1, Apr 1, ...   | Begin x.y release cycle              |

Even though these are example dates, maybe it's better to align them with the
actual schedule that you're proposing in the next patch, i.e. shift them 1 month
earlier?  I mean, according to the plan, release cycle for 21.03 will start on
approximately Dec 1 2020, and not on Jan 1.

>  +---------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
> -| T + 1         | Feb 1, May 1, ...   | "Soft freeze" master for x.y release |
> +| T + 2         | Mar 1, Jun 1, ...   | "Soft freeze" master for x.y release |
>  +---------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
> -| T + 1.5       | Feb 8, May 8, ...   | Fork branch-x.y from master          |
> +| T + 2.5       | Mar 15, Jun 15, ... | Fork branch-x.y from master          |
>  +---------------+---------------------+--------------------------------------+
> -| T + 1.75      | Feb 22, May 22, ... | Release version x.y.0                |
> +| T + 2.75      | Mar 29, Jun 29, ... | Release version x.y.0                |

Shouldn't it be "T + 3" or "T + 2.99" ?  0.25 is one week, i.e. there is still
inconsistency across columns.

Best regards, Ilya Maximets.