Re: Xen 4.4 development update: RC0 imminent

[Lars Kurth <lars.kurth@xen.org>]

On 05/12/2013 16:54, George Dunlap wrote:
> On Thu, Dec 5, 2013 at 4:09 PM, George Dunlap
> <George.Dunlap@eu.citrix.com> wrote:
>> This information will be mirrored on the Xen 4.4 Roadmap wiki page:
>>   http://wiki.xen.org/wiki/Xen_Roadmap/4.4
>>
>> We're nearly to the completion of the code freeze, scheduled for
>> tomorrow.  After the code freeze, only bug fixes and features marked
>> as "blockers" will be considered.  At the moment, the only feature
>> considered a blocker is experimental PVH dom0 support.
>>
>> In early RCs, most bug fixes will be accepted; but in later RCs, even
>> bug fixes may be rejected if they risk breaking more important
>> functionality than they fix.
>>
>> I don't think at this point every bug fix needs a blessing from me;
>> committers, if there are fixes which are obviously low-risk, just go
>> ahead and check them in.
>>
>> I was thinking that for some of our new features, it would be good to
>> have a blog post describing the feature and how to test it.  This
>> would both raise awareness of the feature, and hopefully get it more
>> testing before the release.  We could choose a couple to focus on for
>> each test day.
> Lars / Russ,
>
> We should be able to cut an RC0 sometime next week.  Do you want to
> plan a test day for 16 December, and then maybe another one for 6
> January?
The RC0 has not happened last week. I guess we are a little late for a 
test day. Also, I will be struggling organizing a Test Day due to 
holidays and a planned trip to China. Unless Russ can pick it up, and we 
do have a schedule for test days after RC0, which we can stick to. Also, 
we need volunteers to prepare decent test instructions.
Lars