From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 Return-Path: X-Spam-Checker-Version: SpamAssassin 3.4.0 (2014-02-07) on aws-us-west-2-korg-lkml-1.web.codeaurora.org X-Spam-Level: X-Spam-Status: No, score=-5.8 required=3.0 tests=BAYES_00,DKIM_SIGNED, DKIM_VALID,DKIM_VALID_AU,HEADER_FROM_DIFFERENT_DOMAINS,MAILING_LIST_MULTI, SPF_HELO_NONE,SPF_PASS,URIBL_BLOCKED autolearn=no autolearn_force=no version=3.4.0 Received: from mail.kernel.org (mail.kernel.org [198.145.29.99]) by smtp.lore.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 59451C433DB for ; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:06:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: from lists.xenproject.org (lists.xenproject.org [192.237.175.120]) (using TLSv1.2 with cipher ECDHE-RSA-AES256-GCM-SHA384 (256/256 bits)) (No client certificate requested) by mail.kernel.org (Postfix) with ESMTPS id 0D38C23B28 for ; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:06:59 +0000 (UTC) DMARC-Filter: OpenDMARC Filter v1.3.2 mail.kernel.org 0D38C23B28 Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; dmarc=pass (p=none dis=none) header.from=xenproject.org Authentication-Results: mail.kernel.org; spf=pass smtp.mailfrom=xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org Received: from list by lists.xenproject.org with outflank-mailman.67351.120071 (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1l058r-0000nK-Ui; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:06:33 +0000 X-Outflank-Mailman: Message body and most headers restored to incoming version Received: by outflank-mailman (output) from mailman id 67351.120071; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:06:33 +0000 Received: from localhost ([127.0.0.1] helo=lists.xenproject.org) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1l058r-0000nD-Rh; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:06:33 +0000 Received: by outflank-mailman (input) for mailman id 67351; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:06:32 +0000 Received: from mail.xenproject.org ([104.130.215.37]) by lists.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1l058q-0000n8-IY for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:06:32 +0000 Received: from xenbits.xenproject.org ([104.239.192.120]) by mail.xenproject.org with esmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1l058q-0007gD-EN for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:06:32 +0000 Received: from iwj (helo=mariner.uk.xensource.com) by xenbits.xenproject.org with local-bsmtp (Exim 4.92) (envelope-from ) id 1l058q-0004P2-Cv for xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:06:32 +0000 Received: from iwj by mariner.uk.xensource.com with local (Exim 4.89) (envelope-from ) id 1l058o-0004Qh-Cu; Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:06:30 +0000 X-BeenThere: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org List-Id: Xen developer discussion List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xenproject.org Precedence: list Sender: "Xen-devel" DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; q=dns/txt; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=xenproject.org; s=20200302mail; h=References:In-Reply-To:Subject:To:Date: Message-ID:Content-Transfer-Encoding:Content-Type:MIME-Version:From; bh=QSffFpridiz8SJOviu02FWI6tE+HzILu38jOC6gDPSs=; b=fn/3hh4XnRXuEVt+rTPdKJbWrJ AkhDAyUDrDNou/5pLjdk9jJPnhG69Z8z/ZGq6qHWPcVJBtiiHJnniag8a6UeoGAG97v4lDFiotM2M FA6r666igzAaSk2Db/NrIcpbIUfqPKppkhqw4CrO8HJqfAkfmjkj0+JVgkLZceWAdwME=; From: Ian Jackson MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-ID: <24576.27654.137226.608671@mariner.uk.xensource.com> Date: Thu, 14 Jan 2021 16:06:30 +0000 To: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org, committers@xenproject.org Subject: [ANNOUNCE] Xen 4.15 release schedule and feature tracking In-Reply-To: <24567.7198.846779.557032@mariner.uk.xensource.com> References: <24567.7198.846779.557032@mariner.uk.xensource.com> X-Mailer: VM 8.2.0b under 24.5.1 (i686-pc-linux-gnu) The last posting date for new feature patches for Xen 4.15 is tomorrow. [1] We seem to be getting a reasonable good flood of stuff trying to meet this deadline :-). Patches for new fetures posted after tomorrow will be deferred to the next Xen release after 4.15. NB the primary responsibility for driving a feature's progress to meet the release schedule, lies with the feature's proponent(s). As a reminder, here is the release schedule: + (unchanged information indented with spaces): Friday 15th January Last posting date Patches adding new features should be posted to the mailing list by this cate, although perhaps not in their final version. Friday 29th January Feature freeze Patches adding new features should be committed by this date. Straightforward bugfixes may continue to be accepted by maintainers. Friday 12th February **tentatve** Code freeze Bugfixes only, all changes to be approved by the Release Manager. Week of 12th March **tentative** Release (probably Tuesday or Wednesday) Any patches containing substantial refactoring are to treated as new features, even if they intent is to fix bugs. Freeze exceptions will not be routine, but may be granted in exceptional cases for small changes on the basis of risk assessment. Large series will not get exceptions. Contributors *must not* rely on getting, or expect, a freeze exception. + New or improved tests (supposing they do not involve refactoring, + even build system reorganisation), and documentation improvements, + will generally be treated as bugfixes. The codefreeze and release dates are provisional and will be adjusted in the light of apparent code quality etc. If as a feature proponent you feel your feature is at risk and there is something the Xen Project could do to help, please consult me or the Community Manager. In such situations please reach out earlier rather than later. In my last update I asked this: > If you are working on a feature you want in 4.15 please let me know > about it. Ideally I'd like a little stanza like this: > > S: feature name > O: feature owner (proponent) name > E: feature owner (proponent) email address > P: your current estimate of the probability it making 4.15, as a %age > > But free-form text is OK too. Please reply to this mail. I received one mail. Thanks to Oleksandr Andrushchenko for his update on the following feeature: IOREQ feature (+ virtio-mmio) on Arm https://www.mail-archive.com/xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org/msg87002.html Julien Grall Oleksandr Tyshchenko I see that V4 of this series was just posted. Thanks, Oleksandr. I'll make a separate enquiry about your series. I think if people don't find the traditional feature tracking useful, I will try to assemble Release Notes information later, during the freeze, when fewer people are rushing to try to meet the deadlines. Thanks, Ian. [1] The precise nominal cutoff time is 2020-01-14 23:59:00 in time zone International Date Line West https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/UTC%E2%88%9212:00 based on the timestamp recorded in the earliest Received: line inserted by lists.xenproject.org, in the message containing the last-received patch of the series.