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bh=hFzhXzFFghZZk4ZpDbGxeUJ0LHm6treS6Oq94x67l3Q=; b=VVjfRpJJ9ndcRbbUXwpPhVk562st3Csoq/6/iF7FYodZApf9j/veNuc9r0+VwF+Dxabbuu QHydgOyOdjxW6WzTAHdlCHMOs1Z8ItFyGWJE65R6pl5Vn8akX6S/OS5PzdAhENo7e0fc7T gLh5TxUdgULZ7TWkcyiR3yeXZhqwAkM= Received: from relay2.suse.de (unknown [195.135.221.27]) by mx2.suse.de (Postfix) with ESMTP id 9473AAC22; Wed, 25 Nov 2020 14:01:49 +0000 (UTC) Subject: Re: Xen 4.15: Proposed release schedule To: Ian Jackson , xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Cc: committers@xenproject.org, George Dunlap References: <24510.24778.433048.477008@mariner.uk.xensource.com> From: =?UTF-8?B?SsO8cmdlbiBHcm/Dnw==?= Message-ID: Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 15:01:48 +0100 User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; Linux x86_64; rv:78.0) Gecko/20100101 Thunderbird/78.4.0 MIME-Version: 1.0 In-Reply-To: <24510.24778.433048.477008@mariner.uk.xensource.com> Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha256; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="iq6o53iNID9ZPMy97LKYPfBJzRBTyu9Fc" This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --iq6o53iNID9ZPMy97LKYPfBJzRBTyu9Fc Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="JsFG8kzwkduzFc83dt57SkXSIiZAungJ1"; protected-headers="v1" From: =?UTF-8?B?SsO8cmdlbiBHcm/Dnw==?= To: Ian Jackson , xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org Cc: committers@xenproject.org, George Dunlap Message-ID: Subject: Re: Xen 4.15: Proposed release schedule References: <24510.24778.433048.477008@mariner.uk.xensource.com> In-Reply-To: <24510.24778.433048.477008@mariner.uk.xensource.com> --JsFG8kzwkduzFc83dt57SkXSIiZAungJ1 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------AD3675CBC7F429925466476B" Content-Language: en-US This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --------------AD3675CBC7F429925466476B Content-Type: text/plain; charset=utf-8; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 25.11.20 14:48, Ian Jackson wrote: > Andrew Cooper , > George Dunlap , > Jan Beulich , > Julien Grall , > Stefano Stabellini , > =3D?iso-8859-1?Q?J=3DFCrgen_Gro=3DDF?=3D , > Paul Durrant , > Wei Liu > FCC: ~/mail/Outbound > --text follows this line-- > Hi. I've done a little bit of consultation with previous release > managers, and reviewed various list archives and calendars. These > consultations seemed to suggest some folklore that wasn't captured in > our process doc - hence the proposed patch, below. >=20 > I would like to tentatively propose the following schedule and > policies for Xen 4.15. >=20 > If you have opinions, please comment as soon as you can so that we can > have an open dialogue. Comments must be submitted at the very latest > by 1700 UTC on Wednesday the 2nd of December. >=20 > Having never done this before, I am particularly interested in > comments from previous release managers. >=20 > ** DRAFT ** >=20 > Friday 8th January Last posting date >=20 > Patches adding new features should be posted to the mailing list > by this cate, although perhaps not in their final version. >=20 > Friday 22nd January Feature freeze > =20 > Patches adding new features should be committed by this date. > Straightforward bugfixes may continue to be accepted by > maintainers. >=20 > Friday 12th February **tentatve** Code freeze >=20 > Bugfixes only, all changes to be approved by the Release Manager. >=20 > Week of 12th March **tentative** Release > (probably Tuesday or Wednesday) >=20 > Any patches containing substantial refactoring are to treated as > new features, even if they intent is to fix bugs. >=20 > 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. >=20 > Chinese New Year falls around the 11th-19th of February this year. In > my plan above, that falls within the hard code freeze period. If we > don't manage to get the tree to an acceptable quality level by the > tentative codefreeze and release dates above, these dates will slip. >=20 > I have not yet started tracking "big ticket" items, and bugs. I > expect to start doing that starting after Christmas. NB the primary > responsibility for driving a feature's progress to meet the release > schedule, lies with the feature's proponents. >=20 > 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. >=20 > ** END OF DRAFT ** >=20 > Thanks, > Ian. >=20 >>>From b34f4ddace0b8d76d8c340a46288a2db79c99460 Mon Sep 17 00:00:00 2001 > From: Ian Jackson > To: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org > Cc: Andrew Cooper > Cc: George Dunlap > Cc: Ian Jackson > Cc: Jan Beulich > Cc: Julien Grall > Cc: Stefano Stabellini > Date: Wed, 25 Nov 2020 13:22:08 +0000 > Subject: [PATCH] xen-release-management doc: More info on schedule > MIME-Version: 1.0 > Content-Type: text/plain; charset=3DUTF-8 > Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit >=20 > This documents our practice, established in 2018 > https://lists.xen.org/archives/html/xen-devel/2018-07/msg02240.html > et seq >=20 > CC: J=C3=BCrgen Gro=C3=9F > CC: Paul Durrant > CC: Wei Liu > Signed-off-by: Ian Jackson > --- > docs/process/xen-release-management.pandoc | 12 ++++++++++-- > 1 file changed, 10 insertions(+), 2 deletions(-) >=20 > diff --git a/docs/process/xen-release-management.pandoc b/docs/process/= xen-release-management.pandoc > index e1aa1eda8f..a5d70fed67 100644 > --- a/docs/process/xen-release-management.pandoc > +++ b/docs/process/xen-release-management.pandoc > @@ -15,8 +15,10 @@ that they can have an idea what to expect from the R= elease Manager. > =20 > # Xen release cycle > =20 > -The Xen hypervisor project now releases every 8 months. The actual rel= ease date > -depends on a lot of factors. > +The Xen hypervisor project now releases every 8 months. We aim to > +release in the first half of March/July/November. These dates have > +been chosen to avoid major holidays and cultural events; if one > +release slips, ideally the previous release cycle would be shortened. s/previous/following/ Maybe add a reference to the mail thread in the xen-devel archives? > =20 > We can roughly divide one release into two periods. The development p= eriod > and the freeze period. The former is 6 months long and the latter is = about 2 > @@ -33,6 +35,12 @@ During freeze period, the tree is closed for new fea= tures. Only bug fixes are > accepted. This period can be shorter or longer than 2 months. If it e= nds up > longer than 2 months, it eats into the next development period. > =20 > +The precise release schedule depends on a lot of factors and needs to > +be set afresh by the Release Manager in each release cycle. When the > +release is in March, particular consideration should be given to the > +Chinese New Year holidaty which will then typically occur curing the s/holidaty/holiday/ > +freeze, so the freeze should probably be extended to compensate. > + > # The different roles in a Xen release > =20 > ## Release Manager >=20 Juergen --------------AD3675CBC7F429925466476B Content-Type: application/pgp-keys; name="OpenPGP_0xB0DE9DD628BF132F.asc" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="OpenPGP_0xB0DE9DD628BF132F.asc" -----BEGIN PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- xsBNBFOMcBYBCACgGjqjoGvbEouQZw/ToiBg9W98AlM2QHV+iNHsEs7kxWhKMjrioyspZKOBy= cWx w3ie3j9uvg9EOB3aN4xiTv4qbnGiTr3oJhkB1gsb6ToJQZ8uxGq2kaV2KL9650I1SJvedYm8O= f8Z d621lSmoKOwlNClALZNew72NjJLEzTalU1OdT7/i1TXkH09XSSI8mEQ/ouNcMvIJNwQpd369y= 9bf IhWUiVXEK7MlRgUG6MvIj6Y3Am/BBLUVbDa4+gmzDC9ezlZkTZG2t14zWPvxXP3FAp2pkW0xq= G7/ 377qptDmrk42GlSKN4z76ELnLxussxc7I2hx18NUcbP8+uty4bMxABEBAAHNHEp1ZXJnZW4gR= 3Jv c3MgPGpnQHBmdXBmLm5ldD7CwHkEEwECACMFAlOMcBYCGwMHCwkIBwMCAQYVCAIJCgsEFgIDA= QIe AQIXgAAKCRCw3p3WKL8TL0KdB/93FcIZ3GCNwFU0u3EjNbNjmXBKDY4FUGNQH2lvWAUy+dnyT= hpw dtF/jQ6j9RwE8VP0+NXcYpGJDWlNb9/JmYqLiX2Q3TyevpB0CA3dbBQp0OW0fgCetToGIQrg0= MbD 1C/sEOv8Mr4NAfbauXjZlvTj30H2jO0u+6WGM6nHwbh2l5O8ZiHkH32iaSTfN7Eu5RnNVUJbv= oPH Z8SlM4KWm8rG+lIkGurqqu5gu8q8ZMKdsdGC4bBxdQKDKHEFExLJK/nRPFmAuGlId1E3fe10v= 5QL +qHI3EIPtyfE7i9Hz6rVwi7lWKgh7pe0ZvatAudZ+JNIlBKptb64FaiIOAWDCx1SzR9KdWVyZ= 2Vu IEdyb3NzIDxqZ3Jvc3NAc3VzZS5jb20+wsB5BBMBAgAjBQJTjHCvAhsDBwsJCAcDAgEGFQgCC= QoL BBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQsN6d1ii/Ey/HmQf/RtI7kv5A2PS4RF7HoZhPVPogNVbC4YA6lW7Dr= Wf0 teC0RR3MzXfy6pJ+7KLgkqMlrAbN/8Dvjoz78X+5vhH/rDLa9BuZQlhFmvcGtCF8eR0T1v0nC= /nu AFVGy+67q2DH8As3KPu0344TBDpAvr2uYM4tSqxK4DURx5INz4ZZ0WNFHcqsfvlGJALDeE0Lh= ITT d9jLzdDad1pQSToCnLl6SBJZjDOX9QQcyUigZFtCXFst4dlsvddrxyqT1f17+2cFSdu7+ynLm= XBK 7abQ3rwJY8SbRO2iRulogc5vr/RLMMlscDAiDkaFQWLoqHHOdfO9rURssHNN8WkMnQfvUewRz= 80h SnVlcmdlbiBHcm9zcyA8amdyb3NzQG5vdmVsbC5jb20+wsB5BBMBAgAjBQJTjHDXAhsDBwsJC= AcD AgEGFQgCCQoLBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQsN6d1ii/Ey8PUQf/ehmgCI9jB9hlgexLvgOtf7PJn= FOX gMLdBQgBlVPO3/D9R8LtF9DBAFPNhlrsfIG/SqICoRCqUcJ96Pn3P7UUinFG/I0ECGF4EvTE1= jnD kfJZr6jrbjgyoZHiw/4BNwSTL9rWASyLgqlA8u1mf+c2yUwcGhgkRAd1gOwungxcwzwqgljf0= N51 N5JfVRHRtyfwq/ge+YEkDGcTU6Y0sPOuj4Dyfm8fJzdfHNQsWq3PnczLVELStJNdapwPOoE+l= otu fe3AM2vAEYJ9rTz3Cki4JFUsgLkHFqGZarrPGi1eyQcXeluldO3m91NK/1xMI3/+8jbO0tsn1= tqS EUGIJi7ox80eSnVlcmdlbiBHcm9zcyA8amdyb3NzQHN1c2UuZGU+wsB5BBMBAgAjBQJTjHDrA= hsD BwsJCAcDAgEGFQgCCQoLBBYCAwECHgECF4AACgkQsN6d1ii/Ey+LhQf9GL45eU5vOowA2u5N3= g3O ZUEBmDHVVbqMtzwlmNC4k9Kx39r5s2vcFl4tXqW7g9/ViXYuiDXb0RfUpZiIUW89siKrkzmQ5= dM7 wRqzgJpJwK8Bn2MIxAKArekWpiCKvBOB/Cc+3EXE78XdlxLyOi/NrmSGRIov0karw2RzMNOu5= D+j LRZQd1Sv27AR+IP3I8U4aqnhLpwhK7MEy9oCILlgZ1QZe49kpcumcZKORmzBTNh30FVKK1Evm= V2x AKDoaEOgQB4iFQLhJCdP1I5aSgM5IVFdn7v5YgEYuJYx37IoN1EblHI//x/e2AaIHpzK5h88N= Eaw QsaNRpNSrcfbFmAg987ATQRTjHAWAQgAyzH6AOODMBjgfWE9VeCgsrwH3exNAU32gLq2xvjpW= nHI s98ndPUDpnoxWQugJ6MpMncr0xSwFmHEgnSEjK/PAjppgmyc57BwKII3sV4on+gDVFJR6Y8ZR= wgn BC5mVM6JjQ5xDk8WRXljExRfUX9pNhdE5eBOZJrDRoLUmmjDtKzWaDhIg/+1Hzz93X4fCQkNV= bVF LELU9bMaLPBG/x5q4iYZ2k2ex6d47YE1ZFdMm6YBYMOljGkZKwYde5ldM9mo45mmwe0icXKLk= pEd IXKTZeKDO+Hdv1aqFuAcccTg9RXDQjmwhC3yEmrmcfl0+rPghO0Iv3OOImwTEe4co3c1mwARA= QAB wsBfBBgBAgAJBQJTjHAWAhsMAAoJELDendYovxMvQ/gH/1ha96vm4P/L+bQpJwrZ/dneZcmEw= Tbe 8YFsw2V/Buv6Z4Mysln3nQK5ZadD534CF7TDVft7fC4tU4PONxF5D+/tvgkPfDAfF77zy2AH1= vJz Q1fOU8lYFpZXTXIHb+559UqvIB8AdgR3SAJGHHt4RKA0F7f5ipYBBrC6cyXJyyoprT10EMvU8= VGi wXvTyJz3fjoYsdFzpWPlJEBRMedCot60g5dmbdrZ5DWClAr0yau47zpWj3enf1tLWaqcsuylW= svi uGjKGw7KHQd3bxALOknAp4dN3QwBYCKuZ7AddY9yjynVaD5X7nF9nO5BjR/i1DG86lem3iBDX= zXs ZDn8R38=3D =3D2wuH -----END PGP PUBLIC KEY BLOCK----- --------------AD3675CBC7F429925466476B-- --JsFG8kzwkduzFc83dt57SkXSIiZAungJ1-- --iq6o53iNID9ZPMy97LKYPfBJzRBTyu9Fc Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="OpenPGP_signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="OpenPGP_signature" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- wsB5BAABCAAjFiEEhRJncuj2BJSl0Jf3sN6d1ii/Ey8FAl++Y8wFAwAAAAAACgkQsN6d1ii/Ey/u ogf9Hqe83P/o/oUUn23gSAEzdAkt+TzuEA1Fx8tIsQOl86X2m6C90hqrnWy7jc1kH8U931vOgIMp RvyUSYNVGLrFW5jl2d9uDLboKacsgh9iD60KEcz+OqOI/gocizbRg88u9q8xpOxy5ZRwFnk0z2Aq RD60hEcsbAYuyrvgg0DQGfh6RZbKlg7odPh9wSoVU7QS63lWrGSJaMh3gugBqPUyUpu2zecAddmm nVTRrAyOlmFHem8u2ssA5IEgR/EoTDB0CzXB+G5AL2WIe4EpOQjdUqDeh5ZJvnYNekYt75UmMs5T S3Fk64AmZc4Ra0baGCk06ppCyxtqimYB0S48Aq2aUQ== =951n -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --iq6o53iNID9ZPMy97LKYPfBJzRBTyu9Fc--