Updated Xen 4.19 schedule

Updated Xen 4.19 schedule

[Oleksii K.]

Hello everyone,

I would like to announce that I have decided to update the Xen 4.19
schedule due to the extended feature freeze period and the upcoming Xen
Summit next week.

I propose the following updates:
   Code Freeze: from May 31 to June 7
   Hard Code Freeze: from June 21 to June 28
   Final commits: from July 5 to July 12
   Release: July 17
The release date is shifted, but it still remains in July, which seems
acceptable to me.

One more thing:
No release ack is needed before Rc1. Please commit bug fixes at will.

Have a nice day.

Best regards,
Oleksii

Re: Updated Xen 4.19 schedule

[Jan Beulich]

On 29.05.2024 10:03, Oleksii K. wrote:
> Hello everyone,
> 
> I would like to announce that I have decided to update the Xen 4.19
> schedule due to the extended feature freeze period and the upcoming Xen
> Summit next week.
> 
> I propose the following updates:
>    Code Freeze: from May 31 to June 7

This is almost fully the week of the summit. With ...

>    Hard Code Freeze: from June 21 to June 28

... this, did you perhaps mean May 31 to June 20 there?

>    Final commits: from July 5 to July 12

Somewhat similarly, what's between June 28 and July 5?

Jan

>    Release: July 17
> The release date is shifted, but it still remains in July, which seems
> acceptable to me.
> 
> One more thing:
> No release ack is needed before Rc1. Please commit bug fixes at will.
> 
> Have a nice day.
> 
> Best regards,
> Oleksii

Re: Updated Xen 4.19 schedule

[Oleksii K.]

On Wed, 2024-05-29 at 10:19 +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 29.05.2024 10:03, Oleksii K. wrote:
> > Hello everyone,
> > 
> > I would like to announce that I have decided to update the Xen 4.19
> > schedule due to the extended feature freeze period and the upcoming
> > Xen
> > Summit next week.
> > 
> > I propose the following updates:
> >    Code Freeze: from May 31 to June 7
> 
> This is almost fully the week of the summit. With ...
> 
> >    Hard Code Freeze: from June 21 to June 28
> 
> ... this, did you perhaps mean May 31 to June 20 there?
> 
> >    Final commits: from July 5 to July 12
> 
> Somewhat similarly, what's between June 28 and July 5?
It should be RCx ( IIUC how it was done previously ) +  bugfixes for
serious bugs (including regressions), and probably low-risk fixes only

Let me share the updated schedule as I made incorrect calculations:

Code Freeze: Fri, June 14 (+2 weeks from Feature Freeze, considering
the week of the summit)

Hard Freeze: Fri, June 28 (+2 weeks from Code Freeze, usually it is +3
weeks, but I think we can go with +2 and extend ( to 3 weeks ) if
necessary)

Final Commits: Fri, July 12 (+2 weeks from Hard Freeze)
Release: Wed, July 17

~ Oleksii
> 
> Jan
> 
> >    Release: July 17
> > The release date is shifted, but it still remains in July, which
> > seems
> > acceptable to me.
> > 
> > One more thing:
> > No release ack is needed before Rc1. Please commit bug fixes at
> > will.
> > 
> > Have a nice day.
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Oleksii
>