From mboxrd@z Thu Jan 1 00:00:00 1970 From: Doug Goldstein Subject: Re: Notes from Xen BoF at Debconf15 Date: Tue, 8 Sep 2015 09:52:35 -0500 Message-ID: <55EEF633.8090203@cardoe.com> References: <1441704296.24450.24.camel@citrix.com> <55EECAE002000078000A0A83@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <1441707327.24450.47.camel@citrix.com> <55EED6EA02000078000A0B01@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> <21998.48437.864426.911066@mariner.uk.xensource.com> <55EEDAB102000078000A0B3B@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="===============6863822325322985240==" Return-path: In-Reply-To: <55EEDAB102000078000A0B3B@prv-mh.provo.novell.com> List-Unsubscribe: , List-Post: List-Help: List-Subscribe: , Sender: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org Errors-To: xen-devel-bounces@lists.xen.org To: xen-devel@lists.xen.org List-Id: xen-devel@lists.xenproject.org This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --===============6863822325322985240== Content-Type: multipart/signed; micalg=pgp-sha512; protocol="application/pgp-signature"; boundary="U4SL2PgtTbqDRGbV9D0nLaI6IiGagj0V6" This is an OpenPGP/MIME signed message (RFC 4880 and 3156) --U4SL2PgtTbqDRGbV9D0nLaI6IiGagj0V6 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=windows-1252 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On 9/8/15 5:55 AM, Jan Beulich wrote: >>>> On 08.09.15 at 12:49, wrote: >> Jan Beulich writes ("Re: [Xen-devel] Notes from Xen BoF at Debconf15")= : >>> Right - 4.4.3 already was released with just one RC, and indeed I >>> meant to stay with that model considering the little (if any) feedbac= k >>> we get on these RCs. I personally could live without doing any RCs, >>> but [...] >> >> Having had the chance to reflect I am convinced that we should stop >> doing RCs for point releases. >> >>> [I] thought so far that doing at least one kind of publicly indicates= >>> the intention of doing a release soon. >> >> You might hope that it would have that effect, but I don't think it is= >> working. Also, if it does work, all it does is generate more patches,= >> making the `rc' more of a `prod to get your stuff shoveled in'. >=20 > Well, okay - no RCs anymore then unless someone offers a > convincing reason to have them. >=20 > Jan >=20 So I'll just toss in a late thumbs up here. For libvirt we maintain stable branches that are mostly just security fixes and other important fixes. We tag these will without RCs and all the downstream distros (and myself as the downstream maintainer for 3 distros) are happy with that situation. --=20 Doug Goldstein --U4SL2PgtTbqDRGbV9D0nLaI6IiGagj0V6 Content-Type: application/pgp-signature; name="signature.asc" Content-Description: OpenPGP digital signature Content-Disposition: attachment; filename="signature.asc" -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG/MacGPG2 v2.0 iQJ8BAEBCgBmBQJV7vYzXxSAAAAAAC4AKGlzc3Vlci1mcHJAbm90YXRpb25zLm9w ZW5wZ3AuZmlmdGhob3JzZW1hbi5uZXRBNTM5MEQ2RTNFMTkyNzlCNzVDMzIwOTVB MkJDMDNEQzg3RUQxQkQ0AAoJEKK8A9yH7RvU0KEP/R6szzF/Az1KOYRNh+IZ2UI9 e7MtJaU1UchmruiDjj4YXfDlVG8T7tnZTDazHeEEIP+Wj1OigDeicyFNRMnzJDvQ QAEW3w2RQ+LN6OHFe4ssqvMXm3cDd7DM7fH0bJTn0kIRQY5s/dI65ybEpjZbYNQB Gi0K0RXHVQRjyay1qhAy1RbWBrVNbMWlDtfja2P2llpimY5Jz+DWai6rt8brcmdV MO4Vdz4q72xWxotWWVtqy2e1jnVblmIEcxXYKp9ymgD8N30W7uo7fyQNXwlNxOnV UfmiRRp+d+YlAEnG/c1Dhejg3xUHZuj5v1IFY3eUM7yzxllxGzDrwNLGkGWhoKZz 5cUPqiVlXqOwNFfB+f6ZG7MOq/MKgjfF0JW9UKZDhVWyd5ML3drDDPvv1yp+NgL9 mJK3O8z64wR7yEMS1WmFzzHxIMh+3nuwVyS7ch9AiakTFUX41UGqDAAhuyS8GPXd GCQK0lsprXWq5QMCTxScBowkzQDwphYTtyQxqbypD5MVhoA0N6p+7JqZT0/M1Tii nX+NmjqOkTomxYjmpGqcq2Gwellx9pGa0Rcd3boPjFd8/867rNm95ypaiErDgOld NBsST6YzVCsxipBuN7gWE8GfgoNWhRak98gKXSn3wUrUJNrSrcsx9fI7EBhaTELu fMYRxY3CVmNQakuGKaEd =1G6c -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --U4SL2PgtTbqDRGbV9D0nLaI6IiGagj0V6-- --===============6863822325322985240== Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline _______________________________________________ Xen-devel mailing list Xen-devel@lists.xen.org http://lists.xen.org/xen-devel --===============6863822325322985240==--