Code freeze date for Xen 4.19 is 31.05.2024

Code freeze date for Xen 4.19 is 31.05.2024

[Oleksii K.]

Hi all,

I would like to remind you that the code freeze date for Xen 4.19 is
May 31, 2024.

I'm okay with bug fixes being committed without my release ack (just CC
me), except in cases where a one of maintainers gives a strong NACK.

Have a nice week!

Best regards,
Oleksii

Re: Code freeze date for Xen 4.19 is 31.05.2024

[Jan Beulich]

On 27.05.2024 15:58, Oleksii K. wrote:
> I would like to remind you that the code freeze date for Xen 4.19 is
> May 31, 2024.

I may be confused: With feature freeze having been last Friday aiui, isn't
this a little too short a period? I was actually expecting a longer-than-
normal one to account for the Xen Summit week.

Jan

> I'm okay with bug fixes being committed without my release ack (just CC
> me), except in cases where a one of maintainers gives a strong NACK.
> 
> Have a nice week!
> 
> Best regards,
> Oleksii

Re: Code freeze date for Xen 4.19 is 31.05.2024

[Oleksii K.]

On Mon, 2024-05-27 at 17:12 +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 27.05.2024 15:58, Oleksii K. wrote:
> > I would like to remind you that the code freeze date for Xen 4.19
> > is
> > May 31, 2024.
> 
> I may be confused: With feature freeze having been last Friday aiui,
> isn't
> this a little too short a period? I was actually expecting a longer-
> than-
> normal one to account for the Xen Summit week.
It makes sense to move the last day to June 14. Consequently, we would
need to adjust the schedule as follows:

Hard Code Freeze: from June 21 to June 28
Final commits: from July 5 to July 12
Release: July 17

And this schedule also looks good to me.

However, another option is to combine the Code Freeze and Hard Code
Freeze periods since both phases are about accepting only bug fixes,
differing only in the severity of the fixes.

Thoughts?

~ Oleksii
> 
> Jan
> 
> > I'm okay with bug fixes being committed without my release ack
> > (just CC
> > me), except in cases where a one of maintainers gives a strong
> > NACK.
> > 
> > Have a nice week!
> > 
> > Best regards,
> > Oleksii
> 

Re: Code freeze date for Xen 4.19 is 31.05.2024

[Jan Beulich]

On 27.05.2024 17:52, Oleksii K. wrote:
> On Mon, 2024-05-27 at 17:12 +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
>> On 27.05.2024 15:58, Oleksii K. wrote:
>>> I would like to remind you that the code freeze date for Xen 4.19
>>> is
>>> May 31, 2024.
>>
>> I may be confused: With feature freeze having been last Friday aiui,
>> isn't
>> this a little too short a period? I was actually expecting a longer-
>> than-
>> normal one to account for the Xen Summit week.
> It makes sense to move the last day to June 14. Consequently, we would
> need to adjust the schedule as follows:
> 
> Hard Code Freeze: from June 21 to June 28
> Final commits: from July 5 to July 12
> Release: July 17
> 
> And this schedule also looks good to me.
> 
> However, another option is to combine the Code Freeze and Hard Code
> Freeze periods since both phases are about accepting only bug fixes,
> differing only in the severity of the fixes.

I'm okay with whichever way you want it. All I'm seeking is clarity.

Jan

Re: Code freeze date for Xen 4.19 is 31.05.2024

[Oleksii K.]

On Mon, 2024-05-27 at 17:55 +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
> On 27.05.2024 17:52, Oleksii K. wrote:
> > On Mon, 2024-05-27 at 17:12 +0200, Jan Beulich wrote:
> > > On 27.05.2024 15:58, Oleksii K. wrote:
> > > > I would like to remind you that the code freeze date for Xen
> > > > 4.19
> > > > is
> > > > May 31, 2024.
> > > 
> > > I may be confused: With feature freeze having been last Friday
> > > aiui,
> > > isn't
> > > this a little too short a period? I was actually expecting a
> > > longer-
> > > than-
> > > normal one to account for the Xen Summit week.
> > It makes sense to move the last day to June 14. Consequently, we
> > would
> > need to adjust the schedule as follows:
> > 
> > Hard Code Freeze: from June 21 to June 28
> > Final commits: from July 5 to July 12
> > Release: July 17
> > 
> > And this schedule also looks good to me.
> > 
> > However, another option is to combine the Code Freeze and Hard Code
> > Freeze periods since both phases are about accepting only bug
> > fixes,
> > differing only in the severity of the fixes.
> 
> I'm okay with whichever way you want it. All I'm seeking is clarity.
I realized that we have the Xen Summit coming up, which means we'll
lose almost a week from the review process perspective.

I would like to hear the other maintainers' thoughts on updating our
release schedule to have the release on July 17.

~ Oleksii