[virtio-dev] Re: [virtio] [RFC] virtio 1.3 schedule

[Stefan Hajnoczi <stefanha@redhat.com>]

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On Wed, Apr 05, 2023 at 03:57:09PM +0200, Cornelia Huck wrote:
> That said, let me propose the following timeline:
> 
> - July 1st 2023: enter feature freeze; all proposed changes must at
>   least have an open github issue that refers to a proposal on-list
> - August 1st 2023: enter change freeze; everything needs to have been
>   voted upon (i.e. we can start with preparations for a release like
>   compiling the change log)
> - at the same time, fork virtio-next, which can be used for development
>   while we're working on the release
> - August/September 2023: prepare draft, initiate initial voting etc.
> - by September/October 2023: have the final 1.3 spec ready, voted upon,
>   and released
> - virtio-next can be merged into mainline, and we continue with business
>   as usual
> 
> Thoughts? We might want to move things a tad earlier, but I don't think
> we should push the schedule out much further.

Sounds good to me. If the date is earlier then it will be necessary to
scrutinize the list of features for 1.3 and think hard about which ones
fit, but freezing on July 1st sounds realistic to me.

Stefan

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