[Gluster-devel] [IMPORTANT] Release planning for GlusterFS 3.8, schedule, deadlines and all

[Venky Shankar]

On Tue, Mar 15, 2016 at 12:04:46PM +0530, Jiffin Tony Thottan wrote:
> 
> Hi,
> 
> I had created pull request in roadmap for DHT2 [1] with minimal details and
> it got merged
> 
> @Venky/Shyam : can u please do a follow up
> 
> [1] https://github.com/thotz/glusterweb/commit/f81253cfc6821d3589dbe6cde62025fa4c5c7bf7

Sure. Currently we're thinking if the POC should be merged upstream (I think it should).

Shyam wanted to check this with Jeff and others. Shyam, anything?

> 
> Regards,
> Jiffin
> 
> On 14/03/16 14:49, Niels de Vos wrote:
> >Hi,
> >
> >We're kicking the 3.8 release back into shape and schedule. Our planned
> >6 month release cycle has completely failed on us, we're about 6 months
> >behind. I've taken the liberty to set aggressive deadlines and put this
> >on the roadmap on https://www.gluster.org/community/roadmap/3.8/ .
> >
> >The page explains the dates, it will be extremely difficult to convince
> >me to change it. A delay because a feature is not ready will not be
> >acceptable, the feature will be moved out into the next (major/minor)
> >release.
> >
> >Requirements that are listed on the roadmap affect all features. *ALL*
> >of these will need to be mostly fulfilled by the end of April. The last
> >day of April has been picked as branch date. Any feature that is not
> >ready at the time of branching (includes *ALL* requirements) will be
> >disabled/removed from the sources. There is an other chance to get the
> >feature in for the following release in 6 months time.
> >
> >All feature owners have been put on CC of this email. They need to go
> >through the roadmap and update the description, current status, links,
> >and any other missing parts before the end of this week. There need to
> >be visible progress on at least the contents in the roadmap, and in the
> >linked designs/feature pages. If there is no obvious attempt to improve
> >the status of the feature, it will be marked as "move to next release".
> >
> >Sending updates for the roadmap is easy, click the "Edit this page on
> >GitHub" link on the bottom of the page. It should create a pull request
> >that I can review, please assign it to me ("nixpanic" on GitHub).
> >
> >If a feature is not expected to be ready before the end of April, please
> >let me know as soon as possible. All tracking that we do makes it easier
> >when we are kept informed.
> >
> >For this release, Jiffin offered his assistance. If there are any
> >questions, do not hesitate to ask us (of course with the gluster-devel
> >list on CC).
> >
> >Thanks,
> >Jiffin & Niels
> >
> >
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