[Gluster-devel] Release 4.0: Making it happen!

[Jiffin Tony Thottan]

On Tuesday 16 January 2018 08:57 PM, Shyam Ranganathan wrote:
> On 01/10/2018 01:14 PM, Shyam Ranganathan wrote:
>> Hi,
>>
>> 4.0 branching date is slated on the 16th of Jan 2018 and release is
>> slated for the end of Feb (28th), 2018.
> This is today! So read on...
>
> Short update: I am going to wait a couple more days before branching, to
> settle release content and exceptions. Branching is hence on Jan, 18th
> (Thursday).
>
>> We are at the phase when we need to ensure our release scope is correct
>> and *must* release features are landing. Towards this we need the
>> following information for all contributors.
>>
>> 1) Features that are making it to the release by branching date
>>
>> - There are currently 35 open github issues marked as 4.0 milestone [1]
>> - Need contributors to look at this list and let us know which will meet
>> the branching date
> Other than the protocol changes (from Amar), I did not receive any
> requests for features that are making it to the release. I have compiled
> a list of features based on patches in gerrit that are open, to check
> what features are viable to make it to 4.0. This can be found here [3].
>
> NOTE: All features, other than the ones in [3] are being moved out of
> the 4.0 milestone.
>
>> - Need contributors to let us know which may slip and hence needs a
>> backport exception to 4.0 branch (post branching).
>> - Need milestone corrections on features that are not making it to the
>> 4.0 release
> I need the following contributors to respond and state if the feature in
> [3] should still be tracked against 4.0 and how much time is possibly
> needed to make it happen.
>
> - Poornima, Amar, Jiffin, Du, Susant, Sanoj, Vijay

Hi,

The two gfapi[1,2] related changes have ack from poornima and Niels 
mentioned that he will do the review by EOD.

[1] https://review.gluster.org/#/c/18784/
[2] https://review.gluster.org/#/c/18785/

Regards,
Jiffin

>
>> NOTE: Slips are accepted if they fall 1-1.5 weeks post branching, not
>> post that, and called out before branching!
>>
>> 2) Reviews needing priority
>>
>> - There could be features that are up for review, and considering we
>> have about 6-7 days before branching, we need a list of these commits,
>> that you want review attention on.
>> - This will be added to this [2] dashboard, easing contributor access to
>> top priority reviews before branching
> As of now, I am adding a few from the list in [3] for further review
> attention as I see things evolving, more will be added as the point
> above is answered by the respective contributors.
>
>> 3) Review help!
>>
>> - This link [2] contains reviews that need attention, as they are
>> targeted for 4.0. Request maintainers and contributors to pay close
>> attention to this list on a daily basis and help out with reviews.
>>
>> Thanks,
>> Shyam
>>
>> [1] github issues marked for 4.0:
>> https://github.com/gluster/glusterfs/milestone/3
>>
>> [2] Review focus for features planned to land in 4.0:
>> https://review.gluster.org/#/q/owner:srangana%2540redhat.com+is:starred
> [3] Release 4.0 features with pending code reviews: http://bit.ly/2rbjcl8
>
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