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

[Jiffin Tony Thottan]

On Wednesday 17 January 2018 04:55 PM, Jiffin Tony Thottan wrote:
>
>
> 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/
>
>

Niels has few comments on above patch. I need to have one week 
extension(26th Jan 2018)
--
Jiffin

> 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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