[Gluster-users] 3.8 Plan changes - proposal

[Vijay Bellur]

On 01/11/2016 04:22 PM, Vijay Bellur wrote:
> Hi All,
>
> We discussed the following proposal for 3.8 in the maintainers mailing
> list and there was general consensus about the changes being a step in
> the right direction. Would like to hear your thoughts about the same.
>
> Changes to 3.8 Plan:
> --------------------
>
> 1. Include 4.0 features such as NSR, dht2, glusterd2.0 & eventing as
> experimental features in 3.8. 4.0 features are shaping up reasonably
> well and it would be nice to have them packaged in 3.8 so that we can
> get more meaningful feedback early on. As 4.0 features mature, we can
> push them out through subsequent 3.8.x releases to derive iterative
> feedback.
>
> 2. Ensure that most of our components have tests in distaf by 3.8. I
> would like us to have more deterministic pre-release testing for 3.8 and
> having tests in distaf should help us in accomplishing that goal.
>
> 3. Add "forward compatibility" section to all feature pages proposed for
> 3.8 so that we carefully review the impact of a feature on all upcoming
> Gluster.next features.
>
> 4. Have Niels de Vos as the maintainer for 3.8 with immediate effect.
> This is a change from the past where we have had release maintainers
> after a .0 release is in place. I think Niels' diligence as a release
> manager will help us in having a more polished .0 release.
>
> 5. Move out 3.8 by 2-3 months (end of May or early June 2016) to
> accomplish these changes.
>
> Appreciate your feedback about this proposal!
>

Since we have not come across any objections to this proposal, let us go 
ahead and turn this into our plan of action.

Look forward to an exciting first release of Gluster.next!

Cheers,
Vijay