Re: [cdt-dev] Proposed Schedule for 8.3 and 8.4

[Marc-André Laperle <marc-andre.laperle@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On Wed, 24 Jul 2013 16:41:08 -0400
Marc-André Laperle <marc-andre.laperle@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> Hi Doug,
> 
> Thanks for looking into that. This schedule looks good. For SR2, I
> think it would probably be simpler to do a 8.3.1 or else we would
> have 3 active branches for a while (assuming we would be doing a
> 8.3.1 before June). We could still back port fixes to the 8.2 branch
> on demand like we do for older branches right now. 

> With that in mind,
> would it be OK to contribute CDT 8.3.1 to the Kepler release train
> for SR2?


I mean, from the C/C++ EPP perspective.


> Marc-Andre
> 
> (BTW, I think Marc K will likely want to comment on the schedule but
> he's on vacation right now this week and next week, I believe)
> 
> On Tue, 23 Jul 2013 04:01:15 +0000
> Doug Schaefer <dschaefer@xxxxxxx> wrote:
> 
> > Hey gang,
> > 
> > To follow up on our plan to switch to 6 month releases, I plotted
> > out a possible schedule. These dates are release dates on the
> > Friday with the builds from Tues (plus any respins).
> > 
> > Fri, Aug 23 - CDT 8.2 SR1 RC1
> > Fri, Sep 06 - CDT 8.2 SR1 RC2
> > Fri, Sep 13 - CDT 8.2 SR1 RC3
> > Fri, Sep 20 - CDT 8.2 SR1 RC4
> > 
> > Fri, Aug 23 - CDT 8.3 M1
> > Fri, Sep 27 - CDT 8.3 M2
> > Fri, Oct 25 - CDT 8.3 M3
> > Fri, Nov 22 - CDT 8.3 RC1
> > Fri, Nov 29 - CDT 8.3 RC2
> > Fri, Dec 06 - CDT 8.3 RC3
> > Fri, Dec 13 - CDT 8.3 RC4
> > 
> > Also trying not to release just before the holiday week in Dec.
> > 
> > Kepler SR-1 is in sync with the train.
> > 
> > The milestones for 8.3 are 4 weeks, as opposed to 6 weeks that are
> > traditional with Eclipse. We would put the latest available CDT into
> > the train milestone builds (M1-3) with the final 8.3 going into M4.
> > 
> > For 8.4, I think we'd probably line up again with the Eclipse train
> > milestones with Luna starting with M5.
> > 
> > What happens for Kepler SR-2 is a good question. It releases at the
> > end of Feb with RC's starting Jan 23. We could do 8.3.1 for then on
> > a shortened SR schedule. Or do an 8.2.2 with minimal changes.
> > Depends on whether we want to step on the gas, or go for stability.
> > 
> > BTW, Eclipse train schedules here:
> > http://wiki.eclipse.org/Kepler/Simultaneous_Release_Plan
> > http://wiki.eclipse.org/Luna/Simultaneous_Release_Plan
> > 
> > Comments?
> > Doug.
> 
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