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Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] 6 month release cycle

From our (CDT) perspective, 4 month release cycles are too short. The idea is that 6 months gives us two major releases a year.

For more context, here is the proposal we put to the CDT community after our monthly conference call. We didn't really consider whether the train would change as well:
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Hey gang,

We talked about this on our call this morning. There is a lot of interest, and actually always has been, in moving to more frequent release cycle. Yearly is great if you are a stable platform that doesn't need to change much, but our feeling is that the CDT still has a lot of work left to do.

And I actually think that yearly cycles reduces the appeal of contributing to Eclipse. Who wants to make a contribution and then wait a year to have a release they can use it with. Even the major Linux distros release semi-yearly.

So here's what we came up with and we need to hear from you and tweak it so that it's captures all our needs (or as many as we can).
  • Release in June along with the Eclipse release train as before.
  • Release the SR-1 for that release in Sept as before.
  • Release a new feature release in December, not too late where it interferes with the holiday season.
  • Release the SR-2 for the last June release with the rest of the train in Feb as before to satisfy the needs of people stuck on the older CDT release.
  • Release the SR-1 for the December release in March or April.
  • Release in June again, and repeat.
So, for example, this year we have:

June – 8.2.0
Sept – 8.2.1
Dec – 8.3.0
Feb – 8.2.2
Mar – 8.3.1
June – 8.4.0


From: cross-project-issues-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [cross-project-issues-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] on behalf of Konstantin Komissarchik [konstantin.komissarchik@xxxxxxxxxx]
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 3:39 PM
To: 'Cross project issues'
Subject: Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] 6 month release cycle

In a lot of ways, we already have this with the service releases. A number of projects have shifted to shipping feature-bearing, but compatible releases as part of SRs. If we wanted to formalize what seems to have evolved organically, we could call June releases “major” and the other two “minor”.

 

- Konstantin

 

 

From: cross-project-issues-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:cross-project-issues-dev-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of Doug Schaefer
Sent: Tuesday, July 02, 2013 12:31 PM
To: cross-project-issues-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: [cross-project-issues-dev] 6 month release cycle

 

Hey gang,

 

We have a discussion going in the CDT community and we are currently planning out how to achieve a 6 month release cycle. The feeling is that we need to get new features out faster to our users. The year long wait we currently have is making releases sluggish and I fear it's slowing down growth in our community. A 6 month cycle should infuse us with a little more energy, so goes the hope.

 

I mentioned CDT's plans on twitter and a number of senior members of our larger Eclipse community thought it might be a good idea for other projects at Eclipse and maybe for the train itself. And I think so too.

 

Instead of continuing that discussion on twitter, which is fun and everything, I thought we should bring that to a greater audience and see what other projects thought and whether it's something we should bring to the Planning Council and the rest of the EMO.

 

I know there are a number of projects already releasing off stream during the year, but bringing things together more often might be a help to many others. But I'd like to hear your thoughts on that.

 

Doug.


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