Re: [platform-releng-dev] Build Schedule (partially) updated

[Daniel Megert <daniel_megert@xxxxxxxxxx>]

> Was that meant to continue until the
end of the release? Or starting next week, are Monday's and Thursday's
considered "no build days" since people should be focused on
testing on Monday, and Thursday's should be cool-off and only "on
demand" builds done?

Next week is no test pass: we test the
first day of RC2 (see http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/development/plans/freeze_plan_4_2.php
for details). Hence, we should continue to build until Wednesday evening
and then only build on request. We should update the endgame plan so that
the last/official RC1 build is not on Thursday 08:00 but on Wednesday evening.


> Also, I am assuming there is only
one final sign-off, for the release in general, at end of RC4. Let me know
if that's not right, and per your conventions there should be one for each
RC candidate. 

Each RC needs to be signed-off by the
teams.

Dani

From:	David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>
To:	platform-releng-dev@xxxxxxxxxxx,
Date:	10.05.2012 17:31
Subject:	[platform-releng-dev] Build Schedule (partially) updated

---

I've started to update the build schedule
based on our discussion at status meeting yesterday, 

http://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/platform-releng/buildSchedule.html

but there's a few things unclear to me so thought I'd ask here and see
if there's a pattern or preference that's been used in the past. 

What we discussed specifically was 7 and 9 PM (Eastern) every day for remainder
of week (for 4.2 and 3.8 respectively). 

Was that meant to continue until the end of the release? Or starting next
week, are Monday's and Thursday's considered "no build days"
since people should be focused on testing on Monday, and Thursday's should
be cool-off and only "on demand" builds done? (Similar to milestone
weeks) [Plus, there might have to be regular last-minute builds done on
Friday's to package whatever EMF wants to contribute].  Similarly,
is one build per day enough, or, say, on Tuesday and Wednesday's of each
RC week should there be an extra one scheduled? (again, similar to milestone
weeks).  

I'd like to propose we _schedule_ just the one build per day and allow
the normal review controls and the teams' self discipline not to release
things for builds when they were otherwise supposed to be testing, or cooling-off.
But, of course, besides that one scheduled build per day, we could always
do other builds "on demand" (per request to this mailing list,
when bugs have had proper review and approvals). 

But am fine with what ever the group wants or is used to. 

Also, I am assuming there is only one final sign-off, for the release in
general, at end of RC4. Let me know if that's not right, and per your conventions
there should be one for each RC candidate. 

Thanks, 
 
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