OpenStack Liberty/Ubuntu Wily release timings

[Iain Lane]

On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 03:12:57PM -0600, Adam Conrad wrote:
> On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 12:57:35PM +0100, Iain Lane wrote:
> > On Tue, Sep 01, 2015 at 12:33:48PM +0100, James Page wrote:
> > > 
> > > In-line with previous releases we'll need to upload further beta's and
> > > release candidates as required for all core OpenStack projects (and
> > > direct dependencies managed under the OpenStack umbrella) between now
> > > and the 15th of October; this email is to ensure that the release team
> > > are aware of this activity and are happy to continue with the approach
> > > taken in previous Ubuntu releases.
> 
> This is business as usual, and I'm glad we've got a tiny bit more room
> to breathe this time around.  Carry on, IMO.
> 
> > There's a Feature Freeze listed there - so do you think this will need
> > some exception to the Ubuntu release process after this comes into
> > effect?
> 
> We've typically had a standing FFe for OpenStack for this very reason,
> and it's worked out well so far.  If testing/validation falls down and
> we start shipping nasty regressions, we'll have to revisit this, but
> it's all worked out well for the last few cycles.

I'm asking why an FFe is needed if there is an upstream feature freeze
anyway (for releases after this date).

> 
> > (For future cycles, maybe we should align our FF dates?)
> 
> NACK.  Aligning our entire distro with one upstream isn't going to
> happen; continuing to grant OpenStack exceptions seems like the only
> sane way forward.

We consider upstream release schedules when drafting ours. I'm
suggesting we consider this one too.

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Iain Lane                                  [ iain at orangesquash.org.uk ]
Debian Developer                                   [ laney at debian.org ]
Ubuntu Developer                                   [ laney at ubuntu.com ]
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