Hi All, I ran into the intermittent jackrabbit session issues during the release which I realized are bad if it happens during the release prepare and perform steps. I am going to clean the repo, delete the tags and do a fresh release.
BTW, since 0.3 is branched, trunk is open for development. Suresh On May 14, 2012, at 9:44 PM, Suresh Marru wrote: > I will be working on the release now. Please hold off any commits until you > see the vote thread. > > Initially I was debating on releasing from trunk, but looking at Saminda's > refactoring email, just to be safe I will branch 0.3-incubating-snapshot and > then proceed with the release. > > Hi Lahiru, > > I saw a commit from you which breaks Jenkins build because of a missing java > jar, weird. I looked through your commit and it does not effect 0.3 features. > Excuse me but I will skip your last commit for the release. > > Suresh > On May 14, 2012, at 10:30 AM, Suresh Marru wrote: > >> I went through the build and tutorials and everything seems to be good. We >> have decent improvements and bug fixes in 0.3 release [1]. We have much more >> in 0.4 release [2] but that will require significant testing to make sure >> all these release features work well. Any objections on pushing out a 0.3 >> release today evening? >> >> Suresh >> >> [1] - >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12311302&version=12318556 >> [2] - >> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12311302&version=12318557 >> On May 1, 2012, at 10:30 AM, Suresh Marru wrote: >> >>> Hi All, >>> >>> Since the trunk moved too further along since 0.2 branching, how about we >>> do a release of 0.3-incubating ASAP? If we see any issues with 0.2 during >>> IPMC vote, we have to re-align. >>> >>> Here are the current release notes as of today - >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ReleaseNote.jspa?projectId=12311302&version=12318556. >>> Along with addressing the comments on current release and further >>> improving NOTICE file, I see two major tasks before we proceed with the >>> release: >>> >>> * Merge changes in 0.2 branch to trunk and remove 0.2 branch. >>> * Have the release documentation on Wiki. >>> >>> As soon as get the 0.3-incubating release wrapped up, we should start a >>> detailed feature discussion with current and roadmap and discuss subsequent >>> release plans. Thoughts? >>> >>> Suresh >>> >>> On Feb 6, 2012, at 10:01 AM, Suresh Marru wrote: >>> >>>> Hi All, >>>> >>>> While we working through release semantics on the 0.2-incubating-snapshot >>>> branch, the trunk moved quite significantly. Great job from every one in >>>> marching ahead. I think we are in a good position for an immediate >>>> 0.3-incubating release. Any thoughts or objections to this plan? >>>> >>>> I see the following feature additions since 0.2 is branched in december: >>>> >>>> * Grid submissions to supercomputers are now working for basic >>>> applications. >>>> * Registry and workflow launching now have cool API's so web interfaces >>>> can be built against. >>>> * User interface have been improved but this looks like work in progress. >>>> * Workflows now have For-Each iterative support, looks like there are open >>>> tickets on this issues, but workable within this week. >>>> * Registry is now persisting state information from workflow launches and >>>> progress >>>> * Workflows have provenance aware capabilities so the execution begins >>>> from the mid workflow where data is available. >>>> >>>> Please add/modify to the list, but I see these are significant >>>> improvements mandating a release. I propose the following release >>>> preparation for 0.3: >>>> * Since there are enough features already call a feature freeze >>>> immediately. >>>> * Wrap up any changes to these features, test document and make a code >>>> freeze by Friday 02/10 >>>> * Make a release over next weekend. >>>> >>>> This plan assumes the current voting 0.2 release goes through. If we find >>>> blockers in 0.2, I still suggest to stick to 0.3 release plan, branch it >>>> and let the trunk move forward. I am getting bothered with trunk advancing >>>> too much without a release. >>>> >>>> Thoughts? >>>> >>>> Cheers, >>>> Suresh >>> >> >
