BTW, I just saw the weather news...worst winter storm to hit the east coast
in history! Hang on and hunker down y'all. Meanwhile, it's sunny and 60
degrees here in Denver :)

On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 7:47 AM, Bob Brodt <bbr...@redhat.com> wrote:

> Good news, thanks. Just a dumb question: I assume we're using the
> Mars_maintenance branch for this RC2?
>
> On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 7:06 AM, David M Williams <
> david_willi...@us.ibm.com> wrote:
>
>> Yes, sure! We start "now" on RC2 and (for the last time ever :) we still
>> have a two week window for RC2 so all input for RC2 is due Feb. 3. But,
>> please, everyone, do not wait until Feb. 3rd to submit ... you can always
>> contribute something soon, and then contribute again before Feb. 3rd if you
>> find you need to.
>>
>> Technically, for anyone doing a 'minor' release in Mars.2 (or, a new
>> project) you should have already had "the new stuff" in RC1, though bug
>> fixes certainly still OK.  If anything deviates from that please read the
>> rules in the "plan" for what the rules are and the exception process.
>>
>> For details on Mars.2 plan, see
>> https://wiki.eclipse.org/Mars/Simultaneous_Release_Plan#Mars.2
>>
>> Thanks,
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> From:        Bob Brodt <bbr...@redhat.com>
>> To:        Cross project issues <cross-project-issues-dev@eclipse.org>,
>> Date:        01/22/2016 08:42 AM
>> Subject:        Re: [cross-project-issues-dev] Mars.2 RC1 warm-up is
>> complete - aggregation jobs re-enabled
>> Sent by:        cross-project-issues-dev-boun...@eclipse.org
>> ------------------------------
>>
>>
>>
>> Hi David,
>>
>> I would like to get a new service release for BPMN2 Modeler into Mars
>> RC2. Does this mean there is still time for another RC2 build?
>>
>> Cheers,
>> Bob
>>
>> On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 11:22 PM, David M Williams <
>> *david_willi...@us.ibm.com* <david_willi...@us.ibm.com>> wrote:
>> I am announcing this a bit early because part of the weather forecast for
>> central North Carolina on Friday is "freezing rain" which often leads to
>> power outages. While I do have a few hours of emergency backup power (and a
>> back up internet connection) I just do not want to have to worry about
>> getting this announcement out later today. It is, after all, an historic
>> announcement! (Tangent below.)
>>
>> = = = = = = =
>>
>> I suspect everyone knows this is considered a "warm-up" RC, not a true
>> candidate for release. That partially means it has not been tested as much
>> and partially that there are still "known fixes" to go into some project's
>> builds. But, from here on (for RC2, 3 and 4) please make each of them as
>> solid as possible and a true candidate for release. (i.e. don't plan on
>> waiting until RC4 to put in some big fix ... after all, there might be
>> another ice storm somewhere by then and we'll have to release RC3!  :)
>>  Very unlikely to happen, but that should be our attitude.
>>
>> As with past "warm-up" RCs, we do not publish the EPP packages to the
>> downloads page (on developers-index tab), but if you do want to test one,
>> you can get it directly from EPP's build archives:
>>
>> Downloads of the packages:
>>
>> *https://hudson.eclipse.org/packaging/job/mars.epp-tycho-build/325/artifact/org.eclipse.epp.packages/archive/*
>> <https://hudson.eclipse.org/packaging/job/mars.epp-tycho-build/325/artifact/org.eclipse.epp.packages/archive/>
>>
>> p2 repositories (for testing "check for updates")
>>
>> *https://hudson.eclipse.org/packaging/job/mars.epp-tycho-build/325/artifact/org.eclipse.epp.packages/archive/repository/*
>> <https://hudson.eclipse.org/packaging/job/mars.epp-tycho-build/325/artifact/org.eclipse.epp.packages/archive/repository/>and
>> *http://download.eclipse.org/releases/maintenance/*
>> <http://download.eclipse.org/releases/maintenance/>
>>
>> Greatest thanks to everyone working on Mars.2.
>>
>> = = = = = = =
>>
>> What is so historic about this warm-up RC?
>>
>> This is our last warm-up RC build -- forever!  For Neon update releases
>> we are not planning to have warm-up RCs but going straight to RCs with only
>> one week in between. We will still have 4 RCs, though.
>>
>> This is partially because we are having 3 update releases during the
>> year, instead of 2, so the schedule is a little compressed.
>>
>> But, even more so, it is because the vast majority of you Eclipse
>> projects are really getting good at this and there seems to be no need for
>> a warm-up any longer. We say "go" you put out a release. Job well done!
>> Thanks.
>>
>>
>>
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