+1 to do a release. If we want to have a release 'soon' it is probably a good idea to not wait for the `avro-gradle-plugin` to be included since there is still a good amount of work to be done to get it merged, so it will end up delaying the release.
We don't have a strict policy for new features in patch releases so why don't we get out a new 1.11.x release with the latest changes (DirectBlockingBinaryEncoder + nanoseconds + others) and wait for the 1.12.0 release for the plugin + any maintenance policy changes (which versions will be maintained, etc) and other eventual backward incompatible changes. Any volunteer to be the release manager? Regards, Ismaël On Fri, Dec 15, 2023 at 4:36 PM Ryan Skraba <r...@skraba.com> wrote: > Hey -- I think a 1.12.0 is a great idea! > > There's two things I'd love to see included, but aren't finished... > > 1. I would **love** to get the avro-gradle-plugin donation rolling so > it would be off the plate of the current maintainer (and donator). > > 2. It's really irritating that we don't have a "clean" plan for > updating the website with new releases :O I'm really pleased with > the new website, and I think we have almost all of the elements in > place to get this right. > > All my best, Ryan > > On Wed, Dec 13, 2023 at 10:09 AM Martin Grigorov <mgrigo...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > > +1 to release 1.12.0 ! > > > > BTW there were few other discussions at dev@ about how many branches to > > maintain once 1.12.0 is released, for how long, etc. I think this is also > > an important topic to conclude on! > > > > Regards, > > Martin > > > > On Tue, Dec 12, 2023 at 11:21 AM Fokko Driesprong <fo...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > I would like to discuss the Apache Avro 1.12.0 release. Recently for > Java, > > > we have merged the DirectBlockingBinaryEncoder > > > <https://github.com/apache/avro/pull/2521> and the support for > nanosecond > > > timestamps <https://github.com/apache/avro/pull/2608>. Next to that, > there > > > is much more that I think would be great to get out to the public. I > would > > > like to know if there is anything that you think should be included in > the > > > release, so we can start planning the next release. Thoughts? > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > Fokko > > > >