+1 to what XQ says. There will be a voting email thread once I've done the appropriate due diligence to the branch, and finish with the Dataflow artifacts.
Generally speaking, the best validation is something you're using already, to make sure that the new version of Beam works for your usage. On Mon, Aug 14, 2023, 2:41 PM XQ Hu via dev <dev@beam.apache.org> wrote: > Welcome to the Beam community! Our release managers usually follow this > https://beam.apache.org/contribute/release-guide/#10-vote-and-validate-release-candidate > to send the votes out and ask for any feedback regarding the release > candidate. If you could help run any validation on your side and cast your > vote, it would be greatly appreciated and helpful for the community. > > On Mon, Aug 14, 2023 at 12:23 PM Hong <h...@apache.org> wrote: > >> I see, thanks for clarifying, Robert! >> >> Is there anything I can help with validation? Is there a wiki page with >> the expected validations I can help with? >> >> Best >> Hong >> >> On 14 Aug 2023, at 14:34, Robert Burke <rob...@frantil.com> wrote: >> >> >> The release branch was cut. Before yhe weekend, I was working on getting >> the non-portable Dataflow Java worker built and available before producing >> the RC1. The actual building bit doesn't take that long, but there's a >> bunch of additional validation that goes along with it. >> >> The current target date for 2.50.0 is September 13th, but ultimately it's >> as soon as we have a validated and voted on RC. >> >> On Mon, Aug 14, 2023, 3:43 AM Hong Liang <hlteo...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Thanks for driving this Robert! >>> >>> It seems the two PRs specified have been merged. A little new to Beam, >>> do we have an expected release date for the 2.50 release? >>> >>> Best, >>> Hong >>> >>> On Thu, Aug 10, 2023 at 3:08 AM Robert Burke <lostl...@apache.org> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> I'm in the process of producing the Cut branch, but due to various >>>> delays on my part, it will not be cut today. >>>> >>>> There are two outstanding PRs blocking the cut, >>>> https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/27947 and >>>> https://github.com/apache/beam/pull/27939, but once those are in, I'll >>>> proceed. Remaining new issues will be cherry picked as required. >>>> >>>> Thanks >>>> Robert Burke >>>> Beam 2.50.0 Release Manager >>>> >>>> On 2023/07/26 15:49:37 Robert Burke wrote: >>>> > Hey Beam community, >>>> > >>>> > The next release (2.50.0) branch cut is scheduled on August 9th, 2023, >>>> > according to >>>> > the release calendar [1]. >>>> > >>>> > I volunteer to perform this release. My plan is to cut the branch on >>>> that >>>> > date, and cherrypick release-blocking fixes afterwards, if any. >>>> > >>>> > Please help me make sure the release goes smoothly by: >>>> > - Making sure that any unresolved release blocking issues for 2.50.0 >>>> should >>>> > have their "Milestone" marked as "2.50.0 Release" as soon as possible. >>>> > - Reviewing the current release blockers [2] and remove the Milestone >>>> if >>>> > they don't meet the criteria at [3]. >>>> > >>>> > Let me know if you have any comments/objections/questions. >>>> > >>>> > Thanks, >>>> > >>>> > Robert Burke (he/him) >>>> > Beam Go Busybody >>>> > >>>> > [1] >>>> > >>>> https://calendar.google.com/calendar/embed?src=0p73sl034k80oob7seouanigd0%40group.calendar.google.com >>>> > [2] https://github.com/apache/beam/milestone/14 >>>> > [3] https://beam.apache.org/contribute/release-blocking/ >>>> > >>>> >>>
