Hi, As part of taking on release managing the next release, I said I'd like to try and tie up the various things people have suggested around quarterly / time-based releases into one plan. I admit to having some reluctance volunteering for that role while there were still discussions around how to decide what goes in it, whether it was 11.1 or 12, and what branch to build it off! :-)
So, I've had a re-read of various threads we've had about this in the past, and tried to come up with something that combines things that have been suggested, what feels deliverable, reservations people had, and where NetCAT fits in to all this. Full version is here. It's a draft! (It did have draft in the title until I got annoyed with Confluence's approach to linking). https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Release+Schedule Some key things. * Fixed quarterly releases based off master. * Fixed merge windows and feature freeze dates. * Annual LTS releases that go through full NetCAT process and remain downloadable for the year. Minimal backporting of critical bugs - you want features, jump on the fast train and help test them. * LTS has shorter merge window to allow time for NetCAT, and should have less new features anyway! * Next releases are then NB 11.1 (Jul), NB 11.2 (Oct), NB 11.3 (Jan 2020), NB 12.0 LTS (Apr 2020) - perhaps counter-intuitively major version increases when least new features. * NB 11.0 remains available until next April. * All commits to master go in the next release and release branch merges everything - so no feature merges to master outside of the merge window, and all merges during those periods take into account the bug priority guidelines. * Feature freeze for NB 11.1 would be ~15th June. (if everyone's on board with this be good to publicise that fact soon!) Please feel free to take it apart .. gently! ;-) Suggestions that this is all about making my job easier over the next couple of months are .. entirely correct. Best wishes, Neil --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists
