This process is already documented : https://pulsar.apache.org/contribute/release-policy/#release-cycles
"For feature releases and LTS releases, the last 3 weeks of the release cycle will be marked as a code-freeze period. The RM will branch off from master, and the RM is also responsible for selecting the changes that will be cherry-picked in the release branch. >From the code-freeze point, to minimize the risk of delaying the release, only bug fixes involving a regression of behavior compared to a previous release should be allowed. Occasional exceptions will be possible after higher scrutiny of the change." We already sent many mails reminding this process. Maybe this needs time to get awareness by everyone since it's the first time we do it. I hope everyone will eventually understand why we do that and that from now on there will be discussion and notification of the RMs before cherry-picking to the release branch. Thanks Christophe Le ven. 21 avr. 2023 à 09:27, Nicolò Boschi <boschi1...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > I believe that currently there's no clear process in place in order to > decide whether a commit should be cherry-picked into the frozen branch. > I know that we have a slack channel for the release coordination > #pulsar-release-3_0, which is open to everyone. > > One solution would be to let the release managers cherry-pick the commits - > they are the contributors more focused on the stability of the release > branch and they might be able to discuss if it's worthwhile. > Their opinion is not more important than others, but they need to know it > anyway and they could spot incompatibilities and avoid unintended > consequences. > The mailing list is too "slow" for this kind of stuff. For more complex > discussions, there's always the possibility to start a thread here. > > When a committer would like to cherry-pick a commit, instead of directly > going for it without any discussion, they can ask in the release slack > channel. > The release managers will eventually cherry-pick it. > If there's no consensus then the discussion is moved to the mailing list. I > believe this wouldn't happen often, considering that currently we rely on > the common sense of committers. > > What do you think? > Nicolò Boschi > > > Il giorno ven 21 apr 2023 alle ore 07:58 Cong Zhao <zhaoc...@apache.org> ha > scritto: > > > Hi Zike, > > > > I'm sorry for cherry-picking the new delayed message PRs to branch-3.0. > > > > Would be very grateful if we could get to 3.0 since it is the new feature > > of the delayed message and has no impact on other components. > > > > These PR is important to PIP-195, they will fix some problem with the new > > delayed message and make this new feature work better. > > > > Need to cherry-pick PR: > > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/pull/20086 > > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/pull/20111 > > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/pull/20126 > > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/pull/20136 > > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/pull/20117 > > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/pull/20155 > > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/pull/20156 > > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/pull/20158 > > > > Thanks, > > Cong Zhao > > > > On 2023/04/21 05:36:26 Zike Yang wrote: > > > Hi, all > > > > > > We found that there were a lot of commits that were cherry-picked to > > > branch-3.0 without any discussion or notification to reach a > > > consensus. Some PRs marked for the 3.1.0 milestone were also > > > cherry-picked into branch-3.0. Here are the corresponding > > > cherry-picked commits: > > > * > > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/commit/3da39b2e1553cecbc6d6b85e8bc7844f611d5637 > > > * > > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/commit/e248e14473142765db1df324c20a081a2422980e > > > * > > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/commit/e27abe9e128fb71b65ffe06417574c9a7f3facbd > > > * > > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/commit/e1d63990644700bf61b3d7af1ef6d4d62145c2bb > > > * > > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/commit/ff59240165c73a9c3a3dcca20702ab44b0b18d33 > > > * > > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/commit/49480ea558e647169e8df01bfd2e871a5386e19e > > > * > > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/commit/1d1a3ef864a65c995ceda4b7875ed934c2574298 > > > * > > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/commit/0df741259505b9189147d72c6f013b2c18f0436c > > > * > > https://github.com/apache/pulsar/commit/d05871213adc351d4c718c2a6fb0909b01d279ff > > > > > > According to our release policy[0] and the code freeze notification > > > [1], all commits that need to be cherry-picked into branch-3.0 will > > > require reaching the consensus before cherry-picking. > > > Before cherry-picking the commit, we need to provide the context for > > > why it needs to be cherry-picked into branch-3.0. Then mark it with > > > the 3.0.0 milestone and raise the discussion to reach a consensus. > > > > > > I would like to start a discussion regarding the context for the above > > > cherry-picked commits. Should we include them in Pulsar 3.0? > > > If there is still no consensus for the above commits, we may need to > > > revert them before the RC3. > > > > > > If you have any questions or concerns, please do not hesitate to let > > > us know. Thanks for your cooperation. > > > > > > [0] https://pulsar.apache.org/contribute/release-policy/#release-cycles > > > [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/43d28rtzsx7x3o4zd523jr5dmnczrn4h > > > > > > Thanks, > > > Zike Yang > > > > >
