I went ahead and created an Infra ticket. Maybe they'll be able to do it: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-28010
Could you go ahead and +1 the request in case they need that? - Houston On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 7:22 AM David Smiley <[email protected]> wrote: > note: there are branch protection rules that prevent release branches from > being deleted. Be my guest if you can get around it. > > On Wed, Jun 10, 2026 at 1:27 PM Houston Putman <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sorry, I was wrong on which thing was breaking. We can't build a > reference > > guide with the unreleased branches: > > https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Solr/job/solr-reference-guide-nightly/ > > > > But awesome, I think that's the right course of action. > > > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2026 at 9:42 PM David Smiley <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > I don't understand the ref guide issues you speak of, but nonetheless, > > > delete and re-create later makes sense to me. > > > > > > On Tue, Jun 9, 2026 at 6:52 PM Houston Putman <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > Are there any differences in branch_9_11 so far? If so we should > > probably > > > > just delete it right? Then we can recreate it when you want to start > > the > > > > release again. > > > > > > > > Right now we can't build the ref guide because two branches have the > > 9.11 > > > > version (branch_9x and branch_9_11), so we need to either delete > > > > branch_9_11 or run the releaseWizard steps to setup branch_9x to > point > > to > > > > 9.12.0 > > > > > > > > - Houston > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 6, 2026 at 11:38 AM David Smiley <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > When I want to restore the feature freeze, I expect I can simply > > merge > > > > > branch_9x into branch_9_11 at that time to sync it. The intent is > to > > > > save > > > > > myself and others time from backporting all the way to branch_9_11 > > when > > > > we > > > > > can stop after cherry-picking to branch_9x, knowing the merge will > > > > > eventually handle the rest. > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, May 27, 2026 at 5:24 PM David Smiley <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > I'm suspending the feature-freeze declaration on 9.11. > > > > > > The 9.11 release is delayed to ensure some security matters get > > > > > > addressed. I'll update this thread when it's back-on. > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, May 17, 2026 at 12:16 AM David Smiley < > [email protected]> > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > > > >> Sure > > > > > >> > > > > > >> On Fri, May 15, 2026 at 2:54 PM Eric Pugh <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > >> > > > > > >>> David, any chance the fix for > > > > > >>> https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-18239 could make it > > in? > > > > > >>> I've backported to branch_9x. > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> The PR is https://github.com/apache/solr/pull/4427 and the > > commit > > > > hash > > > > > >>> is b7aeda98b8477ea12a61f979344054e20fd0b342 > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> Eric > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> On 2026/05/02 05:38:22 David Smiley wrote: > > > > > >>> > The smoketester very likely fails because I have yet to do > the > > > > > >>> changelog > > > > > >>> > part of the release process. I'll disable the build until > I'm > > > > ready > > > > > >>> for > > > > > >>> > that. > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > I'm not sure how we'll get a new/straggler unreleased > changelog > > > > > entries > > > > > >>> > onto an already-generated release changelog unless maybe we > > leave > > > > the > > > > > >>> > "unreleased" entries there until the release has truly > > happened. > > > > But > > > > > >>> this > > > > > >>> > portion of the release wizard wants to do seemingly all > > changelog > > > > > >>> related > > > > > >>> > things instead of merely generating the new changelog. > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > On Thu, Apr 30, 2026 at 12:51 PM David Smiley < > > > [email protected]> > > > > > >>> wrote: > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > My release process notes from using the release wizard: > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > My macOS system python3 didn't have some > > dependencies/modules, > > > > so I > > > > > >>> had to > > > > > >>> > > install the requirements.txt. I'm very unfamiliar with > > python > > > > dev > > > > > >>> > > practices in this regard... I wound up creating a venv and > > > thus I > > > > > ran > > > > > >>> > > python via > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > /Users/dsmiley/DevSearch/solr_9x/dev-tools/scripts/.venv/bin/python3. > > > > > >>> > > However, some release wizard commands like invoking > > > > > >>> `addDepsToChanges.py` > > > > > >>> > > didn't work OOTB because it didn't know about my venv. I'm > > not > > > > > sure > > > > > >>> how > > > > > >>> > > the script or my approach should be updated. > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > Question: > > > > > >>> > > > > > > https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Solr/job/Solr-Docker-Nightly-9.x/ > > > > > >>> > > description says Moved to github workflows: > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > https://github.com/apache/solr/actions/workflows/docker-nightly.yml > > > > > >>> but > > > > > >>> > > that is only true for main, not 9x nor even 10x. The GH > > screen > > > > > >>> shows this, > > > > > >>> > > not to mention the workflow yml file isn't on branch_9x (I > > > didn't > > > > > >>> check > > > > > >>> > > 10x). > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > Note: I updated > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/SOLR/JenkinsReleaseBuilds+-+Solr > > > > > >>> > > replacing the reference of solr-reference-guide-official to > > > > > >>> > > Solr-reference-guide-9.x > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > The CI builds I created are working except for the > > smoketester: > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > > https://ci-builds.apache.org/job/Solr/job/Solr-Smoketest-9.11/3/console > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > >> RuntimeError: did not see "Release 9.11.0" in > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > file:///home/jenkins/jenkins-agent/workspace/Solr/Solr-Smoketest-9.11/solr/distribution/build/release/changes/Changes.html > > > > > >>> > >> > > > > > >>> > >> > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > > On Mon, Apr 27, 2026 at 12:27 PM David Smiley < > > > > [email protected]> > > > > > >>> wrote: > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > >>> > >> NOTICE: > > > > > >>> > >> > > > > > >>> > >> Branch branch_9_11 has been cut and versions updated to > 9.12 > > > on > > > > > the > > > > > >>> > >> stable branch. > > > > > >>> > >> > > > > > >>> > >> Please observe the normal rules: > > > > > >>> > >> > > > > > >>> > >> * No new features may be committed to the branch. > > > > > >>> > >> * Documentation patches, build patches and serious bug > fixes > > > may > > > > > be > > > > > >>> > >> committed to the branch. However, you should submit all > > > > patches > > > > > >>> you > > > > > >>> > >> want to commit to Jira first to give others the chance > to > > > > review > > > > > >>> > >> and possibly vote against the patch. Keep in mind that > it > > is > > > > our > > > > > >>> > >> main intention to keep the branch as stable as possible. > > > > > >>> > >> * All patches that are intended for the branch should > first > > be > > > > > >>> committed > > > > > >>> > >> to the unstable branch, merged into the stable branch, > and > > > > then > > > > > >>> into > > > > > >>> > >> the current release branch. > > > > > >>> > >> * Normal unstable and stable branch development may > continue > > > as > > > > > >>> usual. > > > > > >>> > >> However, if you plan to commit a big change to the > > unstable > > > > > branch > > > > > >>> > >> while the branch feature freeze is in effect, think > twice: > > > > can't > > > > > >>> the > > > > > >>> > >> addition wait a couple more days? Merges of bug fixes > into > > > the > > > > > >>> branch > > > > > >>> > >> may become more difficult. > > > > > >>> > >> * Only Jira issues with Fix version 9.11 and priority > > > "Blocker" > > > > > >>> will delay > > > > > >>> > >> a release candidate build. > > > > > >>> > >> > > > > > >>> > >> > > > > > >>> > > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > > >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > >>> > > > > > >>> > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
