How about we update
http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/developer/release-guide/index.html#notify-developer-list
to the following:
Before: *It is good practice to notify the GeoServer developer list of the
intention to make the release a few days in advance, even though the
release date has been agreed upon before hand.*
After: *Send an email reminder to the GeoServer developers list a few days
in advance, even though the release date has been agreed upon before hand.
It is a good idea to remind developers to get any fixes 24 hours prior to
release day, and ask for any known blockers.*
We can also add a release section to
http://docs.geoserver.org/latest/en/developer/policies/community-process.html#release-cycle
covering what we expect from contributors.
This page has an "Adding features" section, I think an "Adding fixes"
section would be also be good: spelling out fixes against master, release
day cautions, etc...
--
Jody Garnett
On 22 March 2017 at 10:31, Andrea Aime <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hum... I would not limit myself to blockers only, but surely want to avoid
> the pull request merge deathmark
> and last minute run at the fixes.
> How about this, for any release the last 24/48 hours before the release
> are "frozen", the release branch sees
> no commits unless otherwise authorized?
> And authorized means, sending a mail and asking for permission, and
> getting at least two +1 from
> PSC Members, no -1.
>
> So yeah, that would only allow either serious fixes or trivial non
> dangerous ones to get in (and few
> of them, thus minimizing chance of interactions?).
>
> I'm really open to any mechanism that avoids the last minute rush really.
>
> Cheers
> Andrea
>
>
> On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 6:21 PM, Jody Garnett <[email protected]>
> wrote:
>
>> Okay, we do have sending an email/reminder out as part of our release
>> procedure. Could we make a policy of only blockers can be merged after that
>> time?
>>
>> --
>> Jody Garnett
>>
>> On 22 March 2017 at 10:19, Andrea Aime <[email protected]>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> On Wed, Mar 22, 2017 at 6:10 PM, Jody Garnett <[email protected]>
>>> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Andrea I woud prefer to leave the release volunteer in charge here - as
>>>> they are putting in the work and have a limit to how much they can deal
>>>> with.
>>>>
>>>
>>> Ah, this criteria is really broken from another point of view, "how much
>>> one can deal with" means that the volounteer can make
>>> time for anything that is commercially valuable for his own company or
>>> his own customers, but not for the others.
>>> Again, clear rules avoid discussion and the suspect that one is pushing
>>> to favor one set of devs and disparage others
>>>
>>> Cheers
>>> Andrea
>>>
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