Good question - I guess this is now "unblocked" now that 9.4.1 is out the
door (thanks David!).
I guess, pending any objections, that my revised timing would be to begin
"feature freeze" and create branch_9_5 Monday or Tuesday of next week.
With the hope that I can get the first RC out by the end of the week?
Best,
Jason
On Fri, Jan 19, 2024 at 12:40 PM David Smiley wrote:
> When is the feature freeze? Please create the branch_9_5 at the time of
> that.
>
> On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 3:45 PM Jason Gerlowski
> wrote:
>
> > > Is there an urgent need for this release?
> >
> > Have I seemed "urgent"? I suggested a mid-January 9.5 back on 12/6 (see
> > the "9.4.1 release" thread). If anything I've been slow :-p
> >
> > Like I said in my initial message here - my motivation around 9.5 is just
> > that I think there's some cool stuff lined up and I'd love to get that
> out
> > to folks. Getting features out is a "Good Thing", so why wait on 9.5 if
> > there's not a particular reason to? If there is a concrete reason to
> wait,
> > that's fine too; I'm just curious to learn more about it.
> >
> > Best,
> >
> > Jason
> >
> >
> >
> > On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 1:50 PM Houston Putman
> wrote:
> >
> > > Apple isn't urging anything, and you really can assume that's true
> across
> > > the board for our decisions.
> > >
> > > There are other concerns that are urging quick releases (See other
> > mailing
> > > lists for more information).
> > >
> > > I'm happy to let you continue the 8.11.3 release, and if you want to
> wait
> > > for 9.4.1 that is fine with me. But we do need to get it out quickly.
> > >
> > > - Houston
> > >
> > > On Tue, Jan 16, 2024 at 12:45 PM Ishan Chattopadhyaya <
> > > ichattopadhy...@gmail.com> wrote:
> > >
> > > > Is there an urgent need for this release?
> > > > I saw that Houston took over the 8.11.3 release process from me
> without
> > > any
> > > > prior intimation. Is Apple asking both of you to hurry up?
> > > >
> > > > On Tue, 16 Jan 2024 at 20:35, Jason Gerlowski >
> > > > wrote:
> > > >
> > > > > > but let 9.4.1 get out the door first..
> > > > >
> > > > > I'm happy to wait if that's the consensus, but is there a reason
> one
> > > > > release needs to block another?
> > > > >
> > > > > I could be blanking, but I don't think there's any technical
> conflict
> > > in
> > > > > terms of where artifacts are staged, etc. is there?
> > > > >
> > > > > > getting through some one-time pains of key/GPG matters
> > > > >
> > > > > Definitely the worst bit in my recent experience; good luck!
> > > > >
> > > > > Best,
> > > > >
> > > > > Jason
> > > > >
> > > > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 11:08 PM David Smiley
> > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > > Yeah I'm doing the 9.4.1 for real now... getting through some
> > > one-time
> > > > > > pains of key/GPG matters.
> > > > > >
> > > > > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/SOLR-17096 solr.xml
> support
> > > for
> > > > > > plugins is pretty close!
> > > > > >
> > > > > > On Fri, Jan 12, 2024 at 3:56 PM Jason Gerlowski <
> > > gerlowsk...@gmail.com
> > > > >
> > > > > > wrote:
> > > > > >
> > > > > > > Hey all,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > branch_9x has accumulated 3 new features, 19 improvements, 2
> > > > > > optimizations,
> > > > > > > 11 bug fixes, and 7 "other changes" - I'd love to get these in
> > > front
> > > > of
> > > > > > > users with a Solr 9.5.0 release.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I'm happy to volunteer as RM, and propose that we target next
> > > > Thursday
> > > > > > > January 18th to cut the branch and prepare the first RC.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Best,
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Jason
> > > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > > >
> > > >
> > >
> >
>
