Hi all, We released 2.7.1 nearly 2.5 months ago. I got caught up with a very long release process for 2.6.1 so couldn't make progress on a 2.7.2. Now is the time!
Things to do (#1) Branch -- Branch 2.7 has been open to 2.7.2 commits for a while. -- In order to converge on a release, I will branch out 2.7.2 soon. (#2) Patches -- 2.7.2 already has a boat load [1] of fixes. -- The list of open blocker / critical tickets [2] is not small. I'll start triaging and see what can make it in a week or so of time. (#3) Release -- Even if we can get half of the blocker / critical tickets in, the full list [3] will be big enough for us to start voting on an RC in no less than a week. -- Leaving aside some buffer time, I plan to start RC process by end of first week of October. Thoughts? Appreciate help in moving open tickets [2] forward. A general note: Please consider putting any critical / blocker tickets on 2.8 into 2.6.2 and 2.7.2 releases. Thanks +Vinod [1] 2.7.2 Fixed Tickets: https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?filter=12333473 [2] 2.7.2 Open Blockers / Critical Tickets: https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?filter=12332867 [3] 2.7.2 Release Tickets: https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?filter=12333461