Re: [Mesa3d-dev] [RFC] Proposed Mesa 7.7 / 7.6.1 release schedule

[Brian P. <br...@vm...>]

Ian Romanick wrote:
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> Brian Paul wrote:
>> Ian Romanick wrote:
>>> As promised, I'm sending out a proposed release schedule before the 11th
>>> hour.  Doing a simultaneous x.y.z and x.y+1 release worked out pretty
>>> well last time, so I propose to do the same thing again.  The RC and
>>> final dates below are for both 7.7 and 7.6.1.
>>>
>>> The RC1 date is pretty important as it aligns with at least one distro's
>>> release schedule.
>>>
>>> Create mesa_7_7_branch    11/19
>>> RC1                       11/30
>>> RC2                       12/7
>>> RC3                       12/14
>>> final                     12/21
>>>
>>> The goal is for RC3 and final to be the identical with the exception of
>>> version strings and repository tags.
>> It looks like mesa_7_7_branch has been created a day ahead of schedule. 
>> That's OK.
> 
> Aw crap.  I could have sworn that I put a date for Tuesday, but the 19th
>  is, in fact, Thursday.
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>> I'd like to propose fast-tracking the 7.6.1 release to minimize the time
>> during which we have to worry about having 3 active branches
>> (mesa_7_6_branch, mesa_7_7_branch and master).
>>
>> The 7.6.1 release should be ready to go at any time since it's just bug
>> fixes.  So I'd like to make a release candidate today, and release 7.6.1
>> by the end of the week.
>>
>> Any objections?
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> That should be fine.  Do you have any proposed dates?

7.6.1 RC1 today, and if no issues pop up, do the final 7.6.1 release 
on Friday/Saturday.

The 7.7 schedule looks OK, but I'd be happy to move up the final 7.7 
release if the release candidates seem solid.

-Brian