<div dir="ltr"><div id="gmail-magicdomid2" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">Development Focus</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid3" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-m0z81z4r9z66zz75zz70zz86zz70zz87zjdhb">-----------------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid4" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid5" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">At this point we should have release candidates (RC1 or recent intermediary</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid6" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">release) for all the Xena deliverables. Teams should be working on any</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid7" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">release-critical bugs that would require another RC or intermediary release</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid8" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">before the final release.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid9" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid10" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">Actions</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid11" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">-------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid12" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid13" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">Early in the week, the release team will be proposing stable/xena branch</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid14" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">creation for all deliverables that have not branched yet, using the latest</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid15" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">available </span><span class="gmail-author-a-d1z72z17z76zvsz90zz71zz76zz78zz70zz80zqz80z">X</span><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">ena release as the branch point. If your team is ready to go</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid16" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">for creating that branch, please let us know by leaving a +1 on these</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid17" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">patches.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid18" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid19" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">If you would like to wait for another release before branching, you can -1</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid20" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">the patch and update it later in the week with the new release you would</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid21" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">like to use. By the end of the week the release team will merge those</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid22" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">patches though, unless an exception is granted.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid23" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid24" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">Once stable/xena branches are created, if a release-critical bug is</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid25" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">detected, you will need to fix the issue in the master branch first, then</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid26" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">backport the fix to the stable/xena branch before releasing out of the</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid27" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">stable/xena branch.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid28" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid29" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">After all of the cycle-with-rc projects have branched we will branch</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid30" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">devstack, grenade, and the requirements repos. This will effectively open</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid31" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">them up for Yoga development, though the focus should still be on</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid32" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">finishing up Xena until the final release.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid33" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid34" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">For projects with translations, watch for any translation patches coming</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid35" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">through and merge them quickly. A new release should be produced so that</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid36" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">translations are included in the final Xena release.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid37" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid38" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">Finally, now is a good time to finalize release notes. In particular,</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid39" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">consider adding any relevant "prelude" content. Release notes are</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid40" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">targeted for the downstream consumers of your project, so it would be</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid41" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">great to include any useful information for those that are going to pick</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid42" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">up and use or deploy the Xena version of your project.</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid43" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid44" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">Upcoming Deadlines & Dates</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid45" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">--------------------------</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid46" class="gmail-ace-line"><br></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid47" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">Final RC deadline:  September 30 (R-1 week)</span></div><div id="gmail-magicdomid48" class="gmail-ace-line"><span class="gmail-author-a-z70zz75z8ycwyz83zz71z4umlxyz86z">Final Xena release: October 6</span></div><br clear="all"><br>-- <br><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_signature" data-smartmail="gmail_signature"><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div><div dir="ltr"><div>Hervé Beraud</div><div>Senior Software Engineer at Red Hat</div><div>irc: hberaud</div><div><a href="https://github.com/4383/" target="_blank">https://github.com/4383/</a></div><div><a href="https://twitter.com/4383hberaud" target="_blank">https://twitter.com/4383hberaud</a><br><br></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div></div>