On Tue, Feb 9, 2016 at 5:10 PM, Matt Riedemann <mriedem at linux.vnet.ibm.com> wrote: > While reviewing the neutron 7.0.2 stable/liberty point release, I noticed > there were a lot of changes since 7.0.1. [1] > > There are 48 non-merge commits by my count. > > While there is no rule about how many backports should land before we cut a > point release, it would be helpful on reviewers for the release request if > it was fewer than 48. :) > > I think the Neutron team is by far the most active in backporting changes to > stable, which is good. Side note: The reason for this is that we decided to adopt a proactive backporting approach: http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2015-October/077236.html I'm seeing positive results and I would encourage other projects to do the same. > We might want to consider releasing more often though > if the backport rate is going to be this high. > > I'd also be interested in hearing from deployers/operators (if any are > reading this) to know how frequently they are picking up stable point > releases, or if they are taking an approach of waiting to upgrade from kilo > to liberty until there have at least been a few stable/liberty point > releases across the projects. > > [1] > http://logs.openstack.org/88/272688/2/check/gate-releases-tox-list-changes/aa8e270/console.html.gz > > -- > > Thanks, > > Matt Riedemann > > > __________________________________________________________________________ > OpenStack Development Mailing List (not for usage questions) > Unsubscribe: OpenStack-dev-request at lists.openstack.org?subject:unsubscribe > http://lists.openstack.org/cgi-bin/mailman/listinfo/openstack-dev