[rvm-core] planning the next release

[David P Grove]

I'd like to do a release in the next 2-4 weeks.  It seems plausible that
this could be the long awaited 3.0 release.  We currently have about 77
issues targeted for 2.9.4 and 3.0.  I've made a 3.0.1 and 3.1 releases in
JIRA for issues that we can push off to the next minor & major release past
the end June release.

I think it would be nice if we tried to resolve as many of those 77 issues
as we can without unduly delaying the release.  Perhaps we can put on a
mini-push between now and the end of June?

--dave


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[David P Grove]

I've merged the 2.9.4 and 3.0 release in JIRA.  Our next release will be
3.0.  I'd like to get this out within the next couple of weeks; as usual if
we could put a small push on solving some of the minor nagging issues, it
would make the release even higher quality...

Things that we aren't going to fix for 3.0 can be moved off to either 3.0.1
(next minor release; appropriate target for bug fixes/regressions).  3.1
(next major release; appropriate target for features we intend to work on
within the next 3-12 months) or 1000 (appropriate target for things we
would like to do someday, but have no intention of doing in 2008).

--dave


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[Ian Rogers]

David P Grove wrote:

> I've merged the 2.9.4 and 3.0 release in JIRA.  Our next release will be
> 3.0.  I'd like to get this out within the next couple of weeks; as usual if
> we could put a small push on solving some of the minor nagging issues, it
> would make the release even higher quality...
>
> Things that we aren't going to fix for 3.0 can be moved off to either 3.0.1
> (next minor release; appropriate target for bug fixes/regressions).  3.1
> (next major release; appropriate target for features we intend to work on
> within the next 3-12 months) or 1000 (appropriate target for things we
> would like to do someday, but have no intention of doing in 2008).
>
> --dave
>  

RVM-550 and RVM-596 are nearly duplicates of RVM-604 that's scheduled
for 3.0.1. The only remaining issues are RVM-442, RVM-440 and RVM-589. I
believe these can be pushed back 3.0.1 too, unless they're nearly
complete. I believe we are in good shape to release 3.0 this week.

Regards,
Ian
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[David P Grove]

> Ian wrote:
> RVM-550 and RVM-596 are nearly duplicates of RVM-604 that's scheduled
> for 3.0.1. The only remaining issues are RVM-442, RVM-440 and RVM-589. I
> believe these can be pushed back 3.0.1 too, unless they're nearly
> complete. I believe we are in good shape to release 3.0 this week.

I think we may have to treat 550 as a release blocker until we can verify
that it is an environmental problem on rvmppclnx64.  The ppc64-linux runs
on piano look good, but ppc32-linux runs are fairly unhappy on rvmppclnx64
(prototype and prototype-opt images build, but 100% crash during startup).
This would be a serious regression on this platform wrt previous releases.

That being said, we are really close to a release, so please hold all
checkins that aren't fixing known bugs until after the release.  A
comprehensive testing cycle across all the platforms spans 36-48 hours, so
any checkin that breaks a platform could stall a release by up to 2 days.
I would like to make the release on Friday.

--dave



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