[sheepdog] [sheepdog-users] [ANNOUNCE] stable sheepdog branch

[Hitoshi Mitake]

At Wed, 26 Jun 2013 12:39:18 +0900,
MORITA Kazutaka wrote:
> 
> At Wed, 26 Jun 2013 11:15:00 +0800,
> Liu Yuan wrote:
> > 
> > On Wed, Jun 26, 2013 at 12:06:36PM +0900, Hitoshi Mitake wrote:
> > > At Tue, 25 Jun 2013 23:18:37 +0900,
> > > MORITA Kazutaka wrote:
> > > > 
> > > > Hi all,
> > > > 
> > > > In the previous IRC meeting, we decided to maintain stable branches
> > > > for minor version releases like 0.6.x.  Currently, Hitoshi is willing
> > > > to take charge of it, but feel free to let us know if there is someone
> > > > who wants to manage the stable branches.
> > > > 
> > > > I think he will propose a plan for stable versions (release cycle,
> > > > branch name, patch management policy, and so on) later.
> > > 
> > > Hi all,
> > > 
> > > I'd like to propose a rough idea of the stable branch management
> > > policy.
> > > 
> > > - what kind of patches will be imported to the stable branch
> > > 
> > > Of course bug fixes (e.g. Kyle's zookeeper fix) are highly
> > > prioritized. And cleaning patches would also be imported even if they
> > > do nothing for users because bug fixes might depend on them.
> > > 
> > > In addition, I want to import patches of new features for helping
> > > administration as much as possible. These would be helpful for users
> > > who employ sheepdog for production purposes.
> > > 
> > > - release cycle
> > > 
> > > I'll pick a major release for a base of the stable branch per 6
> > > months.
> > > 
> > > One stable branch will be updated once per 4 weeks. The release would
> > > be done after the periodic IRC meeting. I feel this releasing pace
> > > would be confortable for users.
> > > 
> > > - naming scheme of the stable branch (and the master branch)
> > > 
> > > Current versioning scheme of sheepdog is x.y.z. I want to use a naming
> > > scheme x.y.z-yyyy.mm.dd for a version number of stable branch
> > > releases. yyyy/mm/dd expresses the release date of the branch. I will
> > > create a branch which has a name like x.y.z-yyyy.mm.dd-working between
> > > each release and push patches to this branch. Renaming
> > > x.y.z-yyyy.mm.dd-working to x.y.z will be releasing. After that, I'll
> > > create next x.y.z-yyyy.mm.dd-working'.
> > 
> > I'd sugguest master branch use x.y naming or simply x.
> > 
> > For simplicity, how about just bump version like (assume we use x for master)
> > x.0, x.1, x.2 ... ?
> 
> Can we use more friendly naming for OpenStack and QEMU users?
> 
> I'd suggest:
> 
>  - development branch (maintainer: me and Yuan)
> 
>    master
> 
>  - stable branches (maintainer: Hitoshi)
> 
>    stable-0.6
>    stable-0.7
>    stable-0.8

This naming scheme is simple and easy to understand. I vote it.

Thanks,
Hitoshi