[ovirt-devel] [RFC] reconsidering branching out ovirt-4.2

[Sandro Bonazzola]

2018-01-29 11:01 GMT+01:00 Tal Nisan <tnisan at redhat.com>:

> For alignment purposes between the projects we should consider branch
> ovirt-engine as well.
> At this point in time I'm for it, would like to hear any acks/nacks so we
> can decide how we proceeed
>
>
Nothing against branching, ack on my side



>
> On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 9:02 AM, Dan Kenigsberg <danken at redhat.com> wrote:
>
>> On Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 9:39 AM, Francesco Romani <fromani at redhat.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Hi all,
>> >
>> >
>> > It is time again to reconsider branching out the 4.2 stable branch.
>> >
>> > So far we decided to *not* branch out, and we are taking tags for ovirt
>> > 4.2 releases from master branch.
>> >
>> > This means we are merging safe and/or stabilization patches only in
>> master.
>> >
>> >
>> > I think it is time to reconsider this decision and branch out for 4.2,
>> > because of two reasons:
>> >
>> > 1. it sends a clearer signal that 4.2 is going in stabilization mode
>> >
>> > 2. we have requests from virt team, which wants to start working on the
>> > next cycle features.
>> >
>> >
>> > If we decide to branch out, I'd start the new branch on monday, February
>> > 5 (1 week from now).
>> >
>> >
>> > The discussion is open, please share your acks/nacks for branching out,
>> > and for the branching date.
>> >
>> >
>> > I for myself I'm inclined to branch out, so if noone chimes in (!!) I'll
>> > execute the above plan.
>>
>> For network we don't see a lot of pending 4.2 work - except for the
>> requirement to support el7.5. On the other hand, we too have already a
>> patch for 4.3. Thus I'm fine with branching next week.
>>
>> When you do branch, please make sure to follow Barak Korren's request on
>> the
>>     [ovirt-devel] [ACTION-REQUIRED] Making accurate CI for oVirt 4.2
>> thread.
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