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

[Dan Kenigsberg]

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.