[Xen-devel] Re: Freeze schedule

[Ian Jackson <Ian.Jackson@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

After consultation with Keir, here's a revised proposal:

  Feature submission freeze
  after 31 Dec

    New feature patches posted before this point can be committed
    afterwards if they needed the time to get into shape.

    New features not previously posted have missed the boat.

    Bugfixes are allowed.

  Feature code freeze
  after all queued patches applied
  but at the latest 14 Jan
  RC1 at this point, unless serious or blocking bugs are present.

    Bugfixes are allowed provided they are not high-risk.

    No new features will be committed.

  Slushy code freeze
  after 28 Jan  

    Bugfixes are allowed but only if they either:
        - fix an important bug; or
        - are very trivial and low-risk.

    All changes to receive a formal ack from a maintainer other than
    the committer.

  Hard code freeze
  after 7 Feb  

    No further patches other than for release-critical bugs.

    All changes to receive a formal ack from a maintainer other than
    the committer.

  Release.
  planned for 14 Feb

  In all cases, the plan is subject to modification, and to the making
  of freeze exceptions by the maintainers following consultation.

Ian.

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