[oe] OE 2011.03 release vs. oe-core migration

[Khem Raj]

On Mon, Feb 7, 2011 at 8:08 AM, Stefan Schmidt
<stefan at datenfreihafen.org> wrote:
> Hello.
>
> On Wed, 2011-01-26 at 07:55, Tom Rini wrote:
>> On 01/26/2011 03:44 AM, Graeme Gregory wrote:
>> >On 26/01/2011 10:23, Stefan Schmidt wrote:
>> >>
>> >>During last OEDEM we set out a timeline for quarterly releases. The first one
>> >>hit on time in december 2010 (Thanks Khem).
>> >>
>> >>The next one would be scheduled for 2011-03. As our plans towards oe-core are
>> >>getting into shape I wonder if and how these both are going to conflict.
>> >>
>> >>Will we go ahead and make the 2011-03 release, maybe the last one before moving
>> >>over to oe-core? Personally I don't think these two block each other. Syncing
>> >>would be needed, but people will keep working on the OE repo for a bit longer
>> >>anyway I would think.
>> >>
>> >>If we are going to scratch the release what would be the next target for it?
>> >>Yocto 1.0 is planned for April 2011. Somehow I doubt we will have oe-core ready
>> >>for this in time, including yocto movs to it and we base the rest of OE on top
>> >>of it. Am I wrong here and that is the actual plan?
>> >>
>> >>
>> >My opinion is 2010-03 should be the last release on the old source tree.
>> >Releases after this should be on the new oe-core layer system. I don't
>> >think we should scrap the release as its going to take some time to kick
>> >oe-core into shape and finish the poky merge. Then there is work on
>> >meta-openembedded and meta-distro to do on top of that.
>>
>> I think this depends a little on who is going to run the release
>> again.  We probably won't have a perfect release, stop committing,
>> switch.  If we're looking for volunteers again to run the next
>> release, assuming folks will be busy with the migration work too,
>> I'd throw my hat in the ring (and defer to Khem if he wants to do it
>> again, along with all of the fun we'll have in oe-core :))
>
> I would welcome if we could make the release manager role rotating. So if Tom
> would be able to pick this up it would be great if Khem can feed him some of his
> experience with the last release. Be it only theoretical with some hints or
> practically with helping to review and apply patches towards. Does this sound
> good to both of you?

by all means. I would do it if no one else is doing.

>
> I will do some more testing over the next days/weeks and also trying to help
> with some patches if needed.

We need more people to sign up for testing the release
>
> regards
> Stefan Schmidt
>
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