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Subject: Re: [virtio-comment] [RFC] virtio 1.3 schedule
On Thu, Jun 29, 2023 at 05:41:34PM +0000, Parav Pandit wrote: > Hi Cornelia, Michael, > > > From: virtio-comment@lists.oasis-open.org <virtio-comment@lists.oasis- > > open.org> On Behalf Of Cornelia Huck > > Sent: Wednesday, April 12, 2023 12:17 PM > > > >> - July 1st 2023: enter feature freeze; all proposed changes must at > > >> least have an open github issue that refers to a proposal on-list > > >> - August 1st 2023: enter change freeze; everything needs to have been > > >> voted upon (i.e. we can start with preparations for a release like > > >> compiling the change log) > > >> - at the same time, fork virtio-next, which can be used for development > > >> while we're working on the release > > >> - August/September 2023: prepare draft, initiate initial voting etc. > > > > > > Hmm looks like you forgot a 30 day the public review period (or is > > > that included in the "etc"? ). During this period we will likely > > > receive review comments which we have to address. Should the changes > > > turn out to be material, another public review period will be required. > > > Let's spell it out please. > > > > Yeah, that's what I meant with "etc"... let's make this: > > > > - August 2023: prepare draft, aim to have it ready and voted upon by > > August 31 the latest (preferrably earlier) > > - September 2023: public review period (30 days) > > - October 2023: another public review period, if needed; otherwise, get > > comittee specification ready and voted upon > > - October (maybe November, if we're running late) 2023: virtio 1.3 > > released > > > > The most important dates are feature freeze on Jul 1 and change freeze on Aug > > 1, I guess; for the rest, we depend on whether people are out on PTO, which > > kind of feedback we get, etc. -- but as long as we release > > 1.3 in 2023, I'll be happy enough. > > We have two extension features that has gone through several reviews and are in advance stage (and also late) for 1.3. :) > > 1. inner hash v19, rolling to v20 anytime this week. 1 Patch. > [1] https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-comment/202306/msg00490.html > > 2. first user of aq for legacy access at v7. > 2 patches. First 2 are Fixes. > [2] https://lists.oasis-open.org/archives/virtio-comment/202306/msg00491.html > > Both need few more days of review and vote. > Shall we please have few days in July for them so that it can be part of 1.3? > or whole July is needed to prepare the draft spec? I think it's not too bad, projects that do releases every couple of months can afford to be strict, we do them ones a year and a half it makes sense to be flexible. -- MST
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