Proposal to "close" the 4.0 and 09.04 release branches

[Jacopo Cappellato-4]

Hi devs,

I would like to propose to officially close the two oldest branches:

release4.0
release09.04

When the branches will be closed:
* we will no more backport fixes to them (no commits in general will be done)
* if a user will submit a patch for the branch in Jira we will resolve as "won't fix": the patch will still be there for interested parties
* no new release will be created in the future from the two branches
* the OFBiz download page will explain that the branches are old and no more supported
* (optional) we could "close" the Jira versions for them and resolve as "won't fix" outstanding issues if only related to these branches

The result would be that, if the current vote for the release "Apache OFBiz 09.04.02" will pass then the 09.04.02 will be the last (and third) release of this branch.
Of course we could still return on this decision if something new will happen... but I doubt because the number of commits lately has been very low.

The main goal is to help the community  to have a clearer roadmap for the future and to help to focus on more defined targets: older branches are not supported, but the community will always try to backport fixes to the last two/three branches: the currently active branches are 11.04, 10.04 and the upcoming 12.04.
Following the same rule ("no more than three active release branches at a time") we could plan to "close" the 10.04 branch around (sometime before) April 2013 (when the new release branch 13.04 will be created).

This is a small and natural step in the direction of having some sort of roadmap for the project.
This, together with the discussion going on in thread "Proposal about a time based release plan" should be enough to define and create a nice and clean release roadmap.

We could start an official vote thread if there is interest in this, or, less formally, we could more simply use this thread to discuss pros and cons and find an agreement.

What do you think?

Jacopo

[Jacques Le Roux]

I'm all for it

+1

Jacques

From: "Jacopo Cappellato" <[hidden email]>

> Hi devs,
>
> I would like to propose to officially close the two oldest branches:
>
> release4.0
> release09.04
>
> When the branches will be closed:
> * we will no more backport fixes to them (no commits in general will be done)
> * if a user will submit a patch for the branch in Jira we will resolve as "won't fix": the patch will still be there for
> interested parties
> * no new release will be created in the future from the two branches
> * the OFBiz download page will explain that the branches are old and no more supported
> * (optional) we could "close" the Jira versions for them and resolve as "won't fix" outstanding issues if only related to these
> branches
>
> The result would be that, if the current vote for the release "Apache OFBiz 09.04.02" will pass then the 09.04.02 will be the last
> (and third) release of this branch.
> Of course we could still return on this decision if something new will happen... but I doubt because the number of commits lately
> has been very low.
>
> The main goal is to help the community  to have a clearer roadmap for the future and to help to focus on more defined targets:
> older branches are not supported, but the community will always try to backport fixes to the last two/three branches: the
> currently active branches are 11.04, 10.04 and the upcoming 12.04.
> Following the same rule ("no more than three active release branches at a time") we could plan to "close" the 10.04 branch around
> (sometime before) April 2013 (when the new release branch 13.04 will be created).
>
> This is a small and natural step in the direction of having some sort of roadmap for the project.
> This, together with the discussion going on in thread "Proposal about a time based release plan" should be enough to define and
> create a nice and clean release roadmap.
>
> We could start an official vote thread if there is interest in this, or, less formally, we could more simply use this thread to
> discuss pros and cons and find an agreement.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Jacopo
>
>

[hans_bakker]

+1

Hans

On 02/23/2012 03:35 PM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:

> Hi devs,
>
> I would like to propose to officially close the two oldest branches:
>
> release4.0
> release09.04
>
> When the branches will be closed:
> * we will no more backport fixes to them (no commits in general will be done)
> * if a user will submit a patch for the branch in Jira we will resolve as "won't fix": the patch will still be there for interested parties
> * no new release will be created in the future from the two branches
> * the OFBiz download page will explain that the branches are old and no more supported
> * (optional) we could "close" the Jira versions for them and resolve as "won't fix" outstanding issues if only related to these branches
>
> The result would be that, if the current vote for the release "Apache OFBiz 09.04.02" will pass then the 09.04.02 will be the last (and third) release of this branch.
> Of course we could still return on this decision if something new will happen... but I doubt because the number of commits lately has been very low.
>
> The main goal is to help the community  to have a clearer roadmap for the future and to help to focus on more defined targets: older branches are not supported, but the community will always try to backport fixes to the last two/three branches: the currently active branches are 11.04, 10.04 and the upcoming 12.04.
> Following the same rule ("no more than three active release branches at a time") we could plan to "close" the 10.04 branch around (sometime before) April 2013 (when the new release branch 13.04 will be created).
>
> This is a small and natural step in the direction of having some sort of roadmap for the project.
> This, together with the discussion going on in thread "Proposal about a time based release plan" should be enough to define and create a nice and clean release roadmap.
>
> We could start an official vote thread if there is interest in this, or, less formally, we could more simply use this thread to discuss pros and cons and find an agreement.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Jacopo
>

[dhiraj.g]

+1

[Pierre Smits]

+1

Pierre Smits

2012/2/23 Jacopo Cappellato <[hidden email]>

> Hi devs,
>
> I would like to propose to officially close the two oldest branches:
>
> release4.0
> release09.04
>
> When the branches will be closed:
> * we will no more backport fixes to them (no commits in general will be
> done)
> * if a user will submit a patch for the branch in Jira we will resolve as
> "won't fix": the patch will still be there for interested parties
> * no new release will be created in the future from the two branches
> * the OFBiz download page will explain that the branches are old and no
> more supported
> * (optional) we could "close" the Jira versions for them and resolve as
> "won't fix" outstanding issues if only related to these branches
>
> The result would be that, if the current vote for the release "Apache
> OFBiz 09.04.02" will pass then the 09.04.02 will be the last (and third)
> release of this branch.
> Of course we could still return on this decision if something new will
> happen... but I doubt because the number of commits lately has been very
> low.
>
> The main goal is to help the community  to have a clearer roadmap for the
> future and to help to focus on more defined targets: older branches are not
> supported, but the community will always try to backport fixes to the last
> two/three branches: the currently active branches are 11.04, 10.04 and the
> upcoming 12.04.
> Following the same rule ("no more than three active release branches at a
> time") we could plan to "close" the 10.04 branch around (sometime before)
> April 2013 (when the new release branch 13.04 will be created).
>
> This is a small and natural step in the direction of having some sort of
> roadmap for the project.
> This, together with the discussion going on in thread "Proposal about a
> time based release plan" should be enough to define and create a nice and
> clean release roadmap.
>
> We could start an official vote thread if there is interest in this, or,
> less formally, we could more simply use this thread to discuss pros and
> cons and find an agreement.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Jacopo
>
>

[Kiran-2]

like it!!

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Kiran Gawde

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From:   Jacopo Cappellato <[hidden email]>
To:     [hidden email]
Date:   02/23/2012 12:35 AM
Subject:        Proposal to "close" the 4.0 and 09.04 release branches



Hi devs,

I would like to propose to officially close the two oldest branches:

release4.0
release09.04

When the branches will be closed:
* we will no more backport fixes to them (no commits in general will be
done)
* if a user will submit a patch for the branch in Jira we will resolve as
"won't fix": the patch will still be there for interested parties
* no new release will be created in the future from the two branches
* the OFBiz download page will explain that the branches are old and no
more supported
* (optional) we could "close" the Jira versions for them and resolve as
"won't fix" outstanding issues if only related to these branches

The result would be that, if the current vote for the release "Apache
OFBiz 09.04.02" will pass then the 09.04.02 will be the last (and third)
release of this branch.
Of course we could still return on this decision if something new will
happen... but I doubt because the number of commits lately has been very
low.

The main goal is to help the community  to have a clearer roadmap for the
future and to help to focus on more defined targets: older branches are
not supported, but the community will always try to backport fixes to the
last two/three branches: the currently active branches are 11.04, 10.04
and the upcoming 12.04.
Following the same rule ("no more than three active release branches at a
time") we could plan to "close" the 10.04 branch around (sometime before)
April 2013 (when the new release branch 13.04 will be created).

This is a small and natural step in the direction of having some sort of
roadmap for the project.
This, together with the discussion going on in thread "Proposal about a
time based release plan" should be enough to define and create a nice and
clean release roadmap.

We could start an official vote thread if there is interest in this, or,
less formally, we could more simply use this thread to discuss pros and
cons and find an agreement.

What do you think?

Jacopo

[Ankit Jain-2]

+1

Regards,
Ankit Jain



On Thu, Feb 23, 2012 at 2:05 PM, Jacopo Cappellato <
[hidden email]> wrote:

> Hi devs,
>
> I would like to propose to officially close the two oldest branches:
>
> release4.0
> release09.04
>
> When the branches will be closed:
> * we will no more backport fixes to them (no commits in general will be
> done)
> * if a user will submit a patch for the branch in Jira we will resolve as
> "won't fix": the patch will still be there for interested parties
> * no new release will be created in the future from the two branches
> * the OFBiz download page will explain that the branches are old and no
> more supported
> * (optional) we could "close" the Jira versions for them and resolve as
> "won't fix" outstanding issues if only related to these branches
>
> The result would be that, if the current vote for the release "Apache
> OFBiz 09.04.02" will pass then the 09.04.02 will be the last (and third)
> release of this branch.
> Of course we could still return on this decision if something new will
> happen... but I doubt because the number of commits lately has been very
> low.
>
> The main goal is to help the community  to have a clearer roadmap for the
> future and to help to focus on more defined targets: older branches are not
> supported, but the community will always try to backport fixes to the last
> two/three branches: the currently active branches are 11.04, 10.04 and the
> upcoming 12.04.
> Following the same rule ("no more than three active release branches at a
> time") we could plan to "close" the 10.04 branch around (sometime before)
> April 2013 (when the new release branch 13.04 will be created).
>
> This is a small and natural step in the direction of having some sort of
> roadmap for the project.
> This, together with the discussion going on in thread "Proposal about a
> time based release plan" should be enough to define and create a nice and
> clean release roadmap.
>
> We could start an official vote thread if there is interest in this, or,
> less formally, we could more simply use this thread to discuss pros and
> cons and find an agreement.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Jacopo
>
>

[Sascha Rodekamp-3]

+1

Good idea. That will simplify a few things!

Regards

Am 23.02.2012 um 09:35 schrieb Jacopo Cappellato <[hidden email]>:

> Hi devs,
>
> I would like to propose to officially close the two oldest branches:
>
> release4.0
> release09.04
>
> When the branches will be closed:
> * we will no more backport fixes to them (no commits in general will be done)
> * if a user will submit a patch for the branch in Jira we will resolve as "won't fix": the patch will still be there for interested parties
> * no new release will be created in the future from the two branches
> * the OFBiz download page will explain that the branches are old and no more supported
> * (optional) we could "close" the Jira versions for them and resolve as "won't fix" outstanding issues if only related to these branches
>
> The result would be that, if the current vote for the release "Apache OFBiz 09.04.02" will pass then the 09.04.02 will be the last (and third) release of this branch.
> Of course we could still return on this decision if something new will happen... but I doubt because the number of commits lately has been very low.
>
> The main goal is to help the community  to have a clearer roadmap for the future and to help to focus on more defined targets: older branches are not supported, but the community will always try to backport fixes to the last two/three branches: the currently active branches are 11.04, 10.04 and the upcoming 12.04.
> Following the same rule ("no more than three active release branches at a time") we could plan to "close" the 10.04 branch around (sometime before) April 2013 (when the new release branch 13.04 will be created).
>
> This is a small and natural step in the direction of having some sort of roadmap for the project.
> This, together with the discussion going on in thread "Proposal about a time based release plan" should be enough to define and create a nice and clean release roadmap.
>
> We could start an official vote thread if there is interest in this, or, less formally, we could more simply use this thread to discuss pros and cons and find an agreement.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Jacopo
>

[Deepak Dixit-2]

+1


Thanks & Regards
--
Deepak Dixit

On Feb 23, 2012, at 3:13 PM, Sascha Rodekamp wrote:

> +1
>
> Good idea. That will simplify a few things!
>
> Regards
>
> Am 23.02.2012 um 09:35 schrieb Jacopo Cappellato <[hidden email]>:
>
>> Hi devs,
>>
>> I would like to propose to officially close the two oldest branches:
>>
>> release4.0
>> release09.04
>>
>> When the branches will be closed:
>> * we will no more backport fixes to them (no commits in general will be done)
>> * if a user will submit a patch for the branch in Jira we will resolve as "won't fix": the patch will still be there for interested parties
>> * no new release will be created in the future from the two branches
>> * the OFBiz download page will explain that the branches are old and no more supported
>> * (optional) we could "close" the Jira versions for them and resolve as "won't fix" outstanding issues if only related to these branches
>>
>> The result would be that, if the current vote for the release "Apache OFBiz 09.04.02" will pass then the 09.04.02 will be the last (and third) release of this branch.
>> Of course we could still return on this decision if something new will happen... but I doubt because the number of commits lately has been very low.
>>
>> The main goal is to help the community  to have a clearer roadmap for the future and to help to focus on more defined targets: older branches are not supported, but the community will always try to backport fixes to the last two/three branches: the currently active branches are 11.04, 10.04 and the upcoming 12.04.
>> Following the same rule ("no more than three active release branches at a time") we could plan to "close" the 10.04 branch around (sometime before) April 2013 (when the new release branch 13.04 will be created).
>>
>> This is a small and natural step in the direction of having some sort of roadmap for the project.
>> This, together with the discussion going on in thread "Proposal about a time based release plan" should be enough to define and create a nice and clean release roadmap.
>>
>> We could start an official vote thread if there is interest in this, or, less formally, we could more simply use this thread to discuss pros and cons and find an agreement.
>>
>> What do you think?
>>
>> Jacopo
>>

[Ashish Vijaywargiya-5]

+1.


--
Ashish

----- Original Message -----


Hi devs,

I would like to propose to officially close the two oldest branches:

release4.0
release09.04

When the branches will be closed:
* we will no more backport fixes to them (no commits in general will be done)
* if a user will submit a patch for the branch in Jira we will resolve as "won't fix": the patch will still be there for interested parties
* no new release will be created in the future from the two branches
* the OFBiz download page will explain that the branches are old and no more supported
* (optional) we could "close" the Jira versions for them and resolve as "won't fix" outstanding issues if only related to these branches

The result would be that, if the current vote for the release "Apache OFBiz 09.04.02" will pass then the 09.04.02 will be the last (and third) release of this branch.
Of course we could still return on this decision if something new will happen... but I doubt because the number of commits lately has been very low.

The main goal is to help the community to have a clearer roadmap for the future and to help to focus on more defined targets: older branches are not supported, but the community will always try to backport fixes to the last two/three branches: the currently active branches are 11.04, 10.04 and the upcoming 12.04.
Following the same rule ("no more than three active release branches at a time") we could plan to "close" the 10.04 branch around (sometime before) April 2013 (when the new release branch 13.04 will be created).

This is a small and natural step in the direction of having some sort of roadmap for the project.
This, together with the discussion going on in thread "Proposal about a time based release plan" should be enough to define and create a nice and clean release roadmap.

We could start an official vote thread if there is interest in this, or, less formally, we could more simply use this thread to discuss pros and cons and find an agreement.

What do you think?

Jacopo

[Michael Brohl-2]

+1

Am 25.02.2012 11:32, schrieb Ashish Vijaywargiya:
> +1.
>
>

---
Regards, Michael

[samhamilton]

+1


On 23 Feb 2012, at 16:35, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:

> Hi devs,
>
> I would like to propose to officially close the two oldest branches:
>
> release4.0
> release09.04
>
> When the branches will be closed:
> * we will no more backport fixes to them (no commits in general will be done)
> * if a user will submit a patch for the branch in Jira we will resolve as "won't fix": the patch will still be there for interested parties
> * no new release will be created in the future from the two branches
> * the OFBiz download page will explain that the branches are old and no more supported
> * (optional) we could "close" the Jira versions for them and resolve as "won't fix" outstanding issues if only related to these branches
>
> The result would be that, if the current vote for the release "Apache OFBiz 09.04.02" will pass then the 09.04.02 will be the last (and third) release of this branch.
> Of course we could still return on this decision if something new will happen... but I doubt because the number of commits lately has been very low.
>
> The main goal is to help the community  to have a clearer roadmap for the future and to help to focus on more defined targets: older branches are not supported, but the community will always try to backport fixes to the last two/three branches: the currently active branches are 11.04, 10.04 and the upcoming 12.04.
> Following the same rule ("no more than three active release branches at a time") we could plan to "close" the 10.04 branch around (sometime before) April 2013 (when the new release branch 13.04 will be created).
>
> This is a small and natural step in the direction of having some sort of roadmap for the project.
> This, together with the discussion going on in thread "Proposal about a time based release plan" should be enough to define and create a nice and clean release roadmap.
>
> We could start an official vote thread if there is interest in this, or, less formally, we could more simply use this thread to discuss pros and cons and find an agreement.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Jacopo
>

[Jacopo Cappellato-4]

Thanks everyone.

There seems to be a general agreement to consider closed the release branches release4.0 and release09.04, as a consequence:

* we do not plan to issue new releases out of these branches
* to all committers: please do not backport fixes to these 2 branches; or at least discuss this to the dev list if you see a good reason for backporting the fix
* we should resolve as "won't fix" all issues that are specific to 4.0 or 09.04 only

Of course we could revisit this decision in the future.

Kind regards,

Jacopo


On Feb 23, 2012, at 9:35 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote:

> Hi devs,
>
> I would like to propose to officially close the two oldest branches:
>
> release4.0
> release09.04
>
> When the branches will be closed:
> * we will no more backport fixes to them (no commits in general will be done)
> * if a user will submit a patch for the branch in Jira we will resolve as "won't fix": the patch will still be there for interested parties
> * no new release will be created in the future from the two branches
> * the OFBiz download page will explain that the branches are old and no more supported
> * (optional) we could "close" the Jira versions for them and resolve as "won't fix" outstanding issues if only related to these branches
>
> The result would be that, if the current vote for the release "Apache OFBiz 09.04.02" will pass then the 09.04.02 will be the last (and third) release of this branch.
> Of course we could still return on this decision if something new will happen... but I doubt because the number of commits lately has been very low.
>
> The main goal is to help the community  to have a clearer roadmap for the future and to help to focus on more defined targets: older branches are not supported, but the community will always try to backport fixes to the last two/three branches: the currently active branches are 11.04, 10.04 and the upcoming 12.04.
> Following the same rule ("no more than three active release branches at a time") we could plan to "close" the 10.04 branch around (sometime before) April 2013 (when the new release branch 13.04 will be created).
>
> This is a small and natural step in the direction of having some sort of roadmap for the project.
> This, together with the discussion going on in thread "Proposal about a time based release plan" should be enough to define and create a nice and clean release roadmap.
>
> We could start an official vote thread if there is interest in this, or, less formally, we could more simply use this thread to discuss pros and cons and find an agreement.
>
> What do you think?
>
> Jacopo
>