+1 to re-cut. -Anil.
On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 2:11 PM Dick Cavender <di...@apache.org> wrote: > +1 to re-cutting the 1.9 release branch off a more stable develop sha > within the last couple days. > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 1:14 PM Bruce Schuchardt <bschucha...@pivotal.io> > wrote: > > > If we recut the release branch we need to update JIRA tickets marked > > fixed in 1.10 > > > > On 3/19/19 12:48 PM, Sai Boorlagadda wrote: > > > > It was known at the time that develop was not as stable as desired, > > > so we planned to cherry-pick fixes from develop until the release > > > branch was stable enough to ship. > > > I want to clarify that we decided to cut the release branch not that > > > develop was not stable. But really that it is desirable to cut the > > > branch sooner to avoid any regression risk that can be introduced by > > > on-going work on develop. > > > > > > Nevertheless looks like develop is more stable than release branch due > > > to some test fixes that were not cherry-picked into the release branch. > > > I think its a good idea to re-cut the branch as our current position > > > to stabilize release branch before releasing. > > > > > > +1 to re-cut. > > > > > > Sai > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 19, 2019 at 12:19 PM Owen Nichols <onich...@pivotal.io > > > <mailto:onich...@pivotal.io>> wrote: > > > > > > The Geode 1.9.0 release branch was originally cut 4 weeks ago on > > > Feb 19. It was known at the time that develop was not as stable > > > as desired, so we planned to cherry-pick fixes from develop until > > > the release branch was stable enough to ship. While this is a > > > good strategy when starting from a fairly good baseline, it seems > > > in this case it has only added complexity without leading to > > > stability. > > > > > > Looking at the pipelines over the last week (see attached > > > metrics), it appears we have been far more successful at > > > stabilizing /develop/ than /release/1.9.0/. Rather than trying to > > > cherry-pick more and more fixes to the release branch, I propose > > > we RE-CUT the 1.9.0 release branch later this week in order to > > > start from a much more stable baseline. > > > > > > -Owen > > > > > > > > > > > >
