Hi everyone, I’d like to propose stepping in as an additional release manager for the 10.2 release so we can help move things forward.
It looks like progress has slowed a bit, and rather than let the release sit any longer, I’m happy to help push things along this weekend on the backend repositories where I can contribute directly. Then, at the beginning of next week, we can continue the effort together and coordinate on the remaining pieces. My goal here is simply to help accelerate the release and get us to an RC as smoothly as possible. If there are no objections, I’m ready to jump in and assist with the release work. - Alex On Sun, Mar 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM, Alex Porcelli <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kennedy, > > Looks like you didn't close the Drools nexus repository as documented in > the release document. > > Let me know if you need additional help to speed up this release, I'm more > than happy to work on this release with you. > > - > Alex > > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 9:03 AM, Kennedy Bowers <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi Alex, >> >> Thanks, I appreciate it. >> >> I've managed to fix the issues and successfully branched all repositories >> to 10.2. They have all now been updated to version 10.2.999-SNAPSHOT. >> >> I continued the release process by running the Drools release job and it >> completed successfully. However, when running the OptaPlanner job, I’m >> getting an error that appears to be related to invalid credentials, as it >> cannot access the staging repository. >> >> Do you have any ideas on how this could be resolved? >> >> Many thanks, >> Kennedy >> >> On 2026/03/06 16:48:59 Alex Porcelli wrote: >> >> Kennedy, >> >> I can help and work on this, the sooner we have the release the better. >> >> - >> Alex >> >> On Thu, Mar 05, 2026 at 2:46 PM, Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi Alex, >> >> The Drools CI ran successfully and updated the 999-SNAPSHOT versions as >> expected. However, the OptaPlanner and Kogito builds were unstable and >> didn't correctly update the 999-SNAPSHOT version, so I'm currently >> investigating those issues before proceeding with the kie-tools build. I >> plan on branching the kie-tools repo next week once that's resolved. >> >> I'll update the Zulip thread as I make progress. >> >> Best regards, >> Kennedy >> >> On Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM Alex Porcelli <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Hi Kennedy, >> >> I wanted to follow up and see if you could share an update on the release >> status. I took a look at the repositories, and while some now have 10.2.x >> branches, I noticed the versions are still set to 999-SNAPSHOT, which >> suggests the automation may not have completed successfully. >> >> I also noticed that kie-tools doesn't appear to have been branched yet, >> which could put us at risk of getting out of sync with the rest of the >> release. >> >> Could you provide some clarity on the current state and next steps? >> >> Thanks, >> Alex >> >> On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 3:44 AM, Dominik Hanak <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Good news! >> >> Thank you Kennedy! >> >> Following our past practice I have created a zulip topic[1] to facilitate >> collaboration on the release. >> >> [1] >> >> https://kie.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/386449-kie-dev/topic/10.2E2.2E0. >> >> >> 20Release.20Thread/with/575482378 >> >> Dominik >> >> On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 at 15:35, Kennedy <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi everyone, >> >> Thank you for your patience as we finalize preparations for the 10.2 >> release. I appreciate everyone pitching in with PRs and reviews to keep >> >> the >> >> momentum going. >> >> I’m pleased to share that the final PR related to the new BPMN Editor, >> first announced here [1], has now been merged [2]. A big thank you to >> >> Tiago >> >> Bento for the significant work behind this modernization effort, which >> allows us to move away from our GWT dependency and brings us further into >> compliance with Apache guidelines. >> >> Additionally, all Quarkus and Spring Boot upgrades have been successfully >> merged. Many thanks to Jijo Thomas K and Nithin R Krishnan for your work >> >> on >> >> these updates [3]. >> >> Our original plan for the 10.2 release was to remove the GWT-based >> BPMN/DMN/SceSim Editors from the codebase, with the Quarkus and Spring >> >> Boot >> >> upgrades scheduled for the following release. Because the GWT work took >> longer than anticipated, it’s great that we are now able to include these >> upgrades in 10.2 as well. >> >> I will begin running the CI pipelines tomorrow morning (CET) which will >> create the new 10.2.x branches. If you have any PRs that you believe >> >> should >> >> be included in this release and would justify a short delay, please >> >> respond >> >> here. That said, given the time since 10.1, I believe it’s important that >> we move forward and publish this release soon to re-establish a >> >> consistent >> >> and reliable release cadence. >> >> Kind regards, >> >> Kennedy >> >> [1] https://lists.apache.org/thread/87863y10qxm564cc76svvonslponv2f9 >> [2] https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-tools/pull/3448 >> [3] https://lists.apache.org/thread/314vb9wxt22r0t4rh6xqlcf78yz66wv5 >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- To >> unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional >> commands, e-mail: [email protected] >> > > >
