[rdo-list] Pike release preparation tasks in RDO

[Rich Bowen]

On 07/31/2017 12:52 PM, Alfredo Moralejo Alonso wrote:
> Hi,
> 
> Pike release is approaching and we need the collaboration from RDO
> contributors to get on time. Here you have an update of current status
> of the preparation tasks for this new release:
> 
> - A new RDO Trunk builder is already running following stable/pike
> branches of upstream projects and pike-rdo for distgits (with fallback
> to master and rpm-master). The repos are available in
> https://trunk.rdoproject.org/centos7-pike-bootstrap, we will move it
> to https://trunk.rdoproject.org/centos7-pike soon.
> 
>   *Action*: if you have CI jobs or deployments that should keep using
> packages from master branches, make sure they point to
> https://trunk.rdoproject.org/centos7-master. If you want to
> use packages from stable/pike branches, you can move them to
> https://trunk.rdoproject.org/centos7-pike
> 
> - As most of you probably know, OpenStack upstream requirements
> project was frozen last weekend [1].
> 
>   *Action*: package maintainers should send reviews updating packages
> specs with requirements changed (updated, added or removed) during
> Pike cycle. Once the spec files and distgit contents are ready for
> pike release, maintainers can start requesting new branches pike-rdo
> for distgits (see [2] for details).
> 
> If you have doubts about these tasks or any other question, don't
> hesitate to contact us in #rdo or using this mailing list.
> 
> Best regards,
> 
> Alfredo
> 
> 
> [1] http://lists.openstack.org/pipermail/openstack-dev/2017-July/120205.html
> [2] http://rdoproject.org/documentation/branching/

Related: https://www.rdoproject.org/rdo/release-checklist/

That checklist is primarily items around promoting the release, and what
has been accomplished in this release. So as you're doing the items
above, please consider writing a sentence or two about what's new, and
why people should care about it.

Thanks!

-- 
Rich Bowen - rbowen at redhat.com
RDO Community Liaison
http://rdoproject.org
@RDOCommunity