[petsc-dev] PETSc release by March 29, 2019

[Smith, Barry F.]

   Karl,

     Sounds good to me.

   Barry


> On Mar 5, 2019, at 10:21 AM, Karl Rupp via petsc-dev <petsc-dev at mcs.anl.gov> wrote:
> 
> Dear PETSc developers,
> 
> let me suggest Friday, March 22, as the cut-off-date for new Pull Requests for the upcoming release. This allows for 7 days to iron out any remaining glitches. (It only took us a few days to release after the cut-off date last September, so this should be fine)
> 
> Also, a clearly communicated cut-off date helps to prevent "may I also squeeze this in at the very last minute"-PRs, which I may not have the time to deal with anyway.
> 
> Satish, does the above schedule work for you? Since you're creating the tarballs, you've got the final word on this :-)
> 
> Best regards,
> Karli
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On 3/4/19 4:31 AM, Smith, Barry F. via petsc-dev wrote:
>>    Due to ECP deliverables there will be a PETSc release by March 29, 2019.
>>    Please prepare materials you wish to get into the release soon and check on the progress of your current pull requests to make sure they do not block beyond the release deadline.
>>     Thanks
>>      Barry
>>    If someone would like to propose an intermediate deadline before the 29th for testing/etc purposes please feel free, I don't have the energy or initiative.
>>> Begin forwarded message:
>>> 
>>> *From: *Jed Brown via petsc-maint <petsc-maint at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:petsc-maint at mcs.anl.gov>>
>>> *Subject: **Re: [petsc-maint] Release 3.11?*
>>> *Date: *March 3, 2019 at 10:07:26 AM CST
>>> *To: *"Munson, Todd" <tmunson at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:tmunson at mcs.anl.gov>>
>>> *Cc: *petsc-maint <petsc-maint at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:petsc-maint at mcs.anl.gov>>
>>> *Reply-To: *Jed Brown <jed at jedbrown.org <mailto:jed at jedbrown.org>>
>>> 
>>> Can you, or someone else involved at that level, please propose a timeline on petsc-dev?
>>> 
>>> "Munson, Todd" <tmunson at mcs.anl.gov <mailto:tmunson at mcs.anl.gov>> writes:
>>> 
>>>> Hi Jed,
>>>> 
>>>> Yes, we have a funding milestone due at the end of this month, so we
>>>> should push out a release.
>>>> 
>>>> Thanks, Todd.
>>>> 
>>>>> On Mar 2, 2019, at 11:36 PM, Jed Brown <jed at jedbrown.org <mailto:jed at jedbrown.org>> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> Is there a funding milestone to release 3.11 this month?  If so, we need
>>>>> to publicize a timeline and mention it on petsc-dev?  If not, we can
>>>>> feature release whenever we feel ready, but probably in the next few
>>>>> months.