[petsc-dev] Schedule for next release

[Balay, Satish]

Just a reminder about the release.

With the new CI workflow at gitlab - perhaps we can start the freeze
on sept 18. [and not wait for PRs that are not ready], and still aim
for sept 23 release.

Satish

On Wed, 14 Aug 2019, Karl Rupp via petsc-dev wrote:

> Hi all,
> 
> let me propose the following schedule for the next release:
> 
> * until Sunday, September 15: New pull requests are considered for the
> upcoming release.
> 
> * from Monday, September 16, to Sunday, September 22: Fixing and merging of
> open pull requests received by September 15. Extended testing of `master`.
> Simple bug-fix pull requests are still considered.
> 
> * from Monday, September 23: Satish spins the release as soon as all fixes are
> in.
> 
> With this schedule we will have a release by the end of September. The
> 'merging period' is shorter than for previous releases, because the pull
> request workflow requires less bugfixing right before the release.
> 
> Satish, does this schedule work for you? Or should we move everything forward
> by one week?
> 
> Any comments are of course welcome.
> 
> Best regards,
> Karli
>