13:01:54 #startmeeting OPNFV Release Process Working Group 13:01:54 Meeting started Fri Oct 19 13:01:54 2018 UTC. The chair is dmcbride_. Information about MeetBot at http://wiki.debian.org/MeetBot. 13:01:54 Useful Commands: #action #agreed #help #info #idea #link #topic. 13:01:54 The meeting name has been set to 'opnfv_release_process_working_group' 13:02:03 #topic roll call 13:02:09 #info Trevor Bramwell 13:02:33 #info David McBride 13:03:09 #info Emma Foley 13:05:53 #info Rama 13:11:25 #topic CD cadence and milestones 13:12:50 #info We will still have a twice yearly release, to help with project promotion and marketing 13:13:16 #info The CD release model will server as meta releases throughout the cycle 13:13:16 #info Mark Beierl 13:14:00 #info Release process should be lightweight for "official" and "intermediate" releases, as the current process is considered burdensome for some 13:18:36 #link https://jenkins.io/download/lts/ 13:18:38 #info every 6 months take the "best" release and make that part of an OPNFV release 13:19:29 #info bramwelt describes Jenkins release cycle - every 2 weeks plus major release every 12 weeks 13:21:29 #info Trevor suggested that there should be two separate independant for CD and traditional release. Every 6 months, pick a previous CD release and "upgrade" it to LTS 13:25:03 #info for the traditional release, choose a CD release, and promote that as the "big" release; Some additional testing/validation/collatoral may be needed to package this big release. 13:26:16 #info How does a CD release get chose as the "big"/official release? We need to define criteria for choosing an official release from the set of CD releases 13:44:09 #info bramwelt suggests two levels of process: 1) individual project releases; and 2) OPNFV major releases 13:48:18 #info bramwelt says define requirements first, then determine process 13:50:46 #link https://wiki.opnfv.org/display/SWREL/Continuous+Delivery+Release+Planning 13:52:33 #action dmcbride to locate CD process documentation from the last plugfest 13:53:05 #info Release requirements need to be defined per type of project 13:54:49 Sorry, need to drop now. 13:55:18 #info test projects need to be validated separately, so that the validation they provide is credible 13:56:32 #topic do we need release artifacts? 14:05:39 #endmeeting