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Eclipse 2021-03 (4.19) Endgame Plan

Status

Released

Detailed Timeline

February 2021
Two daily I-builds towards RC1
 
24 Wed 18:00 EST API and feature freeze
24 Wed 18:00 EST Release Candidate 1 build
26 Fri Submit RC1 to release train
March 2020
 
3 Wed 18:00 EST Release Candidate 2 build
4 Thu 1-day test pass against RC2 and sign-off
5 Fri Submit RC2 to release train
17 Wed GA

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What is the game plan?

The Eclipse 2021-03 (4.19) release endgame involves building a series of release candidates leading to the Eclipse project's contribution to the 2021-03 (4.19) release. The Eclipse project version number for this release is 4.19. As always, we welcome help from the community with testing the release candidates. All new features and problems fixed in 2021-03 (4.19) are in the Eclipse bugzilla database.

General announcements during the 2021-03 (4.19) endgame are posted to the platform-releng-dev@eclipse.org developer mailing list. Anyone participating in the endgame should be subscribed to this list, and should direct any general questions and comments about the process there as well.

API change approval

No API changes are expected after RC1. Any exception must be approved by the PMC. No changes are to be released without prior approval and associated bug report. Please send the request for approval to the eclipse-pmc mailing list. If a change is made to API to make it binary compatible with a previous release, technically this is still an API change, and thus it should be treated in the same way as any other API change requests.

Feature work approval

Any feature work after RC1 must be approved by the PMC. No changes are to be released without prior approval and associated bug report. Please send the request for approval to the eclipse-pmc mailing list.

RC1

All fixes submitted must have a project lead or PMC vote on the bug report, and the fix must be reviewed by an additional committer (any committer other than the one who made the fix). A positive review from a project lead or PMC member means implicit approval and no vote is needed on the bug report. Ongoing changes to documentation, tests or examples do not require approval.

RC2

Release candidate containing fixes for the majority of known outstanding defects that we intend to fix for 2021-03 (4.19). At the end of RC2 build, there should not be any open defects tagged 4.19. All fixes submitted must have a project lead or PMC vote on the bug report, and the fix must be reviewed by an additional committer (any committer other than the one who made the fix). A positive review from a project lead or PMC member means implicit approval and no vote is needed on the bug report. Ongoing changes to documentation, tests or examples do not require approval.

Test pass using RC2

Concerted 1-day testing effort using RC2 involving entire community including all component teams. The goal is to verify all the fixes and check for any regressions.

2021-03 (4.19) Release

The 2021-03 (4.19) release should be complete and available for download by March 17, 2020 as part of the 2021-03 Simultaneous Release. If product teams intending to ship on 2021-03 (4.19) uncover further serious defects during the endgame, we may schedule additional release candidate builds to incorporate fixes.

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