[eclipse-dev] Proposed build schedule for month of July

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Potential Discussion Topic for status/planning/architecture
call: 

I present this as a "straw man" proposal.
I'd be fine with about anything the team would find useful, but think we
have a few constraints: we have more builds than in the past, our unit
test cycle takes (much) longer than in the past. So, initially (month of
July) I'd like to leave plenty of "open time" to do special "test
builds" to more easily investigate unit test machines setup and issues.
 

proposed build schedule ... for month of July: 

Assumptions:
Kepler M1: mid-August-ish
Juno SR1: fourth Friday of September (assuming we'll
keep 4.2.1 and 3.8.1 "simultaneous") (so RC1 near end of August).


Goal, for July:
provide some regular builds for fixes/integration,
etc., but also allow time for deep investigation into unit tests setup/failures
(which often may require re-testing, without re-building, testing a limited
set of suites, and similar). 

Proposed Schedule: 

4.3 N builds: 8 PM Thursday, Friday, Sunday (none
Saturday, assuming Hudson is restarted overnight, so tests would not finish)

4.3 I builds: Monday, Tuesday 8 AM (and on demand)


3.8.1 Maintenance Thursday 10 AM (and on demand)

4.2.1 Maintenance Thursday 12 AM (noon) (and on demand)

Adjust at end of July as schedules better known, regular
work rhythms resume, and, we hope, unit test cycle reduced.