[eclipse-dev] 3.0 M5 build schedule

[Kim Moir <Kim_Moir@xxxxxxxxxx>]

Eclipse 3.0 Milestone 5 build (3.0 M5)
is planned for Friday, November 21.   

The updated build schedule is available
here...

http://dev.eclipse.org/viewcvs/index.cgi/%7Echeckout%7E/platform-releng-home/buildSchedule.html


In brief, the 3.0 M5 build schedule
is as follows....

Tuesday Nov 18, 08:00 EST - 3.0 M5 Warm-up
build
-this is just a warm up
-rebuilds will only be run if their
are compile errors or missing plugins.  (Same as the integration build
rebuild policy)

- Wednesday, Nov 19, 00:10 (in lieu
of nightly build) EST 
  - 3.0 M5 Test candidate build 
  - this is the real M5 build 
  - goal: a good build for the test pass on Thursday 
  - all teams need to sign off on  that candidate build is good
enough to use for Thursday's test pass 
  - rebuild at 8 am without  waiting
for status from all teams if a rebuild
is requested
  - rebuild at noon without waiting
for status from all teams if a rebuild
is requested
  - additional rebuilds as necessary when all teams contributing to
rebuild are
ready 
  - for a rebuild, only team(s) requesting the rebuild need to recheck
and sign
off (although they may request other teams to revalidate potentially
affected functionality) 

- Thursday, November 20 (all
day) - 3.0 M5 Test pass 
  - intensive 1-day test pass on M5 candidate 
  - identify any critical problems and supply critical fixes by 16:00
EST 

- Thursday, November 20, 16:00 EST - 3.0 M5 Release candidate 
  - this is the final M5 build 
  - goal: a good build to release as 3.0 M5 on Friday 

- Friday, November 21 
  - all teams need to sign off that the release candidate is good
enough to declare as 3.0 M5 
  - rebuild at noon without waiting for status from all teams if a
rebuild is requested
  - additional rebuilds as necessary when all teams contributing to
rebuild are
ready 
  - for a rebuild, only team(s) requesting the rebuild need to recheck
and sign
off (although they may request other teams to revalidate potentially
affected functionality)   
  - declare 3.0 M5 available