2019-04-17.md

Release WG Minutes

Date: 2019-04-17

Attendees

Members

• @sofianguy
• @marshallofsound
• @codebytere
• @robo
• @nitsakh

Visitors

• @HashimotoYT

Agenda

Please add your agenda items here with the name of the person adding the item

1. (@codebytere) Messaging of bugfix priority and cadence

   • It's unclear to the community how we use our project boards and what it means for the status of their bugs
   • Clarify that project board doesn't mean active

2. (@sofianguy) 6.0.0 Release Timeline: proposed dates

   • Do we want to kick off 6.0.0-beta.1 a week after 5.0.0 release?
   • Or do we want to kick off 6.0.0-beta.1 right after / day after 5.0.0 release?
   • We can also discuss this in Vancouver next week
   • Verdict: Publish 6.0.0-beta.1 next Thursday, April 25

3. (@sofianguy) Future release timelines for beta.1 kickoffs -- do we want to start them right after / a day after a major release or a week after?

   • Verdict: publish the first subsequent major beta a day after the stable has been published.

Backport Requests

Nota Bene: If you are the requester, you are generally expected to attend the meeting. If you are unable to do so, please state your reason for requesting the backport.

• (@alexeykuzmin) Those two below are just bugfixes for version 3.1.x, which is widely used.
  • electron/libchromiumcontent#759
  • electron/electron#17654
  • Verdict: Approve
• MarshallOfSound
  • electron/electron#17847
  • 4-1-x, 5-0-x
  • Verdict: On Hold

Action Items

• Shelley to clarify that project board doesn't mean active (in contributing.md)

Follow-Up Discussion

• (@codebytere) Combining some functionality of our proliferation of release-related bots into one more multi-purpose bot
  • Ex. cation, trop, maybe?