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Actors & Activities for next milestone

Timeline

Week Nr

pre-M0 activities
  • Release Management: prepare meta-release plan
  • Commonalities & ICM: define scope and start alpha release development
  • TSC: declare M0 - meta-release kickoff


M0 

Meta-release kickoff

M00
activities for M1 start @ M0
  • Commonalities & ICM: fix scope and develop final alpha release for M1
  • API Sub Groups: check Commonalities and ICM scope definition to assess API impact
  • TSC: approve Commonalities and ICM scope and final alpha release
  • Release Management: Declare M1 - Commonalities and ICM alpha release available
2 weeks

M1

Alpha release Commonalities & ICMM0 + 2 weeks2
activities for M2 start @ M1
  • API Sub Groups: align to Commonalities and ICM alpha release and provide feedback
  • Commonalities & ICM: Fix bugs and prepare final release - candidate for M2
  • TSC: approve Commonalities and ICM final release - candidate
  • Release Management; declare M2 - Commonalities and ICM release - candidate available
7 weeks

M2

Release - candidate Commonalities & ICMM1 + 7 weeks9
activities for M3 start @ M1
  • API Sub Projects: prepare API scope and develop alpha releases, ending by the first release - candidate for M3
  • TSC: review scope of APIs (case by case selection)
  • Release Management: check API readiness of each API and declare M3 - all API first release - candidates available
9 weeks

M3

Release -candidate candidates for APIs (Code Freeze)

M1 + 9 weeks

9
activities for M4 start @ M3
  • API Sub Projects: fix bugs and prepare public - release
  • Commonalities & ICM: prepare public - release
  • Release Management: check API readiness of each API and declare M4 - all API public - releases available
  • TSC: give formal approval of Commonalities, ICM and API (case-by-case) public - releases
9 weeks

M4

Public -release releases of APIs

M3 + 9 weeks

18

activities for M5 starts @ public-release PR for an API

  • Release Management: prepare and declare M5 - meta-release availability
  • TSC: approve meta-release for M5
2 weeks

M5

Meta-releaseM4 + 2 weeks20
activities for M6 start @ M5
  • Commonalities & ICM: assess meta-release and provide feedback
  • API Sub Groups: assess meta-release and provide feedback
  • Release Management: assess meta-release, create improvement plan and declare M6 - post-release assessment available
  • TSC: approve improvement plan for M6
2 weeks

M6

Post Release Meta-release AssessmentM5 + 2 weeks24

Meta-release schedule

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  • M0
    • Announce the meta-release kick-off on the CAMARA mailing list (all@lists.camaraproject.org). This announcement indicates:
      • the Commonalities and ICM teams to prepare for M1 the scope definition of what they plan to put in the meta-release
      • all API Sub Projects to create the API release tracker for their next planned API version(s) as described here: API release tracking processtrackers.
      • the Outreach Committee to start preparation of marketing activities based on information in the meta-release plan
    • Once available, check the final alpha releases PR of Commonalities & ICM and their release asset availability. If OK, submit to TSC for approval.
    • After TSC approval, announce M1 on release management and maintainers mailing lists.
  • M1
    • Check for Commonalities and ICM that all release assets are available in their final release-candidate PRs. 
    • If OK, request TSC to approve creation of the final release-candidate of Commonalities and ICM. 
    • After TSC approval, and update of the meta-release plan with the final release-candidate tags of Commonalities and ICM, announce M2 milestone.
  • M2
    • From M1, for all APIs, once available, check the first API release-candidate PR and, if OK, approve PR. 
    • Announce M3 milestone once all approved API release-candidates have update their API release tracker.
  • M3
    • For all APIs, once available, check final API release-candidate PR and, if OK, approve PR. Approval can start as soon as an API Sub Project indicates "M4: ready for RM" on the API release tracker in the comments field. It is not necessary to wait for the actual M4 date if an API release is ready before.
    • For all APIs, once available, check API public-release PR, and, if OK, ask for formal TSC approval. 
    • Announce M4 milestone when all API public-releases are approved by TSC.
  • M4
    • Check that all API release trackers are updated with their public-release tag for the meta-release.
    • Propose meta-release content to TSC.
    • After TSC approval, publish the meta-release.
    • Announce the M5 meta-release on all@lists.camaraproject.org 
  • M5
    • Review the release process with all teams and identify areas for improvement for the next meta release with all teams. A meta-release feedback page is available to all to add comments, feedback and suggestions for improvement. I
    • Propose improvements for TSC approval to TSC to be implemented for the next meat-release.
    • After TSC approval, announce M6 milestone
  • M6

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  • Create the API release tracker for the API version planned to be released as described here: API release tracking processtrackers
  • With each alpha release or release candidate, the API version and release tag shall be updated on the API release tracker
  • The actual milestone dates shall be put in the release tracker when the milestone is passed.
  • When M4 is successfully passed, the link to the public release tag shall be added.

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  • M0
    • Start following the scope definitions of Commonalities and ICM and assess impact on API version
  • M1
    • Create API release tracking page for the API if it does not yet exist (it is normally created as part of the API Sub Project creation) 
    • Create API release tracker for the API version to be released
    • Assess impact of alpha release of Commonalities and ICM scope on API(s)
    • Define scope of API release:
      • Record scope in dedicated GitHub issue.
      • Update the release tracker with the link to the scope issue
    • Develop API scope through one or more alpha releases
    • Update the API release tracker with each alpha release tag
    • Create first release-candidate PR and submit to Release Management
    • After Release Management approval:
      • Create first release candidate for the API
      • Update the API release tracker with the release candidate tag
  • M3
    • Fix bugs raised by API testers through one or more release candidates
    • Update API release tracker with each release candidate tag
    • Submit final release candidate PR to Release Management for checking
    • After final release candidate PR approval by Release Management:
      • Create final release candidate and update API release tracker with its tag
      • Create API public release PR
    • After TSC approval of the PR
      • Create public release
      • Update the API release tracker with public release tag
  • M4
    • N/A
  • M5
    • Provide feedback on meta-release
  • M6

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