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Re: Proposal for the transition timetable for the move to GIT
On December 16, 2019 5:39:06 PM GMT+01:00, Jeff Law <law@redhat.com> wrote:
>On Mon, 2019-12-16 at 13:53 +0000, Joseph Myers wrote:
>>
>> > > However, we should also note that stage 3 is intended to last two
>months,
>> > > ending with the move to git
>> > > <https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2019-10/msg00143.html>
>> > > <https://gcc.gnu.org/ml/gcc/2019-11/msg00117.html>;, and given
>that it
>> > > didn't start at the start of November as anticipated in the
>originally
>> > > proposed timetable, that implies corresponding updates to all the
>dates.
>> > > By now, enough people are away until the new year that now isn't
>a good
>> > > time for deciding things anyway.
>> >
>> > The idea was to do it while most people were away to have the least
>> > impact. The timeline https://gcc.gnu.org/wiki/GitConversion does
>say we
>> > can slip for logistical reasons the read-only date (2019/12/31) by
>a
>> > few days.
>>
>> It was also that doing it at the end of stage 3 would mean the least
>> disruption to development for stage 3. That suggests converting over
>the
>> weekend of 18/19 January, given the current stage 3 timings.
>My recollection was the timing was meant to land roughly at the stage3-
>>stage4 transition. So the question is whether or not we're on target
>with that. Based on the regression counts, probably not at this point,
>but I'll let the release managers chime in on that point.
>
Fortunately that's a pure timing thing and I'd expect stage3 to end mid January, possibly scrapping off a week to help the git conversion.
Richard.
>Jeff