[jbosstools-dev] Planning for Eclipse Neon (2016-2017)

[Max Rydahl Andersen]

It is worth noting this system of new features and minor updates being 
allowed
is not *really* news.

This approach been allowed for the last 2-3 years.

The *new* part is that it is now formalised and made explicit
that completely new projects (like BuildShip) can join the release 
train.

Side effect of this is we'll need to be even more proactive to get 
updated
or at least verify compatibility. Unless we trust every eclipse project 
to
stay 100% source and binary API compatible now that it is official they 
are allowed to add features.

Hint: I don't trust it to be - but i'm also fine we ensure we can update 
more
aggressively ;)

/max

> This is great news!
>
> ----- Original Message -----
>> Just a quick heads up re: next year's Eclipse Simultaneous Release.
>>
>> The Eclipse Planning Council is working on a plan to do 4 Neon
>> releases: 1 main one in June 2016 followed by 3 updates in September
>> 2016, (early) December 2016, and March 2017. This is still being
>> finalized.
>>
>> Projects will be able to join the train for any of these milestones,
>> not just the main one in June. Goal is to provide easier access to
>> joining the train and support more projects wanting to do updates at
>> more points throughout the year.
>>
>> For Mars, the plan is to do the usual 1 main release (completed back
>> in June 2015) followed by 2 update releases at the usual dates:
>> September and February. For Luna these were called "Service Releases"
>> but from Mars onward they are "Update Releases", in that new 
>> features,
>> new projects, & minor updates are now allowed.
>>
>> Gone is the annual monolith; long live quarterly releases!
>>
>> More info: 
>> https://wiki.eclipse.org/Planning_Council/September_02_2015
>>
>> --
>> Nick Boldt :: JBoss by Red Hat
>> Productization Lead :: JBoss Tools & Dev Studio
>> http://nick.divbyzero.com
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