[sr-dev] Development for v5.6.x is frozen

[Daniel-Constantin Mierla]

Hello,

it's now two weeks since the development for 5.6.x series was frozen. I
propose to create the git branch 5.6 sometime next week, latest on
Thursday, May 5, 2022. From that moment, the code goes in release
candidate phase, meaning we should start preparing for release with the
wiki page about what is new, upgrade guidelines, update packaging specs,
... In 1-2 weeks from that moment, the release of v5.6.0 is expected to
happen.

Also, once the branch 5.6 is created, the master branch can get again
new features to be part of the future 5.7.x series (or another version
series that is going to be decided later).

Should anyone wants a different roadmap, let's discuss and decided on
the best one.

Cheers,
Daniel

On 15.04.22 08:44, Daniel-Constantin Mierla wrote:
> Hello,
>
> the formal notification that the development for the next major version
> 5.6.0 is now frozen. The focus has to be on testing the master branch.
>
> Also, the master branch should not get commits with new features till
> the branch 5.6 is created, expected to happen in 2-4 weeks, a matter of
> how testing goes on. Meanwhile, the commits with new features in the C
> code can be pushed to personal branches, new pull requests can still be
> done, but they will be merged after branching 5.6.
>
> Can still be done commits with documentation improvements, enhancements
> to related tools (e.g., kamctl, kamcmd), merging exiting pull requests
> at this moment, exporting missing KEMI functions and completing the
> functionality
> of the new modules added for 5.6.
>
> Once the branch 5.6 is created, new features can be pushed again to
> master branch as usual. From that moment, the v5.6.0 should be out very
> soon, time used for further testing but also preparing the release of
> packages.
>
> If someone is not sure if a commit brings a new feature, just make a
> pull request and it can be discussed there on github portal or via
> sr-dev mailing list.
>
> A summary of what is new in upcoming 5.6 is going to be built at:
>
>   * https://www.kamailio.org/wiki/features/new-in-5.6.x
>
> Upgrade guidelines will be collected at:
>
>   * https://www.kamailio.org/wiki/install/upgrade/5.5.x-to-5.6.0
>
> Everyone is more than welcome to contribute to the above wiki pages,
> especially to the upgrade guidelines, to help everyone else during the
> migration process from v5.5.x to 5.6.x.
>
> Cheers,
> Daniel
>
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