[openfabrics-ewg] [openib-general] OFED 1.2 release - to be reviewed in the meeting today

[Michael S. Tsirkin]

> Quoting Sasha Khapyorsky <sashak at voltaire.com>:
> Subject: Re: [openib-general] OFED 1.2 release - to be reviewed in the meeting today
> 
> Hi Tziporet,
> 
> On 16:05 Mon 29 Jan     , Tziporet Koren wrote:
> > 
> > This is the proposal for OFED 1.2 branching and tagging:
> > 
> > *Sources developed in OFA:*
> > 1. Each git owner will open a branch with the name ofed_1_2. This branch 
> > should be opened on 31-Jan (based on code readiness we will review today).
> > 2. Vlad will open a new /pub/ofed_1_2.
> > 3. All ofed_1_2 branches will be cloned to this directory. (Note: 
> > libibverbs and libmthca will be cloned from kernel.org for Roland's trees.)
> > 4. Any change that should be included in the next OFED package will be 
> > first check-in to the maintainer ofed_1_2 branch.
> >    A mail should be sent to Vlad (and cc the list) to pull this change.
> 
> This looks pretty similar to ofed-1.1/SVN release procedure. What about
> discussed idea of "per package release by maintainers"?

I guess there's no conflict: maintainers can make ofed_1_2 point to their release.
But I agree we need maintainers' buy-in and commitment to schedule that matches
OFED release schedule.

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