Re: edk2-stable201905 features and soft/hard freeze and release date

["Michael D Kinney" <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>]

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Leif Lindholm [mailto:leif.lindholm@linaro.org]
> Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2019 10:17 AM
> To: Gao, Liming <liming.gao@intel.com>
> Cc: devel@edk2.groups.io; Kinney, Michael D
> <michael.d.kinney@intel.com>; Wang, Jian J
> <jian.j.wang@intel.com>; ard.biesheuvel@linaro.org;
> Laszlo Ersek <lersek@redhat.com> (lersek@redhat.com)
> <lersek@redhat.com>; Andrew Fish (afish@apple.com)
> <afish@apple.com>; Cetola, Stephano
> <stephano.cetola@intel.com>
> Subject: Re: edk2-stable201905 features and soft/hard
> freeze and release date
> 
> On Thu, May 23, 2019 at 07:46:37AM +0000, Gao, Liming
> wrote:
> > >* Update OpenSSL version to upcoming 1.1.1
> > >
> https://bugzilla.tianocore.org/show_bug.cgi?id=1089
> > >
> > >  This feature must be completed for edk2-
> stable201905.
> > >  We are willing to extend the soft freeze, hard
> freeze,
> > >  and release date to make sure this feature is
> completed.
> > >  Please complete the patches and reviews and
> perform all
> > >  validation required for this feature and provide
> status
> > >  to the mailing list.  The release date will be
> pushed out
> > >  if required to accommodate this feature.
> > Mike:
> >   Once the release is deferred, the release will
> happen June.
> >   So, the stable tag will be changed to edk2-
> stable201906.
> 
> I don't really want to get into bikeshedding here, but
> I just want to
> point out that we do not need to rename the stable tag
> just because of
> the release being pushed out.
> 
> For my Linaro firmware releases, I tend to stick with
> the original
> name regardless. I recently published 19.03 :)
> 

I agree.  We should not change the release name.  The goal
is to finish the work as fast as possible.  If we are
successful, the delay could be limited to a few days.

> Best Regards,
> 
> Leif