[cdwg] Lustre 2.5 Development Planning

[Hamilton, Pam]

In addition, this announcement was sent out back in March by Jodi Levi:

> -----Original Message-----
> From: hpdd-discuss-bounces at lists.01.org [mailto:hpdd-discuss-
> bounces at lists.01.org] On Behalf Of Levi, Jodi
> Sent: Thursday, March 28, 2013 3:09 PM
> To: hpdd-discuss at lists.01.org; cdwg at lists.opensfs.org
> Subject: [HPDD-discuss] 2.5 Feature List Request
> 
> Hi all!
> As the Lustre 2.4 release draws close to completion, we are turning our
> thoughts to the content of the Lustre 2.5 release.
> 
> Lustre 2.5 is targeted for release in October 2013; therefore, any features to
> be included will need to be ready for landing to Master in July 2013 in order
> to allow adequate time for stabilization ahead of the release.
> We will be discussing the Support Marix for 2.5 in upcoming CDWG meetings.
> 
> If anyone is working on features that could be candidates to include in this
> release, please let me know so that we can consider them in our planning.
> 
> Thank you!
> 
> Jodi Levi
> Program Manager
> Intel High Performance Data Division
> mobile: 303-241-1428
> email: jodi.levi at intel.com<mailto:jodi.levi at intel.com>


Regards,
Pam




> -----Original Message-----
> From: cdwg-bounces at lists.opensfs.org [mailto:cdwg-
> bounces at lists.opensfs.org] On Behalf Of Dilger, Andreas
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 3:31 PM
> To: Nic Henke
> Cc: cdwg at lists.opensfs.org
> Subject: Re: [cdwg] Lustre 2.5 Development Planning
> 
> On 2013/04/06 3:18 PM, "Nic Henke" <nic_henke at xyratex.com> wrote:
> >On Jun 4, 2013, at 4:06 PM, "Dilger, Andreas"
> ><andreas.dilger at intel.com>
> >wrote:
> >>
> >> Unless there is some change to the schedule, the 2.5 feature freeze
> >>is at  the end of July (i.e. 8 weeks from now), so that doesn't leave
> >>a lot of  room for feature development that isn't already well
> >>underway.  That  doesn't  mean that no work should be done on these
> >>other issues, just that they are  not likely to be included into the
> >>2.5 release if they are just starting.
> >
> >Andreas - can you point me at the location for these dates ? I came up
> >empty searching on my own.
> 
> http://wiki.lustre.org/index.php/Lustre_Release_Information reports that
> 2.0 is targeted for release in Q2 2010. :-)  And the movie "Lustre" got a rating
> of 2.5/10 at IMDB.
> 
> https://wiki.hpdd.intel.com/display/PUB/Lustre+2.4+Scope+Statement has
> the
> 2.4 release schedule, and states (as was agreed by CDWG last year):
> 
>     Introduction
> 
>     Lustre feature releases follow a release train model, with feature
>     releases targeted every 6 months. For the 2.4 release, the code freeze
>     date has been shifted from a Dec 31, 2012 date to a January 31st, 2013
>     date in a one-time date adjustment to shift away from freeze dates
>     falling near the Holidays.
> 
> 
>     Key Deliverables and Milestones
> 
>     Feature Freeze: 2013-01-31
>     Code Freeze:  2013-03-31
>     2.4 Release GA:  2013-04-30
> 
> 
> The corresponding 2.5 scope page does not exist yet, since the features for
> 2.5 are not yet finalized, but the 6-month schedule has been pretty steady
> for the past 2-3 releases, and Peter and I put the release schedule into every
> one of our LUG/SC presentations.
> 
> The planned dates for 2.5 are:
> 
> Feature Freeze: 2013-07-31
> Code Freeze:  2013-09-30
> 2.5 Release GA:  2013-10-31
> 
> 
> which are 6 months after the corresponding 2.4 dates.  I agree it makes sense
> to have a single page which spells this out more clearly.
> 
> Cheers, Andreas
> --
> Andreas Dilger
> 
> Lustre Software Architect
> Intel High Performance Data Division
> 
> 
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