The following table shows the preliminary dates for the v1.6 release cycle.
| What | Who | When | Week |
|---|---|---|---|
| Start of Release Cycle | Release Lead | Monday 31st July 2023 | week 1 |
| Schedule finalized | Release Lead | Friday 4th August 2023 | week 1 |
| Team finalized | Release Lead | Friday 4th August 2023 | week 1 |
| v1.4.x & v1.5.x released | Release Lead | Tuesday 29th August 2023 | week 5 |
| v1.4.x & v1.5.x released | Release Lead | Tuesday 26th September 2023 | week 9 |
| v1.6.0-beta.0 released | Release Lead | Tuesday 24th October 2023 | week 13 |
| Communicate beta to providers | Comms Manager | Tuesday 24th October 2023 | week 13 |
| v1.4.x & v1.5.x released | Release Lead | Tuesday 24th October 2023 | week 13 |
| v1.6.0-beta.x released | Release Lead | Tuesday 31st October 2023 | week 14 |
| KubeCon idle week | - | 6th - 10th November 2023 | week 15 |
| release-1.6 branch created (Begin [Code Freeze]) | Release Lead | Tuesday 21st November 2023 | week 17 |
| v1.6.0-rc.0 released | Release Lead | Tuesday 21st November 2023 | week 17 |
| release-1.6 jobs created | CI Manager | Tuesday 21st November 2023 | week 17 |
| v1.6.0-rc.x released | Release Lead | Tuesday 28th November 2023 | week 18 |
| v1.6.0 released | Release Lead | Tuesday 5th December 2023 | week 19 |
| v1.4.x & v1.5.x released | Release Lead | Tuesday 5th December 2023 | week 19 |
| Organize release retrospective | Release Lead | TBC | week 19 |
After the .0 release monthly patch release will be created.
| Role | Lead (GitHub / Slack ID) | Team member(s) (GitHub / Slack ID) |
|---|---|---|
| Release Lead | Furkat Gofurov (@furkatgofurov7 ✉️ ️@Furkat Gofurov) |
Chirayu Kapoor (@chiukapoor ✉️ @Chirayu Kapoor) Prajyot Parab (@Prajyot-Parab ✉️ ️ @Prajyot Parab) Stephen Cahill (@cahillsf ✉️ ️ @Stephen Cahill) |
| Communications/Docs/Release Notes Manager | Guillermo Gaston (@g-gaston ✉️ ️@ggaston) |
Michael Shen (@mjlshen ✉️ ️@mishen) Nikola Prokopić (@nprokopic ✉️ ️ @Nikola) Willie Yao (@willie-yao ✉️ ️ @willie) |
| CI Signal/Bug Triage/Automation Manager | Nawaz Hussain Khazielakha (@nawazkh ✉️ @nawazkh) |
Abdur Rehman Shahid (@abdurrehman107 ✉️ @Abdur Rehman Shahid) Amit Kumar (@hackeramitkumar ✉️ @Amit Kumar) Anurag (@kranurag7 ✉️ @Anurag) Muhammad Adil Ghaffar (@adilGhaffarDev ✉️ @adil) Sunnat Samadov (@Sunnatillo ✉️ @Sunnat) |
| Maintainer | Vince Prignano (@vincepri ✉️ ️@vincepri) |