\usepackage{theme/xentalk}
\author{Wei Liu}
-\title{Xen 4.6 and beyond}
-\date{Seattle -- August 17-18, 2015}
+\title{Xen 4.7 and beyond}
+\date{Toronto -- August 25-26, 2016}
\begin{document} {
\setbeamertemplate{footline}{}
\begin{frame}
\frametitle{Agenda}
\begin{itemize}
- \item Xen 4.6 timeline
+ \item Xen release timeline
\item Development update
- \item Xen 4.6 retrospective
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\note{}
-\section{Xen 4.6 timeline}
+\section{Xen release timeline}
\subsection{timeline}
\begin{frame}
- \frametitle{Xen 4.6 timeline}
+ \frametitle{Xen 4.7 timeline}
\begin{itemize}
- \item 9 months cycle
+ \item First fixed term release, actually 9 months cycle
\begin{itemize}
- \item Development start: 6 Jan 2015
- \item Freeze: 10 Jul 2015
- \item RC1: 12 Aug 2015
- \item RCx: TBD
- \item Release date: 9 Oct 2015 (could release earlier)
+ \item Development start: 9 September 2015
+ \item Freeze: 8 April 2016
+ \item Release date: 20 June 2016
+ \end{itemize}
+ \item Main goal is make the release schedule preditable but also take into account really exceptional situations
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Several XSAs
+ \item Livepatching feature
+ \item 2 weeks overdue, still managable
+ \end{itemize}
+ \end{itemize}
+\end{frame}
+\note{
+}
+
+\begin{frame}
+ \frametitle{Xen 4.8 timeline}
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Second fixed term release, first 6 months cycle
+ \begin{itemize}
+ \item Development start: 6 June 2016
+ \item Freeze: 30 September 2016
+ \item Release date: 2 December 2016
\end{itemize}
- \item Main goal is to release on time
- \item Extra bonus if it is released earlier than scheduled
\end{itemize}
\end{frame}
\note{
}
\begin{frame}
- \frametitle{Development update: 4.6 diffstat}
+ \frametitle{Development update: 4.7 diffstat}
\begin{itemize}
\item Added lines: +91155
\item Removed lines: -85314
\note{
}
-\section{Xen 4.6 Retrospective}
-\subsection{Xen 4.6 retrospective}
+\section{Xen 4.7 Retrospective}
+\subsection{Xen 4.7 retrospective}
\begin{frame}
- \frametitle{Xen 4.6 Retrospective: observations}
+ \frametitle{Xen 4.7 Retrospective: observations}
\begin{itemize}
\item Vendors use upstream Xen to ship features to users
\begin{itemize}
}
-\begin{frame}
- \frametitle{Xen 4.6 Retrospective: ideas for improvement}
- \begin{itemize}
- \item Suggestions already been made (publicly or privately)
- \begin{itemize}
- \item Reopen tree earlier
- \item Shorten release cycle
- \item Pull together better road map page
- \item Fixed freeze dates
- \end{itemize}
- \item Join the discussion on xen-devel or send Lars / me emails
- \end{itemize}
-\end{frame}
-\note{
-}
\begin{frame}
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