[Mesa-announce] [Mesa-dev] Mesa 11.3.0/12.0.0 release plan

[Emil Velikov]

On 29 April 2016 at 14:07, Iago Toral <itoral at igalia.com> wrote:
> On Fri, 2016-04-29 at 14:01 +0100, Emil Velikov wrote:
>> On 29 April 2016 at 13:19, Iago Toral <itoral at igalia.com> wrote:
>> > On Fri, 2016-04-29 at 00:55 -0700, Kenneth Graunke wrote:
>> >> On Thursday, April 28, 2016 4:06:49 PM PDT Emil Velikov wrote:
>> >> > Hi all,
>> >> >
>> >> > Here is the current tentative 11.3.0/12.0.0 release schedule.
>> >> >
>> >> > May 20th 2016 - Feature freeze/Release candidate 1
>> >> > May 27th 2016 - Release candidate 2
>> >> > June 03rd 2016 - Release candidate 3
>> >> > June 10th 2016 - Release candidate 4/final release
>> >> >
>> >> > With the above in mind we have three weeks to get new features.
>> >> >
>> >> > Do we have some serious work that we want to squeeze in and the time
>> >> > is not enough. Does the proposed dates align with distributions
>> >> > needs/expectations ?
>> >> >
>> >> > Kindly let me know.
>> >> >
>> >> > Thanks
>> >> > Emil
>> >>
>> >> I'd really love to get fp64/va64 for Broadwell+ landed - with that in
>> >> place, we'll jump forward to GL 4.2.  We'll try and pull it off, but we
>> >> might need a little bit more time...
>> >
>> > We have just sent the first bunch of i965 patches for review so it is
>> > all going to depend on the kind of review feedback we get. It is a large
>> > series that touches a lot of things so I imagine it might take some time
>> > to get it in a shape where everyone feels comfortable merging it, but
>> > let's see.
>> >
>> So should we keep the dates as-is and re-estimate in a week ? Afaict
>> it's be nearly impossible to say how much extra time will be needed,
>> if any.
>
> Yes, I think that sounds reasonable.
>
Gents am I missing something or not many of the fp64/va64 patches have
landed yet ? The proposed branchpoint is a week away, so I'd like to
hear your thoughts on how long you think is going to take to land the
work.

Thanks
Emil