Release of Che 7 Beta

[l0rd]

Description

At the end of next sprint (in 3 weeks) we should release 2 versions/branches: 6.19.0/6.19.x and 7.0.0-beta.1.0/7.0.0-beta.1.x. Master branch should than use version 7.0.0-beta.2.0-SNAPSHOT and in branch 6.19.x we should only commit/cherry pick Che 6 fixes.

@riuvshin @benoitf @nickboldt what do you think?

[benoitf]

no issue on my side

[nickboldt]

What happens if we need to do a che 6.20 or other future 6.x maintenance between now and August 2019? Would that be done in the 6.19.x branch? Or... do we need a 6.x branch in addition to 6.19.x and master branches.

Also, 7.0.x-Beta1 sounds like an odd way to branch - that implies the next build will be 7.0.1.Beta1. Should we have a 7.0.0.Beta1x branch instead, in case we need to do a 7.0.0.Beta1-1 ?

-1 for this plan. Suggest we need instead 2 tags and 4 branches:

• 6.19.0 + 6.19.x and 6.x
• 7.0.0-Beta1 + 7.0.0-Beta1x and master

[l0rd]

What happens if we need to do a che 6.20 or other future 6.x maintenance between now and August 2019?

In what circumstances should we need a version 6.20.0? Can't we just release patch versions when and if we need to do a new "patch" release (e.g. 6.19.1, 6.19.2 etc...)?

do we need a 6.x branch in addition to 6.19.x and master branches.

Yes if we will need a 6.20.0 version we will need such a branch. But if we agree that we won't need it I assume we won't need a 6.x branch neither.

Also, 7.0.x-Beta1 sounds like an odd way to branch - that implies the next build will be 7.0.1.Beta1. Should we have a 7.0.0.Beta1x branch instead, in case we need to do a 7.0.0.Beta1-1 ?

You are right. Calling the branch 7.0.0.Beta1x is much better.

[l0rd]

After looking at https://semver.org/#spec-item-9 I think we should call the version 7.0.0-beta.1.0 (and the branch 7.0.0-beta.1.x)

[nickboldt]

+0, What about something simpler like 7.0.0-beta1x, with only 3 x.y.z version segments? Do you really need 5 segments?

+1, If we're happy doing all future maintenance in 6.19.x branch, then I'm happy to not need a 6.x branch.

[l0rd]

@nickboldt I am ok with 7.0.0-beta1x as well. Thanks for your feedbacks.

@riuvshin I would apreciate if you could provide you opinion on this approach.

[riuvshin]

done