DRAFT: GlassFish v1 UR1 Plan

Overview

GlassFish v1 UR1 (aka AS 9.0 UR1) is an update release focusing on bug fixes only. There is no plan to add features to this release. In addition, bug fixes should not require major architectural changes.

Goals

• Address important issues affecting NetBeans and Creator
• Address Customer escalations
• Address important release noted bugs that do not have any workaround.
• Address critical bugs that came in after the final build.
• Address bugs that will generate unnecessary support calls (or forum posts). For example, incorrect error messages or exception traces logged at an inappropriate log level.

Engineering Schedule (tentative)

• Build 01: Jun 21, all P1 bugs addressed
  • BigApps base line run starts
  • NetBeans and Creator team pick up the build
• Build 03: Jul 12 : all P2 bugs addressed
• Build 05: Aug 15 : all bugs addressed, SCF
• Build 09: Aug 30 : HCF
• FCS : Aligned with NetBeans 5.5 FCS

Checkin guidelines

1. Only approved bug fixes are allowed in this release. The current list of approved bugs is attached. I will run a bugswat soon to get feedbacks/bugs from module owners.
2. Please contact Jerome Dochez if you would like to make changes to the bugs list (cc dev.glassfish.java.net so others can voice their support/concerns).
3. A bug should always be fixed on the trunk (GF v2 / 9.1) first and then backported into UR1
4. Please be sure to follow the checkin procedures for "Soft Code Freeze" period documented at https://glassfish.dev.java.net/public/GuidelinesandConventions.html#Coding_Conventions
5. For non-interactive bugs, please point to an automated test that can be run to verify the bug fix.
6. The main trunk is open for GlassFish v2 (SJSAS 9.1) checkins.

Bug Handling

1. A bug should always be fixed on the trunk (9.1) first and then backported into UR1
2. For a bug filed on issue tracker, we will use the status whiteboard field. If a bug needs to be backported to UR1, put keyword "needfix-9.0peur1". Once the bug fix is checked in, change keyword to "fixed-9.0peur1"
3. For a bug filed on bugtraq, we will create a MR with target release "9.0peur1" if it needs to be fixed in UR1. The MR will be used to track the life cycle of the bug.
4. We will use the two way bridge to bridge Issue Tracker and Bugster bugs (coming soon).

Bug List

Currently, only the first query is accessible to public. We are working on a bug bridge to expose bugtraq bugs into issue tracker so that all bugs can be found via the first link. A temporary snapshot (maybe out-of-date) can be found here.

• Issue tracker bugs targeted for UR1
• Bugtraq bugs targeted for UR1 (see above if you cannot access this)

Comments

• Please send comments to dev@glassfish.dev.java.net

-- Main.tcng - 16 Jun 2006