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| title: "Release Plan for Gerrit 3.9" |
| tags: news |
| keywords: news |
| permalink: 2023-10-05-gerrit-3.9-release-plan.html |
| summary: "Release Plan for Gerrit 3.9" |
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| ## High Level Release Plan |
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| | Date | Activity | |
| |-----------|----------------------------------------------------| |
| | Oct 20 | Create `stable-3.9` branch, Release `3.9.0-rc0` | |
| | Oct 27 | Release `3.9.0-rc1` (*) | |
| | Nov 3 | Release `3.9.0-rc3` | |
| | Nov 10 | Release `3.9.0-rc4` - Feature freeze deadline | |
| | Nov 17 | Release `3.9.0-rc5` | |
| | Nov 24 | Release of `3.9.0` **BROKEN** (**) | |
| | Nov 28 | Release `3.9.0-rc6` (**) | |
| | Dec 1 | Final release of `3.9.0.1` | |
| |
| > **(\*) NOTE**: The `3.9.0-rc2` release was not announced and limited to |
| > the release of the [gerrit-acceptance-framework on Maven](https://repo1.maven.org/maven2/com/google/gerrit/gerrit-acceptance-framework/3.9.0-rc2/). |
| > From a Gerrit's perspective, it was identical to the `3.9.0-rc1` |
| > therefore did not make sense to have it officially released. |
| |
| > **(\*\*) WARNING**: The `3.9.0-rc6` has been introduced to revert the unwanted |
| > merge with master happened with [Change 394445](https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/c/gerrit/+/394445) |
| > which has caused the invalidation of the release `v3.9.0`. |
| |
| ## Java 17 |
| |
| The language level used for Gerrit source code will stay on Java 11, |
| however, Gerrit will be also built and distributed for Java 17. |
| |
| The reasons not to use LTS Java 21 directly are: |
| |
| * Java 17 is an LTS anyway, so it is a stable release we can rely on |
| * Java 21 is not widely adopted yet by Bazel, OSes |
| |
| ## End-to-end Testing |
| |
| We plan to use the |
| [Gatling e2e test framework for Git](https://gerrit-review.googlesource.com/Documentation/dev-e2e-tests.html), |
| developed by GerritForge and Ericsson, to test the stability of the release |
| on a production-like setup on AWS automatically provisioned using the |
| [aws-gerrit](https://gerrit.googlesource.com/aws-gerrit) templates. |
| |
| [GerritForge](https://www.gerritforge.com) has also offered its own AWS |
| infrastructure to test the scalability of Gerrit v3.9, particularly with |
| medium to large sized projects and in a multi-primary setup. |
| |
| The [Gerrit-CI](https://gerrit-ci.gerritforge.com) has also an automated |
| [aws-gerrit pipeline](https://gerrit-ci.gerritforge.com/job/gatling-gerrit-test/) |
| that will be pointed to the stable-3.9 branch and run on a daily basis. |
| |
| ## End of Life for Gerrit 3.6.x |
| |
| Per the support policy mentioned on the |
| [project homepage](https://www.gerritcodereview.com/support.html#supported-versions), |
| after 3.9.0 is released 3.6.x will reach end of life and will no longer be |
| actively supported. |
| |
| Support for 3.7.x and 3.8.x will continue as usual. |
| Users of 3.6.x or earlier are recommended to upgrade to one of these versions. |
