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| title: "Release Plan for Gerrit 3.11" |
| tags: news |
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| permalink: 2024-10-03-gerrit-3.11-release-plan.html |
| summary: "Release Plan for Gerrit 3.11" |
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| ## High Level Release Plan |
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| | Date | Activity | |
| |------------|---------------------------------------------------| |
| | Oct 21 | Create `stable-3.11` branch, Release `3.11.0-rc0` | |
| | Oct 28 | Release `3.11.0-rc1` | |
| | Nov 4 | Release `3.11.0-rc2` | |
| | Nov 11 | Release `3.11.0-rc3` - Feature freeze deadline. | |
| | Nov 18 | Release `3.11.0-rc4` | |
| | Nov 25 | Release `3.11.0-rc5` - Release freeze | |
| | Dec 1 | Final release of `3.11.0` | |
| |
| ## Gerrit Hackathon |
| |
| The Gerrit hackathon is planned before the stable-3.11 branch cut, from |
| the 7th to the 8th of October at Qualcomm in San Diego (CA), focused on the |
| [JGit multi-pack index support](https://gerrit.googlesource.com/summit/2024/+/refs/heads/master/lightning-talks/hackathon-midx-outcome.md). |
| |
| ## Switch to Java 21 |
| |
| Gerrit v3.11 will support both Java 17 and Java 21 at source-code level; |
| however, it will be built and distributed on Java 21 for encouraging |
| users to move to the new version which offers a competitive advantage |
| with the adoption of the [ZGC](https://www.baeldung.com/jvm-zgc-garbage-collector). |
| |
| ## 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) and |
| [k8s-gerrit](https://gerrit.googlesource.com/k8s-gerrit) deployments. |
| |
| [GerritForge](https://www.gerritforge.com) has also offered its own AWS |
| infrastructure to test the scalability of Gerrit v3.11, particularly with |
| medium to large sized projects and in a multi-primary setup and will also |
| use its Google Cloud infrastructure to test Gerrit v3.11 with K8s. |
| |
| 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-3.11 branch and run on a daily basis. |
| |
| ## End of Life for Gerrit 3.8.x |
| |
| Per the support policy mentioned on the |
| [project homepage](https://www.gerritcodereview.com/support.html#supported-versions), |
| after 3.11.0 is released 3.8.x will reach end of life and will no longer be |
| actively supported. |
| |
| Support for 3.9.x and 3.10.x will continue as usual. |
| Users of 3.8.x or earlier are recommended to upgrade to one of these versions. |
