[che-dev] Che 7 Release Update

[Mario <mario.loriedo@xxxxxxxxx>]

Hi all,

A quick update on the Che 7 release:

The number of blocker issues [1] is currently down to 6.

On the documentation side, of the initial 15 articles in the endgame [2], 5 are completed, the rest are under review or in progress.

The e2e happy path test is implemented but we are still looking for the proper infrastructure to run it as a PR check. 

That said we should be able release sometime between next week and the 14th of August.

In team meantime, tomorrow, we will release the RC 4 of Che 7 that contains a lot of good stuff:

- new stacks and samples

- every Che instance has its own plugin and devfile registries

- git through ssh scenario

- operator CI scripts

- self-signed SSL certificates support

- much faster build time (bye bye GWT)

- a lot of bug fixes...

Mario

[1] https://github.com/eclipse/che/issues?q=is%3Aopen+is%3Aissue+milestone%3A7.0.0+label%3Aseverity%2Fblocker

[2] https://github.com/eclipse/che/issues/13637