Hello,
Next week is the milestone week for 4.28 M3.
Monday
- Last day of development, (and even then, no "big changes").
- After Monday 18:00 ET only regression fixes, no feature work or unrelated fixes.
Tuesday
- All-day test pass. Nobody should develop or fix anything.
Wednesday
- Fix day with a focus on fixing regressions found during the test day (Tuesday). No unrelated fixes. Review and thoroughly test all commits.
- The last Wednesday build is the release candidate every team signs off on Thursday.
- The "New and Noteworthy" entries are due on Wednesday evening.
- Git repo: https://github.com/eclipse-platform/www.eclipse.org-eclipse-news
- Live website: https://www.eclipse.org/eclipse/news/4.28/
Thursday
- Sign-off after re-testing, or at least confirming no changes have been made to your component's code since the last time the component was tested well.
Friday
- Build is officially declared and made available.
- The master branch stays closed until the milestone is officially released.
Thanks and Regards,
Rahul Mohanan
Software Developer
IBM ISL Kochi
Eclipse SDK Team