Kubernetes 1.20 Release Information
Information regarding the current release cycle including important dates,
Release Team contact information, tracking spreadsheets and more!
Kubernetes 1.20
Links
- This document
- Release Team
- Meeting Minutes (join kubernetes-sig-release@ to receive meeting invites)
- v1.20 Release Calendar
- Contact: #sig-release on slack, kubernetes-release-team@ on e-mail
- Internal Contact Info (accessible only to members of kubernetes-release-team@)
Tracking docs
- Enhancements Tracking Sheet: TODO
- Bug Triage Tracking Sheet: TODO
- CI Signal Report: TODO
- Retrospective Document
- kubernetes/sig-release v1.20 milestone
Guides
TL;DR
The 1.20 release cycle is proposed as follows:
- Monday, September 14th: Week 1 - Release cycle begins
- Tuesday, Oct 6th: Week 4 - Enhancements Freeze
- Thursday, Nov 12th: Week 9 - Code Freeze
- Monday, Nov 30th: Week 12 - Docs must be completed and reviewed
- Tuesday, Dec 8th: Week 13 - Kubernetes v1.20.0 released
- Thursday, Dec 17th: Week 14 - Release Retrospective
Timeline
| What | Who | When | WEEK | CI SIGNAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Start of Release Cycle | Lead | Mon September 14 | week 1 | master-blocking |
| Start Enhancements Tracking | Enhancements Lead | Tue September 15 | ||
| Schedule finalized | Lead | Wed September 16 | ||
| Team finalized | Lead | Friday September 18 | ||
| 1.20.0-alpha.2 released | Branch Manager | Tue September 22 | week 2 | |
| Start Release Notes Draft | Release Notes Lead | Tue September 29 | week 3 | |
| Begin Enhancements Freeze (EOD PST) | Enhancements Lead | Tue October 6 | week 4 | master-blocking, master-informing |
| 1.20.0-alpha.3 released | Branch Manager | Tue October 13 | week 5 | |
| 1.20.0-alpha.4 released | Branch Manager | Tue October 20 | week 6 | |
| release-1.20 branch created | Branch Manager | Tue October 27 | week 7 | |
| release-1.20 jobs created | Branch Manager | Tue October 27 | ||
| 1.20.0-beta.0 released | Branch Manager | Tue October 27 | ||
| Begin Burndown (MWF meetings) | Lead | Mon November 2 | week 8 | 1.20-blocking, master-blocking, master-informing |
| Call for Exceptions | Lead | Mon November 2 | ||
| Brace Yourself, Code Freeze is Coming | Comms / Bug Triage | Mon November 2 | ||
| 1.20.0-beta.1 released | Branch Manager | Tue November 3 | ||
| Docs deadline - Open placeholder PRs | Docs Lead | Fri November 6 | ||
| Begin Code Freeze (EOD PST) | Branch Manager | Thu November 12 | week 9 | |
| Burndown Meetings daily | Lead | Mon November 16 | week 10 | |
| 1.20.0-beta.2 released | Branch Manager | Tue November 17 | ||
| KubeCon CloudNativeCon North America Starts | Community | Tue, November 17 | ||
| KubeCon CloudNativeCon North America Ends | Community | Friday, November 20 | ||
| Docs deadline - PRs ready for review | Docs Lead | Mon November 23 | week 11 | |
| Docs complete - All PRs reviewed and ready to merge | Docs Lead | Mon November 30 | week 12 | |
| 1.20.0-rc.1 released | Branch Manager | Tue December 1 | ||
| v1.20.0 released | Branch Manager | Tue December 8 | week 13 | |
| Code Thaw | Branch Manager | Tue, December 8 | ||
| Release retrospective | Community | Thu December 17 | week 14 |
Phases
Please refer to the release phases document.
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