Release meeting notes 2020-07-15

[upadhyeammit]

Foreman 2.0 :
The Foreman 2.0.1-2 release will be for one fix Centos Foreman 2.0 new install can’t download xmlrpc’ have merged ?. All the PRs of this issue have been merged and we are waiting on packaging team feedback to have it released.

Foreman 2.1 :
One small bug reported and its in new state,
Sorting of columns fails for nil values

Foreman 2.2 :
There are total 3 issues in new state,

• Provide clearer Smart Proxy registration errors with as much context as possible based on the error
  This one is not a blocker and should land in 2.2 release.

• Drop --upgrade flag from katello hooks
  Deprecation should happen in 2.2 release only.

• Extract statistics and trends to a plugin
  Its on track and should complete with respect to 2.2 timeline.

Katello :

• Katello 3.15.3 released on 14th July 2020.
• Katello 3.16 RC4 is out and ready for testing.
• Katello 3.16 RC5 is planned for next week, if you are looking for fixes in same stay tuned.

[ekohl]

@upadhyeammit

Drop --upgrade flag from katello hooks
Deprecation should happen in 2.2 release only.

This is incorrect. Katello’s --upgrade was deprecated in 2.1 and actually does nothing else than tell the user it’s deprecated. Foreman 2.2 will align with Katello 4.0 and is a good moment to drop it.

[upadhyeammit]

Thanks for correction !