id	summary	reporter	owner	description	type	status	priority	milestone	component	version	resolution	keywords	cc
5660	Managing the 1.14.0 release process	Francesco Casella	Adrian Pop	"As discussed today in the devmeeting, we need to allow people that are developing new features to merge them into master. At the same time, we need to manage the last remaining issues with replaceable and, last but not least, keep supporting users that are currently relying on the nightly build (the latest release is 9 months old now) and shouldn't get disrupted in their daily work. 

For this purpose, I would make good use of stable releases, as described, e.g., in the [https://openmodelica.org/download/download-windows windows] and [https://openmodelica.org/download/download-linux linux] download pages.

My suggested course of action:
1. @mahge930 reverts his last commits, if they caused regressions
2. @adrpo branches {{{1.14.0-dev.01}}} off master, makes it a stable release, and updates the download pages ([https://openmodelica.org/download/download-windows windows] and [https://openmodelica.org/download/download-linux linux]) so people can access all the improvments since 1.13.2 until we release 1.14.0 beta and final. I recommend this to avoid any major disruption with nightly build users in the next few weeks.
3. @adrpo branches {{{1.14.0-dev}}} off master and changes the version number on the master branch to 1.15.0, which we could later upgrade to 2.0.0 if we think we can get to 2.0.0 quality in a reasonable amount of time, otherwise we'll release whatever is available in 1.15.0.
4. The development of new features (e.g. @mahder930's and @niklwors's) can then continue on master. Nightly builds will be made off this version.
5.  All the bug-fixes related to [https://trac.openmodelica.org/OpenModelica/query?priority=blocker&status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&milestone=1.14.0&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&col=component&order=priority&report=14 1.14.0 blockers] will have to be merged both into master and into {{{1.14.0-dev}}}
6. As soon as @adrpo manages to merge replaceable support on {{{1.14.0-dev}}}, we release {{{1.14.0-dev.beta1}}}. This will supersede {{{1.14.0-dev.01}}} as the latest stable release for Linux users. Of course replaceable should also be merged on master.
6. Any other [https://trac.openmodelica.org/OpenModelica/query?priority=blocker&status=accepted&status=assigned&status=new&status=reopened&milestone=1.14.0&col=id&col=summary&col=status&col=type&col=priority&col=milestone&col=component&order=priority&report=14 1.14.0 blocker fixes] will have to be merged in {{{1.14.0-dev}}} until we release 1.14.0.
7. After the 1.14.0 release, @adrpo branches {{{1.14.0-dev}}} into {{{maintenance/v1.14}}}. Any further 1.14 blocker fixes should be  merged there and eventually be released as 1.14.x, if they can be cherry-picked with a reasonable effort.

I would recommend steps 1. and 2. to be carried out asap, preferably this week.

Feel free to comment and/or improve"	discussion	closed	high	1.14.0	*unknown*		fixed		Mahder Alemseged Gebremedhin Martin Sjölund Adeel Asghar Niklas Worschech Karim Adbdelhak Andreas Heuermann Lennart Ochel Rüdiger Franke