[Proposal] Move the OpenSearch 2.12.0 release to Feb 20 2024

[bbarani]

Is your feature request related to a problem? Please describe

OpenSearch 2.12.0 release is currently scheduled to be released on Jan 23 2024. We are proposing to move the release date of OpenSearch 2.12.0 version to Feb 20 2024 to accommodate the below action items,

• Upgrade Lucene version in OpenSearch 2.12.0 version to 9.9.1 instead of Lucene 9.9.0 version to resolve critical bugs
• Ensure readiness across all the repositories to support JDK21 upgrade
• Test the JDK21 + Lucene 9.9.1 changes thoroughly before releasing the 2.12.0 version
• Fix flaky, unreliable tests across OpenSearch repositories

Describe the solution you'd like

The code freeze date for OpenSearch 2.12.0 release is currently set to Jan 09 2024 with release date schedule for Jan 23 2024. We are proposing to move the code freeze date for OpenSearch 2.12.0 release to Feb 06 2024 with release date set to Feb 20 2024.

This proposal will help the team to upgrade, test OpenSearch Lucene version to 9.9.1 along with the JDK21 thoroughly in 2.12.0 version. Also, the additional time would allow the teams to close the flaky tests before the 2.12.0 release which would help in improving the quality of OpenSearch artifacts.

Describe alternatives you've considered

Keep the release date for 2.12.0 version as planned.

Additional context

No response

[anirudha]

The code freeze date for OpenSearch 2.12.0 release is currently set to Jan 09 2024 with release date schedule for Jan 23 2024. We are proposing to move the code freeze date for OpenSearch 2.12.0 release to Feb 06 2024 with release date set to Feb 20 2024.

what do we need to do to make this a reality? @bbarani

[macohen]

How long is this up for a vote? Can we say this should stay open until end of the day on January 2nd?

BTW, if you want to vote, thumbs up or thumbs down the description posted by @bbarani.

[dtaivpp]

@macohen I think that sounds reasonable.

[krisfreedain]

Agree @macohen - good suggestion.

[AmiStrn]

No objection to postponing this. 1 month is not significant, especially with the proposed critical bug fixes.
Does anyone have any downside to this?
I see that many items would anyway be moving to 2.13 at this rate.
@deshsidd regarding the postponing of phase 1 of your PR -> what is your opinion on the proposed release date?

[navneet1v]

Do we have a decision here? Is the release date moved?

[Gaganjuneja]

Any update on this?