A page to keep track of engineers in charge of the Besu releases. Releases are scheduled around 9:30PT on the release date, and typically announced to the public ~24 hours after having been cutdoing Besu releases, as well as roughly how long the release process is taking.
| Release Date | Release Version | Engineer 1 | Engineer 2 | Release Coordinator | Time Taken |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan 5 | 21.10.6 | Sally | Justin | Sally | 1h |
| Jan 16 | 21.10.7 | Sally | Danno | Sally | 2h |
| Jan 17 | 21.10.8 | Sally | Danno | Sally | 1h |
21.10.7 was updating dependencies so the cherry picking process took a long time (vert.x upgrade involved 5+ PRs in the end) but the actual release process took <2h