Release 15.3 proposal

[zabil]

Open Items

CD features

• Elastic agents #1082 - Elastic agents (carry over from 15.2)
• Feature: pipeline configuration from source control #1133 - Pipeline configuration from source control

Installers

• Automate installer testing #1388 - Automate installer testing
• Solaris installer - Issues #1342 - Solaris installer - Issues
• Implement a plugin and Go update check #1308 - Implement a plugin and Go update check

UI/UX enhancements

• Redesign the pipeline configuration page #1404 - Redesign the pipeline configuration page

API enhancements

• New Dashboard API #1392 - New dashboard JSON API optimizations
• API to trigger stage and job #775 - API to trigger stage and job (carry over from 15.2)

Plugins

• Plugin response should get logged in go-server log #884 - Plugin response should get logged in go-server log

Bug fixes

• SCM end-point - backed issues #917 - SCM end-point - backend issues
• [READ ONLY] Some actions not disabled #1026 - [READ ONLY] Some actions not disabled
• Read only mode Go server issues #1008 - Read only mode Go server issues
• Without server restart server health messages do not get removed when plugins are deleted #933 - Without server restart server health messages do not get removed when plugins are deleted
• Console log - scroll to end of logs does not happen by default #1335 - Console log - scroll to end of logs does not happen by default
• Temporary console log issues - part 2 #1058 - Temporary console log issues - part 2
• New console log - Grunt (time-grunt) output not rendered correctly #1376 - New console log - Grunt (time-grunt) output not rendered correctly
• New console log - last lines obscured #1349 - New console log - last lines obscured
• Cannot delete user with special character  #1343 - Cannot delete user with special character
• Inconsistent & Incomplete error messages on editing environment variables. #1321 - Inconsistent & Incomplete error messages on editing environment variables.
• Add user needs a spinner while searching for user #1279 - Add user needs a spinner while searching for user
• Environment variables fields get cleared on validation errors  #1272 Environment variables fields get cleared on validation errors
• Standard out and standard error continues to write to an old log file #1275 - Standard out and standard error continues to write to an old log file
• Agent has no cookie set / AgentNoCookieSetException after updating GUID #1233 - Agent has no cookie set / AgentNoCookieSetException after updating GUID
• Restarting Go server causes Perforce materials to stop functioning #1154 - Restarting Go server causes Perforce materials to stop functioning
• The entirety of JUnit XML files is skipped if they are minified #1132 The entirety of JUnit XML files is skipped if they are minified
• SVN cleanup doesn't clean the working dir #1277- SVN cleanup doesn't clean the working dir
• Use jQuery to build html and not string concatenation on the VSM page  #1235 - Use jQuery to build html and not string concatenation on the VSM page
• VSM does not get displayed for SVN with externals #1115 - VSM does not get displayed for SVN with externals
• Pipeline does not use latest material #1243 - Pipeline does not use latest material

Performance fixes

• Fix cruise config xml save performance issues #838 - Fix cruise config xml save performance issues [on going - across releases]
• Incompatible revisions causing 100% CPU load #1044 - Incompatible revisions causing 100% CPU load
• Upgrade to TFS SDK 14.0.3 #234 - Upgrade to TFS SDK 12.0.1
• 100% CPU and Memory utilisation when creating a fetch artifact task in a template #1256 - 100% CPU and Memory utilisation when creating a fetch artifact task in a template

Technical debt

• Migrate from twist tests to gauge #1085 - Migrate from twist tests to gauge (carry over from 15.2)
• Support for Java 8 #1086 - Support for JDK 8 (carry over from 15.2)
• Add a performance pipeline to build.go.cd #1088 - Add a performance pipeline to build.go.cd (carry over from 15.2)
• Get rid of jetty6 #1373 - Get rid of jetty6

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See also -

• Release 15.2 for the previous release.

[tomzo]

#1133 shouldn't be under 'Performance fixes' . It does not improve xml performance, it only provides a way to not use xml at all.

It is definitely a feature. It could also be under plugins because it introduces new extension point.

[cholmes1111]

Feature request: Order tasks in alphabetical order (and ability to remove tasks you don't want)

[cholmes1111]

Feature request: Assigning pipelines to an environment permissions. Users besides System Administrators, should be able to assign pipelines to an environment.

[cholmes1111]

Feature request: AD integration and user permissions. With LDAP integration enabled, you should be able to manage user permissions with AD security groups as well as individual users. Unfortunately, currently GO does not recognize security groups.

[arvindsv]

@cholmes1111: Here are some GitHub issues where those features have been brought up before:

#1441 - Roles for assigning pipelines to environments
#134 - AD groups and integration
#1404 and #1496 - Probably the right places for talking about ordering tasks

As I've said before in other tickets, this is an open-source project (yes, some core contributors and infrastructure are supported by an organization, but all development to the core happens out in the open) and contributions are key. Not everything asked by everyone will get done, unfortunately. But, as a project, pull requests are always welcome and we help people work on anything they're interested in (by pairing with them, by explaining how they can start and helping them with setup if needed).

Currently, for 15.3, this is the work in progress and that is a lot of work. Hope that makes sense. Thanks!

[arvindsv]

Not to say your requests and ideas are not valuable, of course. :) I think what you say about ordering makes complete sense. My response was more about slotting that work in, and deciding what to work on.