Spinnaker Release Update

[Cameron Motevasselani]

Hi All,

I'm the release manager and have been working to understand our current build and release system. Due to some issues outside of our control, we need to push back future releases for the time being. This means Spinnaker 1.26.0 will *not* be released on April 5th, 2021. Over time, Spinnaker members who have deep knowledge of the build, test, and release codebases and infrastructure have left the project. We've been able to continue with the current release process in their absence, but with Bintray coming to end of life, the build / release system needs serious re-work. We're taking this opportunity to update the release process.

We're currently focused on handling Bintray's EOL and will focus on getting releases out after that. An RFC about the changes to the release process will be made so that the community can share its thoughts and ideas. There is a Platform SIG meeting tomorrow at 11 AM PT (https://github.com/spinnaker/governance/tree/master/sig-platform#meetings) if you have immediate feedback.

Please let me know if you have any questions.

Thank you,

Cameron Motevasselani