Alex Karasulu a écrit :
Hi all,
Hi all, too :)
Some time ago Emmanuel agreed to take on the role of release manager
for the ApacheDS 1.0 release.
Yeah. We had this convo almost two month ago with Alex, but in my mind
it was just a way to keep the pace as Alex told me he wanted to have
some rest during Xmas hollidays. We aggreed on the fact that we were not
so far from a 1.0 release, and that we might have to be pragmatic
regarding the roadmap (i.e, less functionnalies, less bugs (!) and
obviously, a realistic roadmap to be defined)
His bi-weekly report is a byproduct of his actively trying to
coordinate the team for this release.
This is exactly what it is : a report with actual works being done, bugs
to be fixed, as Debian does, or many other projects. Nothing more. And
it offers visibility to the people ;)
This kind of means he walks around with a big stick keeping us in line
so we can make a quality release :).
My stick is not that big ;) And it's pretty much a question of
converging to a release, postponing some work to the next version, in
order to be able to gather new users. New users means new bugs, which
means more fixes and in the long term, a more stable product.
At least that's what I hope he does.
I try my best ;)
I personally need some discipline.
Sorry, but I'm not able to punish people... Not that I don't like to
punish (eh eh), but it's not my role. Discipline, in my mind, on an OSS
project, is just a question on focusing on boring tasks like doco, bug
fixes, packaging, when needed. And the truth is that this discipline is
the essence of OSS projects. Every OSS developer has to have a
discipline, but this is much more a personnal matter. We are not 'kapo'...
I don't think we announced this publicly or if anyone was interested
in this role.
I don't think we did. Because it was pretty much a task, not a title.
Or even if someone objects to Emmanuel doing it. So please voice your
opinions if you have any so we can consider it.
Yeah. Yeah. Yeah ! Democracy !
I think with any major release someone has to take this role or we
easily loose our direction.
True. And it can be anybody who want to do it. No need to be the best
developer on earth. (btw, I'm not ;)
That person is given the power and patience to harass (joking here but
we all know the balance that is needed) all of us so until we get the
job done.
I like this verb : harass... Please, buy me a whip on any internet store :)
I also think the person can be alternated and should be unless no
other volunteers take up this thankless job. I'd thank you Emmanuel
for taking it up but remember the job is thankless :).
1.0 will be the reward. For all of us.
So Emmanuel will poke around and ask questions. He will see who can
do what and who is best suited to help solve our outstanding issues.
He will I guess continue to report on our progress and tell us if we
can release. He's also looking for volunteers :). We have a lot to
do and little time to do it so I hope everyone will try to pitch in.
Alex
Well said. What can I add which will bring some value? Ah, yes : Thank
so much all of you for your implication !
