Hi, I'm using a new 'tag': [RP] for Release Process related thread, to make filtering easier.
I want to ask for ideas about the criteria for starting a release. Everyone can be a Release Manager (RM) and start a release. A release takes a significant amount of time from the community, and this community has a lot of projects that 'need' releases. With limited resources, it seems to make sense to sort of triage which subproject will be put up for release. So, in addition to finding someone who is willing to be RM, it seems prudent to ask the community the following question: Is there enough support for releasing this subproject at this point in time? My suggestion would be to put this to a vote. And in the vote, we should indicate that anyone voting in favor promises to make at least an effort to help out during the testing and RC phases. What this aims to accomplish is to gauge the available resources in the community and helps to avoid the situation where the RM puts a lot of effort in preparing an RC, only to find out that there is hardly anyone interested enough to help out with testing and voting. Thoughts? EdB -- Ix Multimedia Software Jan Luykenstraat 27 3521 VB Utrecht T. 06-51952295 I. www.ixsoftware.nl
