I've RMed once or twice and can be available to answer questions as well. On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 10:59 AM, Nick Dimiduk <ndimi...@apache.org> wrote:
> Excellent, thank you Misty! > > The release would ideally land 1 month from the 1.1.6 release, so Oct 5 is > our target date. This is a loose target, but a starting point. A release > candidate VOTE thread is posted for 7 days. We're pretty far into the 1.1.x > line, so probably the first or second RC will pass. Thus, working backwards > and rounding to the nearest work week, I would aim for having an RC > available to the community on Sept 26th. My preference is to have a weekend > land near the end of the voting period so that non-9-5 volunteers can be > made aware of the VOTE and make time to take a look. > > Do let me know if you have any questions, I should be available to answer > them through this weekend. Otherwise, you're in good hands with the other > folks who have and will take the time to respond on this thread. > > Thanks, > Nick > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2016 at 9:11 AM, Misty Stanley-Jones <mi...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > OK, I'm convinced. I can do it. When should I make the RC? > > > > On Wed, Sep 21, 2016, at 01:35 PM, Andrew Purtell wrote: > > > You should try your hand at RM-ing, Misty. Making the candidate should > > > only take an afternoon. > > > > > > Then it's up to the rest of us to try it out and vote. I'll be able to > > > give a 1.1.7 candidate a thorough exercising. > > > > > > > On Sep 20, 2016, at 8:14 PM, Stack <st...@duboce.net> wrote: > > > > > > > > I can help Misty. > > > > St.Ack > > > > > > > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Nick Dimiduk <ndimi...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > > > >>> > > > >>> Is this something a PMC newbie could do? I worked with stack to > > document > > > >>> the process at one time. > > > >>> > > > >> > > > >> This is something any committer should be able to do -- it requires > > write > > > >> access to git (git-wip-us.apache.org), subversion (dist.apache.org > ), > > and > > > >> nexus (repository.apache.org). PMC are required to vote on a > > release, but > > > >> IIRC any dev can cut a release candidate and call a VOTE thread. > > > >> > > > >>>> On Sep 20, 2016, at 7:19 PM, Nick Dimiduk <ndimi...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Hello devs, > > > >>>> > > > >>>> I'm going on an extended absence, through Oct 23. Would anyone > care > > to > > > >>>> stand in as release manager for 1.1.7 while I'm away? Given 1.1.6 > > went > > > >>> out > > > >>>> on Sept 5, 1.1.7 RC's should begin around Sept 26th in order to > > retain > > > >>> our > > > >>>> targeted monthly cadence. The overall process is documented [0], > > and I > > > >>> have > > > >>>> my own almost-but-not-quite-scripted notes [1] for creating a > > > >> candidate. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> In terms of effort, it usually works out to be a couple hours for > > > >>> tracking > > > >>>> down in-flight tickets, updating JIRA, validating the > compatibility > > > >>> report > > > >>>> &c, and then another couple hours of watching maven and pushing > > bits to > > > >>>> generate the RC. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> If no takers, I'll make its release a priority upon my return in > > late > > > >>>> October. > > > >>>> > > > >>>> Thanks, > > > >>>> Nick > > > >>>> > > > >>>> [0]: http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#releasing > > > >>>> [1]: https://gist.github.com/ndimiduk/924db7f5ee75baa67802 > > > >>> > > > >> > > > -- Best regards, - Andy Problems worthy of attack prove their worth by hitting back. - Piet Hein (via Tom White)
