I would like to volunteer to be the next release manager for an upcoming Apache Impala 2.7 (incubating) release. I plan to:
1. Get a vote done adding to our bylaws the procedure for creating a branch. (See thread from yesterday) 2. Create a release branch, possibly backdated a few commits from HEAD to a commit that looks stable. 3. Maintain that branch by cherry-picking bugfix commits from "master" as necessary to get the tests running cleanly. 4. Make a release candidate and call for a vote here, then on the IPMC list (which is required for Incubator releases) Obviously, this glosses over some details about publishing and signing releases, but I would welcome feedback on this outline.