Thanks for volunteering to do the release Jim! The plan looks fine to me. Tom
On Fri, Aug 19, 2016 at 4:42 PM, Todd Lipcon <t...@cloudera.com> wrote: > Sounds great to me! > > Todd > > On Aug 19, 2016 8:41 AM, "Jim Apple" <jbap...@cloudera.com> wrote: > >> 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. >>
