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Jacques > > So far my solicitations for opinions on this have yielded > approximately 0 responses. That being the case, it will happen when I > or someone gets interested enough in it to do the branch. > > Also, without responses the branch will basically just include > whatever it includes. No specific features have been listed for > implementation before the branch. No specific bugs have been listed > for fixing before the branch. > > For my part I won't be getting aggressive on this until late May or > early June. I simply don't have the time (eighty hour work weeks, > plus tax season, plus I'm getting married in three weeks and the week > after is JavaOne...). So yeah, the timing is just a tad inconvenient. > > Still, if any one of the PMC members wants to drive this, I'll > certainly support it in spirit and in effort where I can. > > -David > > > On Apr 16, 2007, at 11:02 AM, Si Chen wrote: > > > So what are the plans right now for starting a release? > > > > David E. Jones wrote: > >> > >> Here is that document for OFBiz: > >> > >> http://docs.ofbiz.org/display/OFBADMIN/Release+Plan > >> > >> It hasn't been changed in a while, and it is clear about the > >> preliminary nature of an initial release based on a release > >> branch, but there is no real name for it yet. I guess my thought > >> was really in two parts: the fact that the initial release isn't a > >> big deal and shouldn't have press/marketing activity around it, > >> and that we need to come up with a name or a way of denoting the > >> preliminary nature of the initial release from the branch. > >> > >> In general the nature of OFBiz and therefore the release process > >> is somewhat different from more infrastructure oriented projects, > >> even those at the ASF, so how this all works out over time is > >> still up in the air and what we have in the Release Plan is just > >> our best guess and effort based on current understanding of > >> limitations, resources, motivations of community participants, etc. > >> > >> -David > >> > >> > >> On Apr 4, 2007, at 8:28 AM, Raj Saini wrote: > >> > >>> One way to go about release is how other Open Source projects > >>> specially ASF projects do the releases. Standard generally these > >>> projects follow are Milestones (e.g. M1, M2,...), Release > >>> Candidates (RC1, RC2,...) and final release. > >>> > >>> Geronimo has this document (http://geronimo.apache.org/project- > >>> policies.html) explaining their release process in detail. > >>> Similar to this will be useful for Ofbiz. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> Raj > >>> > >>> David E. Jones wrote: > >>>> > >>>> This is a good list, though we can probably drop off anything > >>>> related to a marketing concern for now, like preparing a press > >>>> release. > >>>> > >>>> At this point the developer/committer community in OFBiz seems > >>>> to be _too_ busy, and a bunch of new user traffic coming into > >>>> the project might be difficult to handle, and therefore > >>>> contribute to the already fairly large pile up of un-addressed > >>>> issues (we need help reviewing, commenting, etc as a pre-review > >>>> to help committers, and this is a great way to move toward > >>>> becoming a committer!). > >>>> > >>>> Also, we should probably wait for a couple of months for the > >>>> branch to stabilize and get patched up with fixes before we do a > >>>> major binary release on it and call it a real release, even a > >>>> beta quality one. We could do a binary release immediately and > >>>> flag it as beta or something... but unless someone wants to > >>>> invest in testing before the branch, the testing will only be > >>>> done through usage of the release branch after it exists. > >>>> > >>>> -David > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On Apr 4, 2007, at 4:35 AM, Jacopo Cappellato wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> I think that we have to make a plan. > >>>>> What I think should be done before/for the release is at least: > >>>>> > >>>>> 1) fix or resolve at least the critical bugs: https:// > >>>>> issues.apache.org/jira/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa? > >>>>> reset=true&pid=12310500&priority=2&resolution=-1 > >>>>> 2) of course, prepare the distribution as described here: > >>>>> http://docs.ofbiz.org/x/1wE > >>>>> 3) it would be nice to add a new ROOT index page to list all > >>>>> the available applications (including the specialpurpose ones), > >>>>> give some basic information about OFBiz (similar to the ones in > >>>>> the Webtools main page, that I'd like to remove from there) > >>>>> 4) prepare a good press release > >>>>> 5) update the site's main page to announce it and update the > >>>>> download page > >>>>> > >>>>> Jacopo > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> Si Chen wrote: > >>>>>> What are the plans for doing the next OFBIZ release? > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>> > >> > >
