Just an FYI: it appears that due to some other things going on with
the PRC that the press release will NOT be ready for tomorrow, and
instead will be going out on Monday.
I don't think we have any reason to delay the release branch itself
(and it'll be great to have a few days for binary builds to get going
and people to play with it before the press release anyway), but this
does mean there is no reason to rush to get it in during the next few
hours as no press release will be going out (and it we delay we don't
have to ask them to hold the press release).
Just so everyone knows, creating and coordinating this press release
has been going for about 3 weeks now and is a significant effort
overall with over 20 people involved (on the OFBiz side as well as on
the ASF PRC side), not to mention the hundreds of people it will go to
after it is finally released.
Anyway, I apologize for this further delay, but I don't think we're in
any hurry here... I like the think of setting a specific date as a way
to coordinate all of the many things that need to happen for an effort
like this. As long as an early pre-requisite of other complex things
doesn't slip then it's not such a huge deal (and this isn't a
commercial effort with thousands of financially at-risk stakeholders
or something... or is it? ;) ).
-David
On Apr 14, 2009, at 3:14 PM, David E Jones wrote:
Today is the day we have discussed for a while! A lot of
improvements and fixes have gone in over the last few weeks, but it
is important to remember that the release branch is primarily time-
based and is a "line in the sand" as it were to begin the effort of
stabilizing a specific code base so that end-users who want
stability over features have that option. Some things make it in,
and other things don't make it, and that is true no matter when we
draw the line (but we don't want to delay it forever). What we have
in place it a HUGE improvement over the release4.0 branch, and that
is the most important point to keep in mind.
Along with that there is a planned press release coordinated with
the Apache Software Foundation Public Relations Committee (that's a
mouthful! no wonder we use acronyms like: ASF PRC) for tomorrow
morning (Wed 15 April).
That said, the target date/time for the release branch is later
tonight (and when I say tonight I mean according to USA time, just
to clarify). To follow the date pattern we have discussed and make
it clearly a date I'm thinking of the actual name for the branch
directory to be "release200904" (and please feel free to comment on
that if you think something else is better).
However, that I will only do that IFF we have a positive vote for
the release, hence this message!
Please vote:
[+1] Create the release branch tonight, April 14th (it will be April
15th for GMT-0)
[+0] Abstain
[-1] Do not create the release branch tonight
Please remember that everyone is free to (and encouraged to!) vote,
but only the PMC votes are binding.
Thanks to everyone who has made this possible with amazing
contributions over the last 2 years, and a heightened activity in
recent weeks and months to make this a spectacular release.
-David
