On 02/10/14 14:33, Rob Weir wrote: > On Thu, Oct 2, 2014 at 7:05 AM, Jürgen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> after a longer vacation and some silence in the past weeks I would like >> to discuss the release manager role. >> >> I think it's time that somebody else takes over this role and drives >> active the next release. I did it since the beginning of OpenOffice at >> Apache but I think it is a good opportunity for somebody to be more >> active in the community and take over some responsibility. >> > > Hi Juergen, > > Thanks, from all I assume, for your efforts in this area. Not only > were you the Release Manager, but you defined the role itself for AOO, > a project with more complicated release requirements than most others > at Apache. > > If someone was considering stepping in as the Release Manager for the > next release, what should they be looking at? Is there a wiki page or > other documentation that defines the process?
not yet but we should collect the different pieces in one place to make it easier and to have a reference or some kind of check list ... > > Also, are you able to review and update (if needed) the available > documentation and/or help mentor the next Release Manager? Or do > you think this is all documented enough that someone can just step in > and RTFM? sure I will be available for any questions and will support the release manager. Juergen > > Regards, > > -Rob > > >> We have released some important milestones over the years and have >> enough experience and know what's necessary. Whoever takes over the >> release manager role won't be alone and will get the support from the >> community. In the same way I got it in the past. >> >> We had discussions about the way how to communicate and track the >> release planning and the progress and now it's the time that people can >> realize this. It's always room for improvements. >> >> The goal is that this somewhat important role is circulating and not >> depending on one person only. The releases are anyway a community effort >> and the release manager have to take care of some necessary formalism. >> >> And to make it easier a further goal is to be able to take binary builds >> from our build bots and release them. Currently we rely on builds made >> by community members but I think it's better to use official build bots >> for that. This means that we have to check the Windows build bot and the >> binaries if they can be used already or what is missing. It means that >> we need Linux build bots with the correct baseline or increase the >> baseline. And finally we need a Mac build bot. But this discussion >> should take place in a separate thread. >> >> For now I would like to invite all of you to think about the release >> manager role and if is something for you. I will not be available as >> release manager for the next release. >> >> Juergen >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
