Josh/Venkatesh: I'll take RM for our first release. David put a lot of effort in researching this process, so I'll look through his notes over the weekend, start the process, and ping the dev list with questions.
Thanks again for your help. --Aaron On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 5:55 PM Josh Elser <josh.el...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 to Venkatesh's overall message (if I can put words in mouths): don't > get too hung up on "perfect the first time". Showing progress is much > more important. > > Seetharam Venkatesh wrote: > > Thanks Adina, report looks good. There are quite a few low hanging issues > > that can be addressed quickly. > > > >> Become familiar with the release process and have a first release as > part > > of the Apache Foundation > > I have done about 5 incubating releases and can help if someone can > > volunteer as an RM. This is not hard and its an easy win for a podling. > > > >> Expand the "how to" document to explain the ways new contributors can > > become involved in the project > > This can start simple and can be iterated. You can also look at what > other > > incubating projects are doing. > > > >> We have a Rya "office hour" teleconference every other week > > Can you also please put this on the confluence wiki so its accessible. > > > > Thanks! > > Venkatesh > > > > On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 11:40 AM Adina Crainiceanu<ad...@usna.edu> > wrote: > > > >> I submitted the report. Sorry for waiting till the last minute - I > wanted > >> to have a website first :) > >> > >> Thank you, > >> Adina > >> > >> On Wed, Apr 6, 2016 at 2:30 PM, Seetharam Venkatesh< > >> venkat...@innerzeal.com > >>> wrote: > >>> Hey folks, the report is to be signed off today and I do not see it > being > >>> filled at http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/April2016. > >>> > >>> Appreciate if one of you could take care of this asap. > >>> > >>> Thanks! > >>> Venkatesh > >>> > >>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 7:26 AM Sean Busbey<bus...@apache.org> wrote: > >>> > >>>> For those interested in posting feedback, the website jira is RYA-42 > >>>> > >>>> On Wed, Feb 24, 2016 at 8:31 AM, Adina Crainiceanu<ad...@usna.edu> > >>> wrote: > >>>>> I created a JIRA ticket for the website. If anyone has specific ideas > >>> for > >>>>> it, please fell free to mention/implement them. Otherwise I'll try to > >>>>> use/customize the apache-website-template available at > >>>>> https://github.com/apache/apache-website-template/ as soon as > >>> possible, > >>>> but > >>>>> definitely before the next report is due > >>>>> > >>>>> Adina > >>>>> > >>>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 10:01 PM, Puja Valiyil<puja...@gmail.com> > >>>> wrote: > >>>>>> David and I tried to compile a process for creating a release -- we > >>>> didn't > >>>>>> get that far. The main thing blocking us at this point is the whole > >>>>>> process for signing a release, no one we knew had a public key and > >>> then > >>>>>> David and I got lost/confused when trying to generate and register > >>> one. > >>>>>> All of this sounds borderline embarrassing since there is a lot of > >>>>>> documentation out there but we didn't have time to fully digest it > >> in > >>>>>> time. > >>>>>> I'm also not clear on what else we would need to do besides run mvn > >>>>>> release, like compile release notes, etc. I'm sorry if there's a > >> lot > >>> of > >>>>>> documentation exactly detailing what we need to do. > >>>>>> Other than that, I think we've made a lot of progress as a community > >>>> this > >>>>>> past month. We've had a lot of new contributors, had a lot of new > >>> bugs > >>>>>> reported by new end users, and have closed out a lot of issues. > >>>>>> > >>>>>> On Tue, Feb 23, 2016 at 3:18 PM, Sean Busbey<bus...@apache.org> > >>> wrote: > >>>>>>> Heya Rya! > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> We're about 5-6 weeks from our next scheduled turn for the IPMC's > >>>> board > >>>>>>> report. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> How are folks doing? The project sounds a bit quiet to me, but I'm > >>> not > >>>>>>> sure how much of that is me being sure to look in the right > >> places. > >>>>>>> To Review, here are your self-identified three most important > >>>> objectives: > >>>>>>> 1. Populate the website for the project > >>>>>>> 2. Expand the "how to" document to explain the ways new > >>> contributors > >>>>>> can > >>>>>>> become involved in the project, so we increase the size of > >> the > >>>>>>> community. > >>>>>>> 3. Become familiar with the release process and have a first > >>>> release as > >>>>>>> part of the Apache Foundation > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> At least to me, numbers 1 and 3 seem like big barriers to getting > >>> new > >>>>>>> folks brought in. Anyone have a list of the blockers keeping us > >> from > >>>>>>> those two? I tried searching the jira for relevant tickets, but > >>> didn't > >>>>>>> find any. > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> -Sean > >>>>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>>> -- > >>>>> Dr. Adina Crainiceanu > >>>>> http://www.usna.edu/Users/cs/adina/ > >> > >> > >> -- > >> Dr. Adina Crainiceanu > >> http://www.usna.edu/Users/cs/adina/ > >> > > >
