Hi All, I posted a first pass Release Process Overview.
See: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Release_Process_Home Its based on work done by Michael and others on this list. It needs a lot more work, but I hope we can start using it soon and improve it over time. I could use help fleshing it out and closing the open items listed in the final section. Let me know if anyone wants to work with me on that. The goals of this process are: 1 - Ensure high quality releases which meet the needs of users in a timely fashion. 2 - Maximize the participation, productivity and enthusiasm of the open source community. 3 - Create a predictable process which helps users and developers plan for the future. I want to minimize the process overhead as much as possible. If its not helping make coders life easier then its not likely to make better code. Please comment, question, augment and criticize as needed. I especially want to know if it makes sense, looks useful and meets the goals outlined above. Comments on linked pages also welcome, especially: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Releases and http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Unscheduled_software_release_process Any input welcome. Thanks, Greg Smith OLPC Product Manager PS - This is my first e-mail to the list since I changed from volunteer to employee. It's truly an honor to have this chance to work for OLPC and to learn from you all! Right now, I'm 90% focused on gathering input so I'm open to a call or e-mail exchange with anyone who is contributing to the project. If you want to have a brief call, just send me an agenda and a few open times 7AM - 6PM US ET, Mon - Fri. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel