On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 4:49 AM, Bert Freudenberg <b...@freudenbergs.de> wrote: > On 24.06.2010, at 09:32, Simon Schampijer wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> in May I tried to find someone to replace me as release manager [1] for >> 0.90, but as nobody has stepped up to do the job as we defined it I >> decided that it will be best to keep this role for some more time. I >> think it will be important for Sugar that we keep some continuation of >> the processes that we have been setting up during the last years. It >> would also be very good if someone would like to lend a hand with this >> or shadow me for future tasks so more people in Sugar Labs have direct >> hands-on knowledge. >> >> We defined the role of the release manager in the past 3 releases like >> the following: >> >> * setting the schedule >> * make sure that the Feature process is followed by the submitters [2] >> * keeping the wiki updated about the released modules and making sure to >> have final release notes available >> * sending email reminders about approaching Freezes, tarball due dates etc >> >> The schedule would be based on the GNOME releases, a 6 month release >> cycle. As there is not much time left for 0.90 [3] I think we should >> mainly focus on stabilizing and landing the features that were left over >> from the last release. I would start to announce a time frame for future >> releases so that future development can go on. New Features would be >> handled by the Feature process, as it has been the case in the past. >> >> What do others think about this?
Thanks Simon. That is a good plan. You have been doing an outstanding job implementing it for the last several cycles. > I think thanks are in order. It's a solid, low-risk plan for the "last mile" > in our development cycle. Now we just need to get our acts together in > covering the middle ground, so you actually have something to release :) > > To that extent I proposed to the Etoys developers to follow the Sugar > development cycle more closely. And that's what we're going to do. Thanks Bert. That will help those of us working downstream a great deal. As a side note, what is the situation with Etoys vs scratch? Many teachers are very familiar with (and love) scratch and wonder why sugar ships Etoys:-( david > Thank you for stepping up again! > > - Bert - > > > _______________________________________________ > IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) > IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org > http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep > _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) IAEP@lists.sugarlabs.org http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
