Thanks Sally for confirming. I’ll send out announcement email to all CloudStack MLs (in separate emails, as documented in the CloudMonkey release procedure wiki by Chip: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/CloudMonkey+Release+Procedure) just after 6AM ET today.
> On 11-Nov-2014, at 3:40 pm, Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thanks, Rohit. > > Please issue the announcements after 6AM ET today --it's best that our public > statements be synched. > > I'm planning to issue everything in about 50 minutes from now. > > Cheers & chat soon, > Sally > > > From: Rohit Yadav <[email protected]> > To: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Sent: Monday, 10 November 2014, 23:32 > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Announcement draft for CloudMonkey 5.3.0 release > > Sure, so should I go ahead with the announcements on the CloudStack lists > after 6PM tonight or 6AM tomorrow? > > > On 11-Nov-2014, at 12:19 am, Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > Thanks so much, Rohit. > > > > I'm perfectly fine with you disseminating the announcement to the > > CloudStack lists. Thanks for offering to help with this! > > > > I'll wait to hear back from the community. If there are no > > comments/objections received by 6PM ET tonight, I'll plan on announcing > > tomorrow at 6AM. > > > > Cheers & chat soon, > > Sally > > > > > > [From the mobile; please excuse top-posting, spelling/spacing errors, and > > brevity] > > > > ----- Reply message ----- > > From: "Rohit Yadav" <[email protected]> > > To: "Sally Khudairi" <[email protected]> > > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > Subject: [DISCUSS] Announcement draft for CloudMonkey 5.3.0 release > > Date: Mon, Nov 10, 2014 13:40 > > > > Hi Sally, > > > > Yes we can do it tomorrow or at a suitable date/time this week as you > > advise. Would you like me to do the announcement on cloudstack lists > > (announcements, dev, user, marketing etc.) as I did last time or if you or > > any of the PMC/marketing leaders should do it? We’ll go with what you > > advise. Thanks. > > > > > On 10-Nov-2014, at 10:57 pm, Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > Thanks so much, Rohit. > > > > > > When would you like to announce? Tomorrow? If so, we can go live as early > > > as 6AM ET barring any pushback from the CloudStack marketing@, press@, or > > > PMC teams (bcc'd) . Please let me know if there are any show-stoppers > > > here. > > > > > > Also, to ensure that our punchlist is properly managed, here's what I > > > plan to do execution-wise: > > > > > > - put announcement out on > > https://blogs.apache.org/cloudstack/ > > > > > - tweet at > > https://twitter.com/CloudStack and https://twitter.com/TheASF > > > > > - issue to [email protected] and our media/analyst list > > > > > > I know the announcement has to also go to the dev@ and other lists --can > > > someone please coordinate this? > > > > > > Thanking you in advance, > > > Sally > > > > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > From: Rohit Yadav <[email protected]> > > > To: Sally Khudairi <[email protected]> > > > Cc: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > > > Sent: Sunday, 9 November 2014, 23:36 > > > Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Announcement draft for CloudMonkey 5.3.0 release > > > > > > > > > Hi Sally and everyone, > > > > > > > > > Voting has finally passed with lazy consensus (3 +1 binding votes, no > > > vetoes or -1 binding votes). Here is the announcement draft for your > > > consideration and review: > > > > > > #### Draft start #### > > > > > > <Date of announcement> November 2014 —Apache CloudStack, the mature, > > > turnkey Open Source cloud computing software platform used for creating > > > private, public, and hybrid cloud environments, today announced Apache > > > CloudMonkey v5.3.0, the latest feature release of its command line > > > interface tool. > > > > > > CloudMonkey is written in Python, and can be used both as an interactive > > > shell and as a command line tool that simplifies CloudStack configuration > > > and management. > > > > > > Apache CloudMonkey v5.3.0 is the latest feature release of the 5.x line > > > that was first released in September 2013. Some of the new features and > > > changes include: > > > > > > • Unicode support in CloudMonkey; > > > • Better autocompletion for API arguments, filter arguments and config > > > options; > > > • Current server profile is displayed on the prompt; > > > • Changing server profile prints masked values of passwords and keys; > > > • New command line argument -d for display options such as default, json > > > and table; > > > • New config option “verifysslcert” that enables/disables SSL certificate > > > checking when making HTTP API calls; > > > • CloudMonkey outputs without color on terminal in non-interactive mode; > > > • Better error handling, errors written to stderr and non-zero exit codes > > > in case of error; > > > • Several bugfixes related to networking, server profiles and unicode > > > string handling; > > > > > > Downloads and Documentation > > > > > > The official source code for CloudMonkey v5.3.0 can be downloaded from > > http://cloudstack.apache.org/downloads.html. A community-maintained > > distribution is available at the Python Package Index (PyPi) at > > http://pypi.python.org/pypi/cloudmonkey/ > > > > > > > > CloudMonkey's usage is documented at > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/CloudStack+CloudMonkey+CLI > > > > > Package documentation can be found at > > http://pythonhosted.org/cloudmonkey/ > > > > > > > > Availability and Oversight > > > > > > As with all Apache products, CloudMonkey is released under the Apache > > > License v2.0, and is overseen by a self-selected team of active > > > contributors to the project. The Apache CloudStack Project Management > > > Committee (PMC) guides the Project's day-to-day operations, including > > > community development and product releases. > > > > > > About Apache CloudStack > > > > > > Apache CloudStack is a mature, turnkey integrated > > > Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS) Open Source software platform that > > > allows users to build feature-rich public and private cloud environments. > > > Hailed by Gartner Group as "a solid product", CloudStack includes an > > > intuitive user interface and rich APIs for managing the compute, > > > networking, software, and storage infrastructure resources. CloudStack > > > entered the Apache Incubator in April 2012 and became an Apache Top-level > > > Project in March 2013. 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