There's actually a vote thread going on right now. The testing page should have the instructions you need to run through the tests (including info on how to request keys). Give it a go, and if you get stuck, shout!
On 20 October 2013 20:13, Jacob Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi All > > I would like to participate in the Release Test vote, is it possible to > request a key in order to verify the release signature? > > Jacob. > > On 19 Oct 2013, at 22:55, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: > > > That would be fantastic! > > > > > > On 19 October 2013 23:53, Jacob Clark <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> Hi Noah, > >> > >> Thanks for sending these documents over. I will have a read of the > Release > >> Procedure article you sent over. > >> > >> I'm familiar with Git, so possibly next month I could work with yourself > >> and Dirkjan to learn the ropes and begin writing up a proposal for a > >> 'preferred' Git workflow? > >> > >> Jacob. > >> > >> On 19 Oct 2013, at 22:43, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >>> Here are some wiki pages: > >>> > >>> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Merge_Procedure > >>> > >>> This page is outdate. Search the mailing lists for "Git workflow" to > see > >>> where this conversation went. Basically, we want to document our > >> preferred > >>> Git workflow, and how that interfaces with our release process. > >>> > >>> This is an active item. We're still looking for someone familiar enough > >>> with Git, and with the time and patience to document a proposal and > then > >>> get the community to rubber stamp it. > >>> > >>> Mailing list search: > >>> > >>> > >> > http://markmail.org/search/?q=list%3Aorg.apache.couchdb.dev+order%3Adate-backward > >>> > >>> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Release_Procedure > >>> > >>> This is our current release procedure. This is an actively maintained > >> doc. > >>> There are actually bits here that are out of ate. But it should give > you > >> a > >>> good idea about what is involved in being a release manager. > >>> > >>> I started this too, but it's not got very far: > >>> > >>> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Release_Preparation > >>> > >>> When we send out the release vote email to get the community to test, > we > >>> link them to: > >>> > >>> http://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Test_procedure > >>> > >>> This is an current doc. > >>> > >>> > >>> > >>> On 19 October 2013 23:39, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: > >>> > >>>> Welcome, Jacob! > >>>> > >>>> Me and Dirkjan are the most recent release managers. Perhaps Dirkjan > can > >>>> weigh in with some of his outstanding items. I know he was planning to > >> do > >>>> some more automation work. > >>>> > >>>> Our current goal is to start each release process one month after the > >>>> previous release announcement. (Note: the release process itself can > >> take > >>>> anywhere from a week to several months, depending on how many bugs we > >> hit.) > >>>> > >>>> We're just wrapping up the 1.5 release, so the next one should be in a > >>>> month or so. That would be a great time to work side-by-side with > >> Dirkjan > >>>> and me and learn the ropes. We'd like to share the duty of performing > >>>> releases with as many people as possible. > >>>> > >>>> Jan is the guy to speak to about QA. He has a Jenkins setup, but I > think > >>>> it needs some work doing before we can use it properly. So perhaps > that > >> is > >>>> something you could help out with! Till might know more. > >>>> > >>>> CCed all the people mentioned. > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> On 19 October 2013 23:33, Jacob Clark <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>> > >>>>> Awesome! > >>>>> > >>>>> I'd also be interested in helping out with Release Efforts and Q/A, > are > >>>>> there any further resources I could get to regarding that? > >>>>> > >>>>> The site suggests the ML is the best place to find out, though! > >>>>> > >>>>> Jacob. > >>>>> > >>>>> On 19 Oct 2013, at 22:31, Robert Newson <[email protected]> wrote: > >>>>> > >>>>>> Hi! > >>>>>> > >>>>>> We maintain a difficulty filter on our jira tickets. Have a look at > >>>>> things > >>>>>> marked Easy to get started. And welcome! > >>>>>> On 19 Oct 2013 22:28, "Jacob Clark" <[email protected]> > wrote: > >>>>>> > >>>>>>> Hello all, > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> I'd like to get stuck in contributing to the CouchDB Core/Patching > >>>>> bugs. > >>>>>>> Can any seasoned contributors link me up with a random, > non-assigned, > >>>>> easy > >>>>>>> to attack bug that I could get started with? > >>>>>>> > >>>>>>> Thanks, > >>>>>>> Jacob Clark. > >>>>> > >>>>> > >>>> > >>>> > >>>> -- > >>>> Noah Slater > >>>> https://twitter.com/nslater > >>>> > >>>> > >>> > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Noah Slater > >>> https://twitter.com/nslater > >> > >> > > > > > > -- > > Noah Slater > > https://twitter.com/nslater > > -- Noah Slater https://twitter.com/nslater
