Ed,Myrle, I agree to what you have proposed, I am in favor of not holding the release because of some pending issue/feature.
+1 from my side. Regards, Nikhil On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 8:11 PM, Ed Cable <[email protected]> wrote: > Myrle, > > If we just moved to a time-driven release cycle where we released on a > monthly basis regardless of what features had been completed, I think we > could ensure at least a more regular and hopefully a more frequent release > process. > > Would that be a good approach to try and adopt. Provided we have timely > review of the incoming pull requests, we should have a steady flow of code > that can gradually and regularly get released. I think moving to that > monthly cycle will establish better clarity around the timing and process > to the community. Such that when we announce the release branch, we can do > the necessary QA and sanity checking and in parallel be prepping the PRs > that will be going into next release. > > Nazeer, Avik, Nikhil, Vishwas and others who've been coordinating release > management - is this something you think we could handle? > > Ed > > On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 1:57 AM, Myrle Krantz <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Mexina, > > > > Because you are a committer, you have the necessary permissions to > > merge your own pull request. If it's important enough to you to hold > > up the release, you can say so. If you need information on how to > > merge a pull request check here: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FINERACT/ > > Merge+a+pull+request+to+a+mirrored+Apache+repo > > If you have any questions or suggestions for improvement, please feel > > free. > > > > Everyone, > > > > In general though I'd like us to move away from holding up a release > > for a specific feature and towards more frequent releases. This would > > get everyone's features and bug fixes out faster. > > > > Do you share my opinion about release frequency? What would we need > > to change to release more frequently? > > > > Best Regards, > > Myrle > > > > > > On Mon, Feb 5, 2018 at 7:44 AM, Mexina Daniel <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello > > > > > > I sent a PR of FINERACT-416 in late December 2017 > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/FINERACT-416 > > > > > > It would be very appreciated if it will be among of the merged PRs in > > the new release. > > > > > > The issue has be a long wait for Microfinances here in Tanzania. > > > > > > Hello Avik > > > > > > Waiting for your response > > > > > > Thanks in advance > > > > > > Regards > > > > > > -- > *Ed Cable* > President/CEO, Mifos Initiative > [email protected] | Skype: edcable | Mobile: +1.484.477.8649 > > *Collectively Creating a World of 3 Billion Maries | *http://mifos.org > <http://facebook.com/mifos> <http://www.twitter.com/mifos> >
