Mexina, It would be great to transfer the necessary knowledge to have you be part of the release management team and help with process because as you've seen its a responsibility that we need shared across more committers in order to release more often. I'll send a separate thread to see if we can schedule meeting with Nazeer and others to discuss the process.
Ed On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 2:25 AM, Mexina Daniel <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Myrle > > Though i have never done it before but I would like to join in to assist > on release management. > > I will take as an opportunity to learn how its done and way of giving back > to the community. > > I would like to know what knowledge must i have/acquire for me to perform > this role > > Best Regards > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Myrle Krantz" <[email protected]> > To: "dev" <[email protected]> > Sent: Tuesday, February 6, 2018 11:24:01 AM > Subject: Re: [Mifos-developer] Updates on Release Timing for Apache > Fineract 1.1 > > On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 3:11 AM, Ed Cable <[email protected]> wrote: > > > 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. > > The current documentation about release management states that > > "Release branches are created every two months at the beginning of the > following month from the changes that were merged by the last day of > the previous month" (1) > > That's just a draft, and we haven't been keeping to that. To do that, > we'd need multiple volunteers to step up and take on the release > management role. It doesn't have to be just people who've already > done it, and probably even if those people were on board in principle, > they are not enough in number to keep it consistent. > > > Nazeer, Avik, Nikhil, Vishwas and others who've been coordinating release > > management - is this something you think we could handle? > > In addition to those who've already been involved in release > management, is anyone who is currently working on Fineract 1.x > interested in learning to do it? > > Best Regards, > Myrle > > 1.) https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/FINERACT/ > Release+Management > -- > Mexina M Daniel > Lead Software Developer > Research & Development > > Office: +255 22 261 8511 | Mobile: +255 712 110 791 > > Singo Africa Limited > Block G, Mbezi Beach B | 7Nakawale Road | P.O BOX 78908 | 14121 Dar es > salaam > > singo.africa | amala.co.tz > > Let's grow together > -- *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>
