I was going to volunteer but I saw the dates and I'll be on vacation. Is this something a PMC newbie could do? I worked with stack to document the process at one time.
> On Sep 20, 2016, at 7:19 PM, Nick Dimiduk <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello devs, > > I'm going on an extended absence, through Oct 23. Would anyone care to > stand in as release manager for 1.1.7 while I'm away? Given 1.1.6 went out > on Sept 5, 1.1.7 RC's should begin around Sept 26th in order to retain our > targeted monthly cadence. The overall process is documented [0], and I have > my own almost-but-not-quite-scripted notes [1] for creating a candidate. > > In terms of effort, it usually works out to be a couple hours for tracking > down in-flight tickets, updating JIRA, validating the compatibility report > &c, and then another couple hours of watching maven and pushing bits to > generate the RC. > > If no takers, I'll make its release a priority upon my return in late > October. > > Thanks, > Nick > > [0]: http://hbase.apache.org/book.html#releasing > [1]: https://gist.github.com/ndimiduk/924db7f5ee75baa67802
