OK, I'm convinced. I can do it. When should I make the RC?
On Wed, Sep 21, 2016, at 01:35 PM, Andrew Purtell wrote: > You should try your hand at RM-ing, Misty. Making the candidate should > only take an afternoon. > > Then it's up to the rest of us to try it out and vote. I'll be able to > give a 1.1.7 candidate a thorough exercising. > > > On Sep 20, 2016, at 8:14 PM, Stack <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > I can help Misty. > > St.Ack > > > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2016 at 7:37 PM, Nick Dimiduk <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >>> > >>> Is this something a PMC newbie could do? I worked with stack to document > >>> the process at one time. > >>> > >> > >> This is something any committer should be able to do -- it requires write > >> access to git (git-wip-us.apache.org), subversion (dist.apache.org), and > >> nexus (repository.apache.org). PMC are required to vote on a release, but > >> IIRC any dev can cut a release candidate and call a VOTE thread. > >> > >>>> 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 > >>> > >>
