As 1.1 is rounding down, I will be able to apply that time to helping out on another release line, if that's useful to the community.
Thanks, Nick On Mon, Oct 30, 2017 at 9:35 PM, Sean Busbey <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi folks! > > I'm in the process of getting us a 1.2.7-RC, hopefully soon[1]. This > release is badly behind schedule. I'd very much like to get us back on > a regular cadence for our stable release line, with a goal of once a > month. Unfortunately, I'm very unlikely to have time to do release > managing after the 1.2.7 release until spring (luckily it's for > fortunate-to-me reasons). > > Despite the delay in schedule on this release, generally doing a > maintenance release is relatively low effort. These kinds of > "substitute RM" situations are a great chance to get familiar with the > process while having a well-defined end point. If there's anyone who'd > like to give it a try by handling things while I'm gone, both I and > I'm sure the project community would be grateful. > > To take on this particular task, one must be a committer already (due > to ASF policy). It's a great way to "act like a PMC" for those > committers who'd like to make a long term investment in HBase. > > Anyone interested? > > -busbey > > [1]: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/HBASE-18276 >
