Hi Laszlo, The things that are involved in managing the release are described in "Producing a Release Candidate" below:
https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Apache+NetBeans+Release+README It would be good to go through that and see where you anticipate problems and just get an overview of what you'll be doing. Gj On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 9:52 AM, Geertjan Wielenga < [email protected]> wrote: > And what's your timezone? People working on Apache NetBeans come from all > timezones, I believe. > > Thanks, > > Gj > > On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 8:57 AM, Geertjan Wielenga < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Awesome! >> >> Gj >> >> On Sat, Sep 22, 2018 at 1:44 AM, Laszlo Kishalmi < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I volunteer this time. >>> >>> I hope timezone shift won't be an issue. >>> >>> >>> >>> On 09/21/2018 12:41 AM, Geertjan Wielenga wrote: >>> >>>> Some potential candidates for this role, i.e., which is pretty >>>> impressive, >>>> the fact that we have this many who could IMHO already do this from a >>>> perspective of insight, though the main problem in most/each cases is >>>> probably time: >>>> >>>> - Antonio Vieiro >>>> - Sven Reimers >>>> - Matthias Bläsing >>>> - Junichi Yamamoto >>>> - Eric Barboni >>>> - Neil C. Smith >>>> - Thilina Ranathunga >>>> - Laszlo Kishalmi >>>> - John McDonnell >>>> - Wade Chandler >>>> >>>> There may be more and I apologize for omitting anyone else who has been >>>> involved for some time, committed quite a bit in one way or another, and >>>> has shown IMHO the technical interest needed for this. >>>> >>>> Any volunteers from the above, or someone else -- I am sure you'll be >>>> supported a lot by Emilian, who was the previous release manager, as >>>> well >>>> as myself and the rest of the community of course. >>>> >>>> Thanks, >>>> >>>> Gj >>>> >>>> >>>> On Thu, Sep 20, 2018 at 8:36 AM, Geertjan Wielenga < >>>> [email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi all, >>>>> >>>>> Following our roadmap... >>>>> >>>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/ >>>>> Apache+NetBeans+Release+Roadmap >>>>> >>>>> ...we are approaching feature freeze. >>>>> >>>>> A release manager is needed, Emilian did a fantastic job in the Apache >>>>> NetBeans 9 release, and I am sure he can provide support and advice as >>>>> needed. >>>>> >>>>> Several indicated interest in this role the last time we discussed >>>>> this, >>>>> e.g., here: >>>>> >>>>> https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/fc7d4a9d71c595f964a0e0ed102b3b >>>>> 25305d3d2dd77135853cedb70e@%3Cdev.netbeans.apache.org%3E >>>>> >>>>> The release manager needs to branch off the release on Sep 30 and not >>>>> let >>>>> any features in after that, only bug fixes. Right now, the integration >>>>> with >>>>> JDK 11 and PHP looks solid, Java EE, JavaScript, Groovy, would all be >>>>> great >>>>> to include -- but people need to step forward fast now to make that >>>>> happen >>>>> otherwise that will be shifted to the next release, early next year, >>>>> while >>>>> all those features will of course be available as is from the 8.2 >>>>> Plugin >>>>> Portal. >>>>> >>>>> Hopefully we could then have Apache NetBeans 10 Vote Candidate 1 or 2 >>>>> ready for Oracle Code One as a beta or preview release, with the final >>>>> release during November. >>>>> >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> >>>>> Gj >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>> For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> For further information about the NetBeans mailing lists, visit: >>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Mailing+lists >>> >>> >>> >>> >> >
