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https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Apache+NetBeans+10 Gj On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 11:04 AM, Geertjan Wielenga < [email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Laszlo, > > Fantastic list of items and you clearly are going to be a great release > manager. > > One related item is that, or as a reminder, is that there'll be one or > more voting candidates that you'll be putting together, which we could call > Alpha, Beta, etc, but in Apache terminology will be voting candidate 1, > voting candidate 2, etc. > > The first of these that you put together will be used by the NetCAT > community, assuming we continue with the NetCAT approach, and assuming is > approved by NetCAT, will then go to a vote on the Apache NetBeans developer > mailing list, after which it will go to the IPMC vote (i.e., the incubator > PMC). > > If a vote fails on any of these levels, we'll need to fix an issue or > something else, and then you'll create another voting candidate. > > Whichever voting candidate passes all votes will be the newly released > Apache NetBeans 10. > > Note that we have all of October for the above process: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/ > Apache+NetBeans+Release+Roadmap > > Hope that what I'm doing here is simply reiterating what we all already > know to be true, i.e., there's nothing controversial or new in this mail, > just restating the process as we know it to be. > > Gj > > > On Sun, Sep 23, 2018 at 7:43 AM, Laszlo Kishalmi < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Geertjan, >> >> First, my timezone is Pacific time. I've read through the docs. It seems >> I'm going to have a bit more task, than before, but I guess the first time >> was the hardest one. >> >> 1. After we finalize the scope, merge whatever PR is out to be >> merged, we need to create a release branch, then it needs to be cleansed >> from those parts which were not ready to be delivered. >> 2. On the binaries we need to decide whether shall we create binary >> release flavors like PHP, Java SE or if it got ready in time Jakarta EE >> 3. We need to create a feature (New and Noteworthy) page >> 4. In JIRA we need a new version (or two versions for 10.0 an 11.0). >> BTW I do not know if the 9.0 has been marked as closed. Do we have a JIRA >> admin guy or we need to requests these modifications? >> 5. Once the code is shaping up on release branch, creating tags, >> binaries and signatures are ok. >> 6. There will be some voting >> 7. We need to put 9.0 version in the archives. >> 8. I also try for a real snap for Linux release this time, I'm not >> that far from that. >> >> Have I missed any major important thing? >> >> P.S.: I'm planning to formulate the release process as a JIRA task with >> detailed bite sized sub-tasks, so it can be tracked, and probably cloned >> for further releases. >> >> >> >> >> On 09/22/2018 02:02 AM, Geertjan Wielenga wrote: >> >> 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/fc7d4a9d71c595f964a0e0ed102b3b25305d3d2dd77135853cedb70e@%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 >> >> >> >> >> >
