Thanks Hari. Thanks for agreeing to do this release management work Venkat
> Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 16:34:34 -0800 > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: Release planning for 1.4.3 > > Hi guys, > > Thanks for giving me this opportunity. I'd definitely like to do Sqoop 1.4.3. > I would also gladly help Venkatesan if he would want to be the RM for Sqoop > 1.99.2 (if the Sqoop PMC agrees, of course). > > > Thanks > Hari > > -- > Hari Shreedharan > > > On Monday, February 4, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Venkatesan Ranganathan wrote: > > > Hi Jarcec > > Thanks for the thoughtful comments. I think it would be good for someone > > with RM experience to work on the release management tasks for something > > like a 1.4.3 release as there is a large installed base of customers. I > > believe that will make the release smoother. > > While I can definitely learn and contribute in that role (I have been in > > this industry for embarrassingly too long in various capacities!) , I feel > > Hari is a better candidate for the release at hand for aforementioned > > reasons > > We can definitely revisit this for the next opportunity. > > Thanks > > Venkat > > > > > Date: Mon, 4 Feb 2013 10:29:46 -0800 > > > From: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > > To: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > > Subject: Re: Release planning for 1.4.3 > > > > > > Hi Hari and Venkat, > > > I'm excited to hear that you are both interested in becoming Release > > > managers. Whereas previous experience with doing release might be > > > helpful, it's definitely not a requirement. I believe that one of the > > > main reasons for driving release this way is to help the community > > > volunteer to learn more about Apache Sqoop and the Apache Software > > > Foundation in general. It's my job as a release mentor to supplement any > > > previous knowledge and experience. > > > > > > I would like to help anyone who is interested to learn more about Sqoop > > > and who wants to contribute to the project. Thus I would like to help you > > > both. Sadly it make sense to have only one release manager for one > > > particular release. I was thinking about this during the weekend and > > > whereas I can't do any promises, I believe that Sqoop PMC will be open to > > > follow the release mentor and community volunteer model for next release > > > as well. As a result I would suggest that one of you might be driving > > > this 1.4.3 release and the another one might drive next release - for > > > example 1.99.2 that hopefully will happen in near future. What do you > > > think guys? > > > > > > Jarcec > > > > > > On Fri, Feb 01, 2013 at 07:45:08PM -0800, Venkatesan Ranganathan wrote: > > > > Since Hari is interested in doing this with prior experience in doing > > > > this, i think he is a better qualified candidate > > > > Thanks > > > > Venkat > > > > > > > > > From: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > > > > Subject: RE: Release planning for 1.4.3 > > > > > Date: Fri, 1 Feb 2013 19:35:26 -0800 > > > > > To: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > > > > > > > > > Jarcec > > > > > > > > > > I can volunteer to take this with guidance from you and others > > > > > > > > > > Venkat > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > From: Jarek Jarcec Cecho > > > > > Sent: 2/1/2013 7:19 PM > > > > > To: [email protected] (mailto:[email protected]) > > > > > Subject: Release planning for 1.4.3 > > > > > > > > > > Sqoop developer community, > > > > > It has been several months since our last release and there has been > > > > > steady activity on the codebase with about 68 issues resolved [1]. > > > > > Some of them are usual bugfixes, but we also added major new > > > > > functionality. For example we added support for stored procedures in > > > > > export tool, upsert functionality into MySQL connector and/or schema > > > > > support for Microsoft SQL Server and PostgreSQL. It will therefore be > > > > > appropriate time to do a maintenance release of the project with > > > > > version number 1.4.3. > > > > > > > > > > To that effect Sqoop PMC has decided to keep the slight change from > > > > > the usual release process that was introduced during last release. > > > > > Instead of having one of the committers running the release, I've > > > > > stepped out as a release mentor that will guide someone from the > > > > > community that will volunteer to become the release manager. > > > > > > > > > > This is a great opportunity for enthusiastic contributor to make a > > > > > difference for the project and learn more about the workings of > > > > > Apache Sqoop and Apache Software Foundation in general. Please do not > > > > > hesitate and respond to this email if you're interested! > > > > > > > > > > Jarcec > > > > > > > > > > Links: > > > > > 1: http://s.apache.org/ARW > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
