On 20 February 2013 14:18, Marie E. Rognes <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > I would like to follow-up on previous discussions in other fora > regarding FEniCS releases: we would like to make releases more often, > how do we ensure that that actually happens? > > In order to make it happen, I suggest we appoint a permanent[1] > release manager who is responsible for initiating releases at a > suitable, pre-defined frequency, and for driving the release process > in accordance with the development model[2]. A frequency of > approximately once every three months has been mentioned before, but > this can of course be discussed further. > > Moreover, I've talked to Johannes about this -- and he is willing to > and interested in doing this job :-) Frequent releases would ensure > that the release scripts are up to date and Johannes (and others) have > indicated that most of the button-clicking on Launchpad indeed can be > scripted via the Launchpad API. > > Sidenote: I think that this is a good way to go regardless of whether > the FEniCS components are kept as is or if we decide to go for a more > unified approach (UFR). > > Comments/Objections/All in favor? >
Sounds good. Garth > Thanks, > Marie > > [1] Meaning: until further notice > [2] in particular, steps 3.-7. listed here > http://fenicsproject.org/contributing/development_model.html) > > > _______________________________________________ > Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~fenics > Post to : [email protected] > Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~fenics > More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp _______________________________________________ Mailing list: https://launchpad.net/~fenics Post to : [email protected] Unsubscribe : https://launchpad.net/~fenics More help : https://help.launchpad.net/ListHelp
