"Efraim Flashner" <[email protected]> writes: > On Sun, Sep 13, 2026, at 15:13, Jelle Licht wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Rutherther <[email protected]> writes: >> >>> Hi Noé, >>> >>> first of all thank you for your initiative! >>> >>> Noé Lopez <[email protected]> writes: >>> >>>> Hi everyone, >>>> >>>> As the summer vacations are in full swing, I would like to take some >>>> (late) advance on the process for the next release team. >>>> >>>> The release would be worked on from mid-September to the end of >>>> November (see annex). >>>> >>>> Given this timing, who would like to volunteer? >>>> >>>> Last time we talked about this, I noted: >>>> * Release Manager >>>> * Jelle Licht? >>>> * Efraim (returning) >>>> * Members >>>> * Rutherther (depending on timing) >>> >>> I will try to make as much time as possible to help as part of the >>> release team. I will however not have as much time as I did last year I >>> am afraid. >> >> I'd love to try my hand at this as previously mentioned. > > Oh good. As much as I would like to be able to do the release management I'm > chronically overbooked for my Guix time and wouldn't be able to do a good > job. I can definitely return as a release member. >
No problem, I can be the returning release manager then. >>>> Have a nice day, >>>> Noé >>>> >>>> Annex: release timing >>>> >>>> In the original GCD, it was planned that a release was done for every >>>> June, this is of course not realistic given the timing of the previous >>>> release. However we should not wait until next year either. >>>> >>>> Members of the previous release team have improved the process[1] for >>>> the next team, so that it may take less time and that it is easier. >>>> >>>> With this in mind, I think it is fair to aim for a ~10 week release >>>> cycle. As for the exact timing, it is best if it is completely done by >>>> the december holidays. >>> >>> This sounds ambitious on one hand, but I think if one starts early with >>> stuff like trying if make dist works (it did not last release and we had >>> to do some late changes to fix stuff like that) and so on, it should be >>> fine. And monitoring of something did not get broken. >> >> I do have about 8 days of (off-line) planned absences during week 2/3 in >> the projected timeline, so ideally we can get the ball rolling before >> that. >> >>> I have previously made some issues I envisioned to do until the next >>> release, they are mostly assigned to me on codeberg. Those would improve >>> the releases, but they are not strictly necessary. >>> >>>> >>>> [1] https://codeberg.org/guix/release-planning/pulls >>> >>> And am still pending to do more improvements, I will try to make time >>> very soon. >> >> KR, >> - Jelle
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