OK, let me be more clear and concrete -- I'm will cut it before or at the 
latest, by EOD Sunday. That's what I meant.

Cheers,
Chris

On May 20, 2011, at 12:51 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote:

> On May 20, 2011, at 12:37 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote:
> 
>> No more stalling Chris.  We're currently in a code freeze
>> because you have dropped the ball on this release.  It's
>> time you recognized that and stepped aside.
> 
> Get over yourself Joe. I've got no time for your attitude. If you are so 
> desperate and hindered having just come onto Lucy with the lack of an RC, 
> then go cut one yourself.
> 
> Cheers,
> Chris
> 
>> 
>> 
>> ----- Original Message ----
>>> From: "Mattmann, Chris A (388J)" <[email protected]>
>>> To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]>
>>> Sent: Fri, May 20, 2011 3:23:05 PM
>>> Subject: Re: [lucy-dev] 0.1.0 release prep
>>> 
>>> Yep, agreed Marvin, +1. 
>>> 
>>> If I don't get to it by this weekend, happy to  have you (but more happy if 
>>> someone else :-) ) does  it!
>>> 
>>> Cheers,
>>> Chris
>>> 
>>> On May 20, 2011, at 11:58 AM, Marvin Humphrey  wrote:
>>> 
>>>> On Fri, May 06, 2011 at 07:54:24AM -0700, Mattmann, Chris A  (388J) wrote:
>>>>> Sure I'll try and spend some time this weekend on  it...
>>>> 
>>>> Ping. :)
>>>> 
>>>> It's been two weeks, and I  don't think it makes sense to wait any longer.
>>>> Chris, if you don't  anticipate your schedule allowing you to roll the 
>>> release
>>>> artifacts and  call the PPMC vote within one week from today, I volunteer 
>>>> to 
>>> be
>>>> Release  Manager.
>>>> 
>>>> The way Lucy's release institutions have been set up,  the Release Manager 
>>> role
>>>> is minimal and mechanical.
>>>> 
>>>> * You barely need to know anything about Lucy.
>>>> *  You don't need to know Perl.
>>>> * Our release tarball is nothing more  than an archive of an svn export.
>>>> * Aside from bumping the version  number and inserting a release date,
>>>>  release prep is the  collective responsibility of the community rather 
>>> than
>>>>  the  RM (and has been completed for 0.1.0).
>>>> * Quality control is the  responsibility of the PPMC -- the RM doesn't even
>>>>  need to  inspect the source tree (at least not while wearing the RM hat).
>>>> 
>>>> Here's what the RM needs:
>>>> 
>>>> * Lucy  commitership.
>>>> * Some familiarity with Apache institutions such as  voting and the
>>>>  Incubator.
>>>> * A Unixy  OS.
>>>> * Enough expertise in svn, gpg etc. to follow the ReleaseGuide  recipe.
>>>> 
>>>> Things have been arranged this way because it's in  Lucy's interest to have
>>>> many release managers over time and to avoid  burning them out.  The fact 
>>> that
>>>> our first RM was likely to be  someone who's not an active developer was
>>>> helpful for enforcing  discipline and ensuring that we could not fall back 
>> to
>>>> relying on  closely held expertise.
>>>> 
>>>> Chris, you've been active as a Mentor;  I hope that you will find time to
>>>> review the artifacts, and that you  will eventually vote +1 in support of
>>>> Lucy's inaugural release.   With an accumulation of diligent IP clearance 
>>> work,
>>>> a clean RAT report,  and a how-to-review checklist assembled per Hoss's
>>>> suggestion at  <http://wiki.apache.org/lucy/ReleaseVerification>, I'm 
>>> confident
>>>> that we will secure our 3 Incubator PMC votes, and I'm confident about  
>>> asking
>>>> you for yours.  But since the Lucy RM role has been  aggressively pared 
>> down,
>>>> it's less crucial who performs it, and it's  more important that we move 
>>> soon.
>>>> 
>>>> Cheers,
>>>> 
>>>> Marvin Humphrey
>>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> Chris  Mattmann, Ph.D.
>>> Senior Computer Scientist
>>> NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory  Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
>>> Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246
>>> Email: [email protected]
>>> WWW:     http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> Adjunct  Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department
>>> University of Southern  California, Los Angeles, CA 90089  USA
>>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
>>> 
>>> 
> 
> 
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> Chris Mattmann, Ph.D.
> Senior Computer Scientist
> NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
> Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246
> Email: [email protected]
> WWW:   http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department
> University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
> 


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Chris Mattmann, Ph.D.
Senior Computer Scientist
NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA
Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246
Email: [email protected]
WWW:   http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/
++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department
University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA
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