re-CC dev@. Thanks Robert!
> On 10 Nov 2014, at 19:37 , Robert Kowalski <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Jan, > > I have a list with potentially blocking issues that are affecting Fauxton: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project+%3D+COUCHDB+AND+resolution+%3D+Unresolved+AND+priority+%3D+Blocker+ORDER+BY+key+DESC > > I can try to help you whenever I have time this week with > /_setup_clusters, however my main project will be some internal stuff > this week. > > Best, > Robert > > On Mon, Nov 10, 2014 at 3:01 PM, Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> wrote: >> Hey all, >> >> it is ApacheCon EU next week and CouchDB has a full track of great talks, >> yay! \o/ >> >> http://events.linuxfoundation.org/events/apachecon-europe/program/schedule >> (Click on “Couch” in the side bar, to see all our talks :) >> >> I’m scheduled to give a CouchDB State of the Union kind of talk on Monday >> morning and aside from where we are coming from and what the current state >> is, I’d like to make some forward looking statements about CouchDB 2.0. >> >> The big news, of course, is the BigCouch merge and what this means for >> CouchDB. There are also various bits and pieces about things that we have >> done outside of that (the rcouch merge), as well as a few things that are >> part of the merge, but are worth pointing out on its own (like better >> compaction e.g.). >> >> I’d like to do one better though. Bob Newson has already mentioned a few >> times that master is now in a state that it would be great if more people >> could get their hands on it. >> >> To that end, I’d like to propose that we announce and release[1] a >> “Developer Preview” version of master as it is now (+ the _cluster_setup) >> work. >> >> If you agree, what do you think we should be doing for this? >> >> My short list is: >> 1. finish /_cluster_setup & Fauxton UI, to make cluster setup easier >> 2. write “how to get started” guide >> 3. figure out what a “release” could look like. >> >> >> For 1. I can do on the backend, but I’d love some help from the Fauxton team >> for the UI bits. >> >> For 2. I can do too, but any volunteers are welcome :D >> >> For 3. I only have a vague understanding of how to do releases in a 2.0 >> world overall. Ideally, we have something that puts out nightly tarballs >> (easily done on our CI server). A next step and nice to have would be >> pre-built binaries for people to run, as well as a Docker/Vagrant/etc setup >> that people can use. But I don’t know how far away all of these are for us >> at this point. Can anyone shed some light on this? >> >> * * * >> >> Ideally, our Nov 17. Announcement says that everything is available right >> away. >> >> Is there anything else that you think we absolutely need to do to make a >> “Developer Preview” of CouchDB 2.0? Do you see any significant issues with >> the things I outlined above? >> >> Is there anything in particular that I should be mentioning in (one of) my >> ApacheCon EU talk(s)? >> >> Thank you for your help! >> >> Jan >> -- >> [1]: This doesn’t have to be an ASF, capital R, Release,d putting up some >> tarballs somewhere would be fine. >> >> >>
