On Fri, Jan 13, 2012 at 1:39 AM, Devin Han <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Rob let the remaining work clear. > The approved packages can be access here: > http://www.apache.org/dist/incubator/odftoolkit/ > I am working on fix the existing issue on the configuration of pom.xml and > it should be ready before next week. > > we also need a download page following this guide: > http://www.apache.org/dev/release-download-pages.html. Anyone volunteer to > help us do this job? >
The Rave podling download page looks like it follows those instructions: http://incubator.apache.org/rave/downloads.html It is also mdtext-based, so it will work well with our existing website. I'll work on that today. > 2012/1/12 Rob Weir <[email protected]> > >> So now that we have an approved released, what should we do? >> >> 1) I assume that Devin, as Release Manager, is working on getting the >> approved packages onto the mirrors and Maven central. >> >> 2) We will want a link from our website as well, probably a top level >> "Download" link >> >> 3) An announcement email that we can send to the odf-users and related >> lists. >> >> 4) Do what we can do individually to promote awareness of this new >> release, via social networking sites, etc. >> >> 5) Start discussion on the next release. >> >> In general, I think this initial release at Apache is a great >> opportunity to make people more aware of our work, attract more users, >> and hopefully more contributors as well. The work we've done in this >> initial release was not very fun. We did a lot of migration, of >> websites and code, a lot of work to review IP, a lot of work to create >> Maven assemblies and comply with Apache release procedures. These >> were all one-time tasks, and future releases should be a lot easier. >> >> But now begins the fun part, talking about new features and writing >> new code. This will be a good opportunity to attract new developers. >> I think we all agree that increasing the size and diversity of the >> project is important. (We say this in our podling report, for >> example). So let's think about how we can grow the community. >> >> -Rob >> > > > > -- > -Devin
