On Wed, Nov 14, 2012 at 10:23 PM, Dali Liu <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Rob, > > I think that a new release is needed for users of ODF toolkit. I would > like to be a volunteer for the Release. > Because I didn't know much about the release process, can you guide me on > this? >
Our second release should be much easier than the first one. Devin wrote up some instructions here: http://incubator.apache.org/odftoolkit/odftoolkit-release-guide.html As you can see, it is a mix of activities. Some are technical, some are process, like the voting steps. I'll try to help as well. I'd be interested in knowing what Florian and Svante think. Can we aim for a date? -Rob > > 2012/11/14 Rob Weir <[email protected]> > >> Our last release was in January. Does anyone want to have another >> release, say at the end of the year? >> >> We have a lot of bug fixes, and some new features, especially in the >> Simple API. >> >> Nothing stunning, but that is the nature of the project. Our >> functionality is boxed in by the ODF schema. We evolve by perfecting >> the code, improving performance, improving documentation, etc. But >> our next "leap forward" might not come until ODF 1.3 is done. >> >> If we want to do a release we want need to agree on "feature freeze" >> deadline, a stabilization period for testing and updating release >> notes, etc. And we would also need a volunteer to be Release Manager. >> >> What do you think? >> >> -Rob >>
