Congratulations, Bill :D Terran McCanna PINES Program Manager Georgia Public Library Service 1800 Century Place, Suite 150 Atlanta, GA 30345 404-235-7138 tmcca...@georgialibraries.org
On Tue, Apr 24, 2018 at 4:07 PM, Galen Charlton <g...@equinoxinitiative.org> wrote: > Thanks, Bill. > > In light of the fact that Bill was the only person to put in a > proposal and has served as release manager in the past, my view is > that no election is needed and that Bill should be named 3.2 release > manager by acclamation. > > Regards, > > Galen > > On Fri, Apr 20, 2018 at 11:28 AM, Bill Erickson <beric...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'd like to toss my hat in the ring as the Evergreen 3.2 release > manager. I > > have served as release manager in the past for Evergreen 2.8. It's been > a > > little while and the process has evolved, but I look forward to the > > challenge. > > > > Evergreen 3.0 and 3.1 marked the transition period from the XUL client to > > the browser client. For 3.2, we'll be saying farewell to the XUL client > > [1]. As release manager, my primary goal will be to define the process > for > > retiring the XUL client and helping to see that process through. That > will, > > of course, include confirming that the browser client is fully up to the > > task of replacing the XUL client. > > > > Another goal of mine is to solidify a plan for upgrading our version of > > AnguarJS to Angular. This project will span multiple release cycles. > For > > 3.2, I hope to reach consensus on the upgrade strategy, define a project > > time line, and maybe make headway on some of the code changes. > > > > And finally, I would like to do another Feedback Fest this summer. This > is > > where everyone, core committers in particular, are asked to review > > outstanding pull requests and help nudge them along in a variety of > ways. I > > found last year's fests [2][3] to be a great way to score a lot of small > > victories -- and they add up. > > > > As far as scheduling goes, I would follow examples from releases past, > with > > a September release, preceded by the various slushes, freezes, betas, and > > release candidates. > > > > I'm happy to answer questions. > > > > Thanks, > > > > -b > > > > [1] > > http://libmail.georgialibraries.org/pipermail/open-ils-dev/2017- > August/010400.html > > [2] https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=dev:3.0:feedback_fest_1 > > [3] https://wiki.evergreen-ils.org/doku.php?id=dev:3.0:feedback_fest_2 > > > > On Thu, Apr 5, 2018 at 3:07 PM, Galen Charlton < > g...@equinoxinitiative.org> > > wrote: > >> > >> Hi, > >> > >> It's now time to decide who will be Release Manager for the autumn > >> 2018 release of Evergreen, Evergreen 3.2. > >> > >> The Release Manager does not have to be a core committer, but does > >> need to be familiar with Git and have already contributed > >> substantially to the Evergreen project whether it be code or > >> documentation. > >> > >> Nominations (including self-nominations) are due by 11:59 PM EDT on > >> Friday, 20 April 2018. Nominations should be made by email to > >> open-ils-dev@list.georgialibraries.org with a Cc: to > >> open-ils-gene...@list.georgialibraries.org. Replying to all on this > >> email will also work. > >> > >> Nominees should send an email to both of the above mailing lists a > >> statement about their relationship to the Evergreen community and > >> their goals for the next release. The elected release manager will be > >> expected to adhere to the established schedule for the release > >> milestones. > >> > >> If more than one candidate is nominated, an election will be held in > >> the #evergreen IRC channel on freenode.net on 25 April at 15:00 EDT / > >> 12:00 PDT. > >> > >> Everyone is invited to participate in the voting. Evergreen core > >> committers who cannot make the meeting may submit their vote via email > >> to the open-ils-dev mailing list. > >> > >> Regards, > >> > >> Galen > >> -- > >> Galen Charlton > >> Infrastructure and Added Services Manager > >> Equinox Open Library Initiative > >> phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) > >> email: g...@equinoxinitiative.org > >> web: https://equinoxInitiative.org > >> direct: +1 770-709-5581 > >> cell: +1 404-984-4366 > > > > > > > > -- > Galen Charlton > Infrastructure and Added Services Manager > Equinox Open Library Initiative > phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) > email: g...@equinoxinitiative.org > web: https://equinoxInitiative.org > direct: +1 770-709-5581 > cell: +1 404-984-4366 >