Hello all, The Evergreen 2.6 beta was officially release one week ago today. In all, 35 bugs (and features) were committed to 2.6 since the alpha. You can see those bug tickets here:
https://launchpad.net/evergreen/master/2.6.0-beta1 Altogether, this was a 30% increase over the number of bugs committed during the alpha, so I feel we were able to appropriately improve our output without creating a potentially destabilizing deluge of activity. Now it is my pleasure to once again highlight the contributions of those who made this beta happen. Yes, the Evergreen Medals of Honour are back for a second round, and they are slightly more different than ever! Rather than a single medal of each type, there are now multiple grades based on the a simple stratification of each type of contribution. Without further ado: A. HANCOCK Medal of Fortitude (for reviewing and signing off on another community member's code) 1. GOLD Recipients (granted for signing off on at least 5 branches) http://www.calvin.edu/library/images/eg_medals/Hancock_Medal_2_6_Beta_Gold.png Ben Shum Bill Erickson Jeff Godin 2. SILVER Recipients (at least 2 signoffs) http://www.calvin.edu/library/images/eg_medals/Hancock_Medal_2_6_Beta_Silver.png Dan Scott Mike Rylander 3. BRONZE Recipients (at least 1 signoff) http://www.calvin.edu/library/images/eg_medals/Hancock_Medal_2_6_Beta_Bronze.png Chris Sharp Melissa Ceraso Remington Steed B. BARTON Medal of Steadfastness (for contributing in general to the code review process) 1. GOLD Recipients (granted for contributing to at least 6 bug reviews) http://www.calvin.edu/library/images/eg_medals/Barton_Medal_2_6_Beta_Gold.png Ben Shum Bill Erickson Dan Scott Jeff Godin Mike Rylander 2. SILVER Recipients (at least 2 bugs) http://www.calvin.edu/library/images/eg_medals/Barton_Medal_2_6_Beta_Silver.png Jason Stephenson Kyle Tomita Lebbeous Fogle-Weekley Pasi Kallinen Thomas Berezansky 3. BRONZE Recipients (at least 1 bug) http://www.calvin.edu/library/images/eg_medals/Barton_Medal_2_6_Beta_Bronze.png Chauncey Montgomery Chris Sharp Elizabeth Thomsen Galen Charlton Jason Etheridge Jeremiah Miller Kathy Lussier Michael Peters Michele Morgan Robert Jackson Rogan Hamby Sarah Childs Terran McCanna Tina Ji C. ARMSTRONG Medal of Courage (for installing and testing a release tarball, and reporting back) 1. GOLD Recipients (granted for simply doing this!) http://www.calvin.edu/library/images/eg_medals/Armstrong_Medal_2_6_Beta_Gold.png Elliot Voris Melissa Ceraso To all who are mentioned once or more above, thank you! The 2.6 beta would not have been the same without you. Also, it is my hope that the additional grades might serve as a source of recognition (and perhaps inspiration), but they are in no way meant to diminish the contribution of anyone on these lists. Finally, again, I am very sorry if I legitimately left anybody out. Feel free to speak up :) Sincerely, Dan Daniel Wells Library Programmer/Analyst Hekman Library, Calvin College 616.526.7133
