I echo Dan's thanks to everyone who pitched in on 2.6. Dan, I'm particularly honored by the HAAS medal ... I'm always happy to fight a clog, and the plungers are perfect. ;)
--miker On Fri, Apr 25, 2014 at 4:07 PM, Dan Wells <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > With 2.6.0 cut 10 days ago, it is high time for me to give one final update > before I pass the torch. I haven’t given a formal email progress summary > since the beta (though a verbal update was given at the conference), so > we’ll be looking back at both the RC and the 2.6 “final” contribution > periods. > > With 23 tickets committed for the RC and 15 for 2.6.0, the grand total for > the 2.6 cycle comes to exactly 100 improvements committed. You can see the > latest two rounds of fixes here: > > https://launchpad.net/evergreen/2.6/2.6.0-rc1 > > and here: > > https://launchpad.net/evergreen/2.6/2.6.0 > > While Launchpad gives us a nuts and bolts view of things, with a final > release comes a better way to look more broadly at the changes: release > notes! You can read the release notes for 2.6 here: > > http://evergreen-ils.org/documentation/release/RELEASE_NOTES_2_6.html > > Of course, the beat goes on, and a few important fixes have already been > committed for what will be 2.6.1. I encourage anyone looking at 2.6.0 to > read up on these recent commits and decide whether they might affect your > local use: > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+milestone/2.6.1 > > My expectation is still that 2.6.1 will be cut relatively early (within the > next week or two), and that normal monthly updates will begin with 2.6.2. > > > Overall, I am proud of all that we have been able to accomplish these past > two cycles. With that in mind, I’d like to take another moment to recognize > those who put forth the necessary effort to make 2.6 a reality. Of course > this means medals, and for this round, you will notice that the medals are > now rimmed in maroon. This is meant not only to distinguish these final > medals from the rest, but also as a modest gesture to my employer Calvin > College, without whom I would not be involved with Evergreen, and without > whose support I could not have managed these last two releases. > > Here are the recipients of the final Evergreen Medals of Honour for the 2.6 > release (RC and 2.6.0 combined): > > 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 6 branches) > > http://www.calvin.edu/library/images/eg_medals/Hancock_Medal_2_6_Final_Gold.png > Ben Shum > Galen Charlton > Remington Steed > 2. SILVER Recipients (at least 2 signoffs) > > http://www.calvin.edu/library/images/eg_medals/Hancock_Medal_2_6_Final_Silver.png > Bill Erickson > 3. BRONZE Recipients (at least 1 signoff) > > http://www.calvin.edu/library/images/eg_medals/Hancock_Medal_2_6_Final_Bronze.png > Doug Kyle > Jason Stephenson > Jeff Godin > Kathy Lussier > Mike Rylander > > B. BARTON Medal of Steadfastness (for contributing in general to the code > review process) > 1. GOLD Recipients (granted for contributing to at least 7 bug reviews) > > http://www.calvin.edu/library/images/eg_medals/Barton_Medal_2_6_Final_Gold.png > Ben Shum > Bill Erickson > Galen Charlton > Mike Rylander > 2. SILVER Recipients (at least 3 bugs) > > http://www.calvin.edu/library/images/eg_medals/Barton_Medal_2_6_Final_Silver.png > Chris Sharp > Dan Scott > Grace Dunbar > Jason Etheridge > Jason Stephenson > Kathy Lussier > Lebbeous Fogle-Weekley > Remington Steed > 3. BRONZE Recipients (at least 1 bug) > > http://www.calvin.edu/library/images/eg_medals/Barton_Medal_2_6_Final_Bronze.png > Christine Morgan > Doug Kyle > Elaine Hardy > Elliot Voris > Erica Rohlfs > Holly Brennan > Jeff Godin > Jennifer Pringle > Mark Cooper > Michael Peters > Michele Morgan > Pasi Kallinen > Rogan Hamby > Sarah Childs > Srey Seng > Steve Callender > Tim Spindler > Tina Ji > Tony Bandy > Warren Layton > Yamil Suarez > > 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_Final_Gold.png > Remington Steed > > As always, please contact me if I made any mistakes, as I want everyone to > get the recognition they deserve! > > Along those lines, and in addition to the recognition given above, I’d like > to give one more medal under the banner of “ask and you shall receive.” > Mike Rylander single-handedly wrote code to fix a majority of the release > blockers for 2.6, and mentioned in IRC the possibility of an extra medal as > a source of motiviation. Who am I to deny such a dream? Here it is, with > thanks! > > D. HAAS Medal of Expeditiousness (for dedication to fixing release blockers) > > http://www.calvin.edu/library/images/eg_medals/Haas_Medal_2_6_Final_Gold.png > Mike Rylander > > I really can’t say it enough, so thanks again to everyone who made Evergreen > into what it is today. It has been a privilege to serve the community as > release manager for the past year, and I look forward to continuing to serve > in different capacities in the future. > > Sincerely, > Dan > > > Daniel Wells > Library Programmer/Analyst > Hekman Library, Calvin College > 616.526.7133 > > > -- Mike Rylander | Director of Research and Development | Equinox Software, Inc. / Your Library's Guide to Open Source | phone: 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) | email: [email protected] | web: http://www.esilibrary.com
