Hi Dan and everyone, I added another wishlist item to the 3.3-beta list. It was on the roadmap, but not targeted in LP -- it is now, however:
https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bug/1749475 ABN On Wed, Feb 6, 2019 at 12:41 PM Daniel Wells <[email protected]> wrote: > Dearest fellow Evergreeners, > > After several months of quiet contemplation and tireless toiling by many > members of the Evergreen community, it is past time for a brief message > from me, your minimalist 3.3 release manager. > > First, as we enter this final trimester of the release process, it seems > worth revisiting the originally proposed timeline: > > 2/20/19 - Feature freeze > 2/27/19 - Beta release > 3/20/19 - Release Candidate > 3/27/19 - Final release > > Accordingly, we are now exactly two weeks away from our intended feature > freeze date. Please recall, however, that there is now a one week buffer > between feature cutoff and the actual beta release, so if we reach the > evening of 2/19, and a few extra days would make or break your feature, > please do not hesitate to speak up. > > I've spent a few hours over the last several days looking over everything > targeted at 3.3 in LaunchPad and trying to get a sense of where we stand. > As of this moment, there are exactly 99 uncommitted tickets for 3.3. I > initially thought, "surely some of these do not have pullrequests," and > while that proved to be true for 8 or 9 entries, inspection showed them all > to be close enough to deserve their targets. So, let's just say the 3.3 > release has great potential! > > Looking forward, and given the nearness of feature freeze, I want to > encourage everyone to focus their energy for the next two weeks on our > "Wishlist" tickets, as these are in the most present danger of being left > behind. As of this writing, there are 25 unclaimed Wishlist tickets hoping > for inclusion in 3.3: > > > https://bugs.launchpad.net/evergreen/+bugs?&field.status%3Alist=NEW&field.status%3Alist=CONFIRMED&field.status%3Alist=TRIAGED&field.status%3Alist=INPROGRESS&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITH_RESPONSE&field.status%3Alist=INCOMPLETE_WITHOUT_RESPONSE&field.importance%3Alist=WISHLIST&assignee_option=none&field.milestone%3Alist=86802&search=Search&orderby=title&start=0 > > While the other 74 bugs for 3.3 are certainly welcome at any time, we will > have exactly one month between feature freeze and RC to devote to the likes > of these. It is worth noting, however, that a good number of those 74 are > officially "Undecided" in importance. I did a pass through them all to > pull out any which seemed like feature requests, but if you feel I missed > something, please target accordingly. > > Finally, in looking over things already committed for 3.3, I am struck by > a fair number of branches which are not flashy new features, but which > nonetheless are necessary endeavors to keep Evergreen humming along. I'd > like to end this email with a special salute to those among us giving their > time and attention to things like Ubuntu and PostgreSQL version changes, > making sure it is something most of us never need to think much about. > Thank you! If you are not one who generally watches LaunchPad closely, it > may be worth a few moments to peruse some of the committed 3.3 tickets to > see these folks at work: > https://launchpad.net/evergreen/+milestone/3.3-beta1 > > Sincerely, > Dan > -- Andrea Buntz Neiman Project Manager for Software Development Equinox Open Library Initiative [email protected] 1-877-OPEN-ILS (673-6457) x5583 *www.equinoxinitiative.org <http://www.equinoxinitiative.org>*
