Seems we have general agreement on this outline then. Now let's review where we stand.
On Friday 27 April 2012 6:18:06 PM Allen Winter wrote: > 1. the Continuous Integration (CI) System > > - all the KDE SC modules are built continuously So we have build.kde.org and a lot of modules are already being built continuously. Partial Done > - no packaging unless all modules build ok Will be done as part of the packaging tools > (even better would be to force all make tests too) a dream.. a goal to work towards > - the packaging tools run on the CI system generating "test" tarballs. Todo > - the "test" tarballs could be downloaded from the CI system Todo > 2. the KDE Sysadmin Team > > - provides and manages the CI system Done > - will transfer "test" tarballs to the public ftp site Todo > - prepares the public ftp site for bandwidth requirements at release > announce time Todo > > 3. the KDE Promo Team > > - writes and distributes release announcements through normal channels Done > - deals with the media Done > - manages public expectations Done > > 4. the KDE i18n Team > > - maintains the languages list Done, see kde-common/release/language_list > > 5. the KDE Release Team > > - coordinates the entire release effort We can do better > - sets release milestones and dates Done > - communicates important dates to the community and to distros We can do better > - communicates important news to the community and to distros We can do better > - creates "test" tarballs using the CI system and handles distro feedback Todo > - adds hot and security patches to the tarballs before the final release Todo > - creates "final" tarballs using the CI system Todo > - pushes tags to the module repositories in a timely manner Todo > - writes and maintains the necessary tools Todo > - writes and maintains the release process documentation Todo So need people to start helping out . I see 2 big categories of need: 1) the CI work 2) the release team work Gotta run now. But feel free to chime-in with ideas on any of the above items. -Allen _______________________________________________ release-team mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/release-team
