On Tuesday 01 May 2012 08.59.41 Allen Winter wrote: > 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
Will start to get the rest in there. > > - 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 Count me in but be warned that I will not be able to do anything within say the next month (just moved to a house so my free time is filled with tasks...) > Gotta run now. > But feel free to chime-in with ideas on any of the above items. /Regards Torgny _______________________________________________ release-team mailing list [email protected] https://mail.kde.org/mailman/listinfo/release-team
