Hi All, Here's my weekly report below.
BTW I would love help on any of these items. I am going to be squeezed by three releases all needing attention at the same time: - 8.2 finalize and launch - 8.2.1 kick off - 9.1 Strategy, process and top feature set definition I can find plenty of sub-tasks (e.g. check and edit the open bugs section of 8.2 release notes, or start to triage and mark bugs for 8.2.1, or collect and organize 9.1 requirements in to groups, etc). The best help is a few hours a week over a few months. Send me a note on list or off if you want to chip in. We could even create a Product Management "Gang" if there is enough interest... Thanks, Greg S ************* Status of last week's goals. 1 - Identify, triage and clarify 8.2 blocker bugs. Help get us to a well defined final release schedule. GS - Closed all bugs in finalize state. If they needed documentation I added that to the release notes. Triaged all incoming bugs. Worked with Michael to create an ECO explaining final steps to close the release. See: http://wiki.laptop.org/go/ECO/8.2.0/Checklist 2 - Update 8.2 release notes GS - Edited and tweaked notes for clarity. Still need to organize the open bugs section and rewrite in to user understandable descriptions. 3 - Write 8.2 launch plan. To include lists, web sites and other ideas for getting the word out. Once done, this will sit on the shelf until the release is final. GS - Started presentation. Otherwise not enough progress on this. 4 - Update 9.1 page with more requirements. Add Uruguay, Haiti, Rwanda, Birmingham, Mongolia, Ethiopia, others. Start writing strategy section and set schedule. GS - Wrote brief strategy blurb outlining 3 main goals of the 9.1 (http://wiki.laptop.org/go/9.1.0) release. Met with Sugar design team and planned for more regular meetings. Got a de-brief from Erik on his trip to Uruguay and Peru. Need to add his input to the 9.1 page when I get more details. 5 - Find engineering lead for 8.2.1. If none is identified, start laying out the parameters anyway (e.g. date, target customers, goals, target bug fixes, additional featurettes to consider etc.). GS - Met with Ed (new SW VP) and wrote up some broad outlines of release 8.2.1. Doing one round of internal edits before posting for public comment. 6 - Update deployments page with latest data, improve timeline and add timeline to releases page. GS - Working with Reuben, started regathering deployment status source data and getting approval to post on the public page. Thanks to Skierpage, got a timeline on the releases page but need to tweak it and the whole page before moving completely to new format (see bottom of http://wiki.laptop.org/go/Releases) 7 - Prune outdated material off OLPC wiki home page. GS - Sent e-mail to stake holders proposing removal of old links in Deployments, Developments and News sections of http://wiki.laptop.org/go/The_OLPC_Wiki. No reply yet. **************** Goals for next week in priority order: 1 - Hound engineers to close all 8.2.0 blockers (see http://dev.laptop.org/report/28) and get a firm date for the Release Candidate build. Triage bugs and keep the release on schedule. 2 - Clean up open bugs section of 8.2. release notes. Get release notes ready for final review. 3 - Write 8.2 launch plan and technical overview presentation. 4 - Share and post 8.2.1 time frame and operating procedure (e.g. Trac queries). Start planning for Early Field Trial/Beta of 8.2.1. Keep pushing for an engineering leader/owner of 8.2.1. 5 - Review and finalize short 9.1 strategy description. Restructure requirements section to align with strategy. Fold in more deployment requirements. Keep pushing for an engineering leader/owner of 9.1. Stretch goal: prepare to write detailed requirements sections and start scrubbing bugs to create working Trac queries. 6 - Update deployments page. Update releases page and start using new semantic format (thanks to S Page for laying out the structure). Also update XS sections of releases page. _______________________________________________ Devel mailing list Devel@lists.laptop.org http://lists.laptop.org/listinfo/devel