+1 from me too. Big thanks to Bryan for volunteering. -Todd
On Tue, Apr 27, 2010 at 2:51 PM, Joe Schaefer <joe_schae...@yahoo.com>wrote: > Great idea, +1! > > > > ----- Original Message ---- > > From: Mark Slee <ms...@facebook.com> > > To: "thrift-dev@incubator.apache.org" <thrift-dev@incubator.apache.org> > > Sent: Tue, April 27, 2010 5:49:32 PM > > Subject: Thrift Release Process > > > > Hi all, > > Wanted to start a quick discussion around Thrift's release > > process. We have a consistent amount of general activity on the JIRA and > in > > commits, but we don't yet have a consistent release process. This is the > biggest > > issue keeping Thrift from graduating from the Incubator and becoming a > > full-fledged Apache project. > > My sense is that most of Thrift's dev > > community doesn't personally mind working against trunk or out of > git-branches, > > etc. Our lack of releases seems to be more a result of prioritization > than > > philosophy. After a bit of discussion amongst the project committee, an > idea > > that came up was to nominate a release manager who can be officially in > charge > > of driving regular releases. The rest of us just need to commit to > > supporting that role by being responsive and willing to tolerate the > occasional > > extra task around release time. In the steady-state it sounds like we'd > like to > > do quarterly releases. In the short-term, we might like to release more > > frequently (monthly or bimonthly) to demonstrate that we can both execute > and > > maintain this process. > > Bryan Duxbury has volunteered for the release > > manager role. Given his solid work and help getting our initial releases > done I > > think this is an ideal fit. > > Before we commit to this plan, wanted to > > solicit feedback from the dev list. Are folks on board with this idea? > Any > > alternate ideas? I'm assuming this is pretty non-controversial and we > won't need > > to do a formal vote, but would love to get any feedback on > > this. > > Cheers, > Mark > > > > -- Todd Lipcon Software Engineer, Cloudera
