[OPEN-ILS-DEV] RELEASE TEAM: 2.1-RC1 cut

[Mike Rylander]

On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 2:27 PM, Dan Scott <dan at coffeecode.net> wrote:
> On Tue, Jun 21, 2011 at 12:33 PM, Mike Rylander <mrylander at gmail.com> wrote:
>> The tarball for Evergreen 2.1-RC1 is up at
>> http://evergreen-ils.org/downloads/previews/ ...
>>
>> Next steps:
>>  * make a staff client
>>  * update the downloads page
>>  * announce to the lists/blogs/etc
>>
>> HAVE AT IT, TEAM!
>
> Actually, I don't think we have a team defined for 2.1 - the release
> checklist is at
> http://evergreen-ils.org/dokuwiki/doku.php?id=dev:evergreen:release_checklist
> and only includes a team for 2.0. This would be a great time to get
> names beside actions for 2.1 and get ahead of the ball on things like
> release notes, documentation, etc. Sign up for credit and eternal
> glory now!
>

I'll start that, and unless someone actively wants to take over the
lead role I'll leave myself there.

> (Aside: maybe we need to differentiate release teams for major
> releases versus point releases? Release notes writer for a minor point
> release is a much different job than release notes writer for a 2.0.0
> or 2.1.0 release, methinks!)
>

I'm fine with playing whatever role for a whole version, and IMO that
may be a little more efficient due to continuity, but if others would
like to try out a role during minor releases that would be fine, too.

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