[OPEN-ILS-DEV] Release Manager for 2.6

[Dan Wells]

Hello all,

Now that 2.5.0 is officially out the door, we can turn our attention toward establishing a release manager for 2.6.  At the Hack-a-Way, I took a few minutes to reflect on how I felt 2.5 had gone, and at one point joked about my desire to stay on for 2.6.  During that talk, and in the days and weeks since, I have been surprised (and honored) by individuals expressing their support for this idea, so I think it is time to officially address it.

Like all jokes, this one had a grain of truth.  I can be a perfectionist, and while the 2.5 release went well, I do tend to dwell on the things I could have done better.  Were I to stay on for 2.6, my primary goal would simply be to compress the release into 4 months, and get us back on track for March/September releases.  This is something I had hoped to pull off for 2.5, but in this case, my inexperience became my failure.

So, in short, I think it is very important that we get back to the prescribed schedule, and I now have a better understanding of how to set and keep realistically scheduled milestones which will accomplish that.  If others agree with this goal, and want that I stay on for a few more months, I will certainly accept this duty.  On the other hand, I do admit that I am also somewhat worn by my work for 2.5, so if anyone else wants to carry out this task (or proposes and finds support for a different plan altogether), I would also be quite happy to step aside.

Sincerely,
Dan



Daniel Wells
Library Programmer/Analyst
Hekman Library, Calvin College
616.526.7133



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