[OPEN-ILS-GENERAL] Timetable for Evergreen 2.6 [RM2.6]

[Ruth Frasur]

I just want to send along thoughts of thanks and encouragement.  I never
cease to be amazed by the amount of work and time you all put in to make
Evergreen a working, relevant, reliable (and, in my mind, invaluable) ILS.
 It's fair to say that you've changed the face of librarianship in Indiana
and that's pretty awesome.  I'm both personally and professionally proud to
say that I'm associated with Evergreen Indiana and the larger Evergreen
community.  You guys and gals truly rock.  And, Dan?  and all you other
previous/future release managers as well as the Oversight Committee, there
aren't enough "thank yous" to send your way.


On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 10:28 AM, Grace Dunbar <gdunbar at esilibrary.com>wrote:

> Equinox has a few fairly significant pieces of development that we will
> try to get out the door as quickly as possible to accommodate the time
> frame for 2.6.  I agree that we need to get back on track with the release
> schedule.
>
> The MVF/CRA work and the TPAC metarecord work should be complete in time
> to make the 2.6 beta cut off.
> http://blog.esilibrary.com/2013/12/23/happy-holiday-development/
> However, we also have a contract with Natural Resources Canada to work on
> WCAG OPAC compliance.  I'm not sure when we'll be finished with that
> project but I'm sure that at least some of the work will make it in before
> the deadline.
>
> Thanks for taking the release manager role again, Dan!
>
> Grace
>
>
>
> On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 10:19 AM, Rogan Hamby <rogan.hamby at yclibrary.net>wrote:
>
>> I think the abbreviated time table is appropriate.  I know 2.5 got
>> delayed for a lot of good reasons (and that I agreed with) but I don't want
>> to see the ongoing schedule shifted due to it.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Dec 30, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Dan Wells <dbw2 at calvin.edu> wrote:
>>
>>> Hello all,
>>>
>>> First, thank you to everyone for the show of support in keeping me on
>>> for 2.6.  A few people did express concern that I might be over-burdened as
>>> I continue as the maintainer for 2.5.  I think that concern is valid, but I
>>> think we can also take a wait-and-see approach to the issue.  My brief
>>> experience with maintaining 2.5 leads me to believe that packaging a
>>> release is more about achieving the necessary focus than about the actual
>>> time involved, so it's my hope that handling two releases will give me some
>>> economies of scale, so to speak.  We shall see, and I won't hesitate to ask
>>> for help if needed.
>>>
>>> Second, I want to solicit feedback on a preliminary timeline for 2.6.
>>>  As stated before, I think we will be best served to have an abbreviated
>>> release which gets us back on our March/September timeline.  With that in
>>> mind, here is what I am thinking:
>>>
>>> alpha (bugs targetted) - Jan. 16
>>> alpha cut - Jan. 21
>>> beta (bugs targetted) - Feb. 4
>>> beta cut - Feb. 11
>>> RC (bugs targetted) - Mar. 4
>>> RC - Mar. 6
>>>
>>> Of these dates, the most meaningful is of course the beta cutoff, which
>>> would effectively be Feb. 4.  I am also scheduling the longest
>>> review/commit period for the beta release, since I expect there to be the
>>> usual bulge of pullrequests.
>>>
>>> So, do we collectively think this is doable?  If not, what adjustments
>>> should we consider?
>>>
>>> Thanks for your thoughts,
>>> Dan
>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>>
>> Rogan Hamby, MLS, CCNP, MIA
>> Managers Headquarters Library and Reference Services,
>> York County Library System
>>
>> "You can never get a cup of tea large enough or a book long enough to
>> suit me."
>> -- C.S. Lewis <http://www.goodreads.com/author/show/1069006.C_S_Lewis>
>>
>
>
>
> --
> Grace Dunbar, Vice President
> Equinox Software, Inc.  -  The Open Source Experts
> gdunbar at esilibrary.com
> 1-877-OPEN-ILS    www.esilibrary.com
>



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