On 29 Nov 2014 10:53, "Benedikt Ritter" <brit...@apache.org> wrote: > > Hi all, > > currently I feel really overwhelmed by the stuff I'd like to do at commons > and the little time I can spend for it. Here is an (incomplete) list of the > things I'd like to work on: > > - get a new release of the build plugin out of the door for auto creating > README.md and CONTRIBUTING.md > - Work on [VALIDATOR] and get a new release out of the door > - Work on [DBUTILS] and get a new release out of the door > - Push [lang] 3.4 out of the door > - Have a look at [compress] 2.0 > - Backport important fixes from [collections] 4.0 to 3.x and create a last > service update > - work on [text] > - help releasing [imaging] 1.0 > - Improve docs on how to get involved at commons > - Organize a logo contest for commons > - ... many more > > I wonder how you feel about this. I have the feeling that a lot of people > ask us to fix stuff and release components but we don't really catch up > with this. This will give people the feeling that we are slow or we simply > don't care.
Is the release process unnecessarily cumbersome for the RM? If so, perhaps some time spent automating more of the procedure would be worthwhile. Maybe we could consider some guidelines for when a release is needed. E.g. After X fixes or Y new features then a release ought to happen unless there is a strong reason not to. Duncan > Whenever I see someone posting on JIRA "can you please fix this, we need > this in out application" and nobody is reacting, I feel tempted to jump > right in, even if I don't know the component (which adds another entry to > the list above). > I don't see a way how we can improve this. My feeling is, that we need more > committers. But then I have the comments of people I've talked to in my > ear: "to old school", "to difficult to get involved", "to slow development > process", "to unwelcoming community". So what do we do? Do we need help? > > I'm excited to hear your thoughts :-) > > Best regards, > Benedikt > > > -- > http://people.apache.org/~britter/ > http://www.systemoutprintln.de/ > http://twitter.com/BenediktRitter > http://github.com/britter
