Hi, During the hack-a-way today there was a discussion about the experiment of having buildmasters be responsible for creating the general release tarballs. Some bullet points from the discussion include:
* Agreement that it would be useful to carry on the buildmaster role * Dan Wells noted that it's useful to have less experienced buildmasters do the building, with the more experienced ones advising and helping with testing * There was a discussion of how to improve communication around the build and release process: in particular, we need to improve make sure that the availability of a build is announced * There was a discussion about whether buildmasters would follow the pattern of acting as build maintainers (as RMs typically become release maintainers). Ultimately, it was decided to try a model where there is a pool of buildmasters available to make builds for all release branches, although at any given point in time, specific buildmasters would have primary responsibility for a given release branch. * Dan Wells and Blake Henderson are willing to continue as buildmasters *Galen Charlton is throwing his hat in the ring as a buildmaster Action items ---------------- * We'll collectively work on clarifying the release process, checklists, and release team process. Kathy will lead this discussion. * Galen will send out a call for buildmasters So, this email is me carrying out my action item: I would like to call for one or more volunteers to join Dan, Blake, and me as a buildmaster for the Evergreen.next and 2.11. The general responsibilities include: * working with the release manager, 2.11 release maintainer, and the other buildmasters to schedule and perform making, testing, and uploading release tarballs * learning how to make the releases — and I should emphasize that we're looking for people willing to learn, not just people who already know how to cut releases If you're interested, please get in touch with me by November 18th. Regards, Galen -- Galen Charlton Infrastructure and Added Services Manager Equinox Software, Inc. / Open Your Library email: [email protected] direct: +1 770-709-5581 cell: +1 404-984-4366 skype: gmcharlt web: http://www.esilibrary.com/ Supporting Koha and Evergreen: http://koha-community.org & http://evergreen-ils.org
