Re: [DISCUSS] Community volunteers help with the release

[Zhiyuan Ju <ju...@apache.org>]

Hi,

Our committers okaybase[1] just sent the mail "[VOTE] Release Apache APISIX
Dashboard 2.10.0"[2] to our mailing list, welcome to check and send your
vote :)

[1] https://apisix.apache.org/team/
[2] https://lists.apache.org/thread/9nfnnj8gzczwv0l6j6j4zg295lz5zozv

Best Regards!
@ Zhiyuan Ju <https://github.com/juzhiyuan>


Baoyuan <ba...@gmail.com> 于2021年12月10日周五 11:00写道：

> > Release is a more serious thing than general
> contributing.
>
> Thank you very much, Sheng Wu. I agree with this and will reconsider the
> idea considering the seriousness of the act.
>
> Zhiyuan Ju <ju...@apache.org> 于2021年12月10日周五 上午10:48写道：
>
> > > If we already trust a contributor to release, I would say, he/she is
> > qualified to be a committer. The release is a more serious thing than
> > general
> > contributing.
> >
> > I just look around the codes contribution from apisix-website &
> > apisix-dashboard repos[1][2], yes, there have many Web FIX contributions
> > from Baoyuan since Aug 2020. Back to Baoyuan's question, I personally
> > believe he could help to gather the CHANGELOG for the coming Apache
> APISIX
> > Dashboard 2.10's Release, but because it's more official and serious,
> we'd
> > better keep the process going as related policy.[3]
> >
> > Sheng Wu, thanks for your clarification, I will seek help from our
> > committers to release the new version, and will think about Baoyuan's
> > contribution :)
> >
> > [1] https://github.com/apache/apisix-website/commits?author=baoyuantop
> > [2] https://github.com/apache/apisix-dashboard/commits?author=baoyuantop
> > [3] https://apisix.apache.org/docs/general/release-guide
> >
> > Best Regards!
> > @ Zhiyuan Ju <https://github.com/juzhiyuan>
> >
> >
> > Sheng Wu <wu...@gmail.com> 于2021年12月10日周五 10:34写道：
> >
> > > I think you should be a committer to run release process, and PMC needs
> > to
> > > approve it(or ask for another round).
> > > There are several things
> > > 1. Release is official, it should be signed(gpg) by Apache account.
> > > 2. Release manager should know what to check and what is the release
> > > policy.
> > > 3. Release manager should get familiar with when a release should be
> cut.
> > >
> > > If we already trust a contributor to release, I would say, he/she is
> > > qualified to be a committer. Release is a more serious thing than
> general
> > > contributing.
> > >
> > > Sheng Wu 吴晟
> > > Twitter, wusheng1108
> > >
> > >
> > > Baoyuan <ba...@gmail.com> 于2021年12月10日周五 10:09写道：
> > >
> > > > Hi Community, I have an idea about volunteers to help the community
> > with
> > > a
> > > > release.
> > > >
> > > > It is well known that each release step is fixed and repetitive and
> it
> > > may
> > > > take some of the individual's time, so I was wondering if we could
> find
> > > > volunteers in the community to assist with the release.
> > > >
> > > > One problem here is that some steps in the release may not be
> completed
> > > by
> > > > non-committer members, I think the committer can make some assistance
> > and
> > > > then leave the ones that are not related to permissions to volunteers
> > > > (sending emails, submitting PRs).
> > > >
> > > > I'd be happy to help with this if I can, what do you think?
> > > >
> > >
> >
>