Re: Gearing up for 0.9

[Konstantin Boudnik <co...@apache.org>]

Yup, when I asked for volunteers it didn't mean that I won't do it if neede ;)

On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 03:22PM, jay vyas wrote:
> Thanks peter.  If it turns out that you can't, let us know, one of us will
> step up to the plate.
> 
> On Sat, Feb 28, 2015 at 3:14 PM, Peter Linnell <pl...@apache.org> wrote:
> 
> > Hi Cos,
> >
> > On Sat, 28 Feb 2015 18:56:19 +0000
> > Konstantin Boudnik <co...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Guys,
> > >
> > > It'd be great if we can have the next release ready by ApacheCon in
> > > April. Think about all the PR and publicity we can get without any
> > > effort on our own. And perhaps from the tactical standpoint we shall
> > > call this release 1.0?
> > >
> >
> > Definitely something to consider.
> >
> > > I believe the only major hurdle between us and the release is CI.
> > > Roman, I understand you're busy elsewhere, but could you please let
> > > us know what else needs to be done before we can start doing the
> > > regular builds and how the community can help. That's the highest
> > > priority, IMO.
> > >
> > > There a couple of the tickets left unfixed/unassigned on BIGTOP-1480,
> > > and if they aren't resolved on time we can move them farther. There's
> > > lesser than a half-dozen blockers and none of them look too big,
> > > honestly. And we have a whole lot of active committers and
> > > contributors to wrap-up the release in a couple of weeks.
> > >
> > > Do we want to try upgrade to HBase 1.x for this release or it might
> > > be too big of a distortion? Andrew, what do you think and do you have
> > > cycles to do that?
> > >
> > > What else we need to get done for this release? Suggestions?
> >
> > Make sure our website is fully up to date and some wiki pages on build
> > details need updating. E.g no need to build protobuf, I've got a repo
> > where I built all the needed bits on build.opensuse.org for both rpm
> > distros *and* debs.
> > >
> > > Is there anyone who wants to step up as the RM this time around? RM
> > > doesn't mean that you have to do all the job, but rather be an
> > > efficient with a stick ;)
> > >
> >
> > I'm going to tentative raise my hand for that. I've done it before and
> > later March to most of April my travel schedule calms down a lot.  I'll
> > give a definite in the next few days.
> >
> > > Thoughts?
> > >   Cos
> >
> >
> > Cheers,
> > Peter
> >
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> jay vyas