Re: 2.3 release

[Sharad Agarwal <sh...@apache.org>]

moving the thread to dev@

On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 1:53 PM, amareshwarisr . <am...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Yes. we would retain beta.
>
> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 1:50 PM, Rajat Khandelwal <ra...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Sure, we can make the changes after 19th. Should we retain the "beta"
>> though?
>> And I see that lens.apache.org is already functional.
>>
>>
>> On Mon, Aug 17, 2015 at 12:46 PM amareshwarisr . <am...@gmail.com>
>> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Since we merged 2.3 into current release line and is being verified,
>>> shall we do the changes wrt moving to lens.apache.org and remove
>>> "incubating" from release as part of 2.3 release itself.
>>>
>>> 2.3 release vote will be called mostly after the graduation announcement.
>>>
>>> What do you think?
>>>
>>> Rajat, can we incorporate the changes required?
>>>
>>> I dont think we can do changes before board resolution though (i.e.
>>> August 19th).
>>>
>>> Thanks
>>>
>>> On Wed, Jul 29, 2015 at 6:58 AM, Sally Khudairi <sk...@apache.org> wrote:
>>>
>>>> Thanks so much, Jakob. Hello Apache Lens iPMC!
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Perfect --I'm happy to help however works best for you. I do appreciate
>>>> your starting the discussion with our most recent announcements :^)
>>>>
>>>> The process is that we work together to issue a formal ASF press
>>>> release --here's a great opportunity to solicit quotes/testimonials from
>>>> the Apache NiFi community to demonstrate the project's robustness and
>>>> breadth of deployment.
>>>>
>>>> TLP announcements have ranged from having single quotes (VP of the
>>>> project) to several perspectives from the PMC to multiple endorsements from
>>>> the community. In addition to your references, [1], [2], and [3] are
>>>> examples that you might also find useful.
>>>>
>>>> Organizations supporting/using NiFi are welcome to issue their own,
>>>> standalone "hurrah, Apache Lens!" press release at that time as well (we
>>>> love it when multiple announcements come out to support a podling's
>>>> graduation!). We just need to make sure that we coordinate
>>>> messaging/timing/etc.
>>>>
>>>> So our next steps here are for you (and the PMC) to:
>>>>
>>>> 1) help me draft the announcement (mostly filling in the "what is
>>>> Lens"/features+functionality bits --I'll do the headline/subhead/opening
>>>> paragraph);
>>>> 2) decide whether you'd like to include supporting testimonials from
>>>> the community (and solicit them); and
>>>> 3) work together that our formal press/public and
>>>> internal/developer/list timing is in synch (it's best to have everything
>>>> roll out within a 24-48 hour timeframe, rather than announce the project's
>>>> graduation on your dev list or announce@apache.org, followed by a
>>>> press release several weeks later)
>>>>
>>>> Before anything goes out on the media/analyst news channels, it's
>>>> imperative that lens.apache.org is live so that our pointers are
>>>> active.
>>>>
>>>> We also need to lock in the announcement date --we usually issue press
>>>> releases on Tuesdays, as that garners the best global media
>>>> exposure/coverage, followed by Mondays, then Wednesdays. So in this
>>>> instance, the earliest we can issue the press release would be the Monday
>>>> following the Board meeting, i.e., 24 August.
>>>>
>>>> Thanks in advance for your help. Feel fee to ping me if you need
>>>> anything. I look forward to working with you!
>>>>
>>>> Warm regards,
>>>> Sally
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> [1] https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/date/20150127
>>>>
>>>> [2] https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/date/20150427
>>>>
>>>> [3] https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/date/20150519 (a few too many
>>>> testimonials, actually)
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> = = = = =
>>>> vox +1 617 921 8656
>>>> off2 +1 646 583 3362
>>>> skype sallykhudairi
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> ________________________________
>>>> From: Jakob Homan <jg...@gmail.com>
>>>> To: TheApacheFoundation <pr...@apache.org>; Sally Khudairi <
>>>> sk@apache.org>; private <pr...@lens.incubator.apache.org>
>>>> Sent: Tuesday, July 28, 2015 8:57 PM
>>>> Subject: PR: Lens graduating from Incubator
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Hey Sally-
>>>>    The IPMC just voted Lens out of Incubator, which will be finalized
>>>> at the Board's next meeting.  Can we start working on the press
>>>> release?
>>>>
>>>> Lens community:
>>>> Sally is ASF's awesome press manager.  It would be great if we can get
>>>> together a set of quotes and copy for a press release.  Here are some
>>>> previous press releases for other podlings to give an idea of what
>>>> we'll be creating
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_software_foundation_announces75
>>>>
>>>> https://blogs.apache.org/foundation/entry/the_apache_software_foundation_announces77
>>>>
>>>> Thanks,
>>>> Jakob
>>>>
>>>
>>>
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