Re: stepping back from release duties

On Thursday 21 February 2013 12:14:51 Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> On Thursday, February 21, 2013 09:26:07 Stuart Jarvis wrote:
> > On Tuesday 19 February 2013 13:19:37 Sebastian Kügler wrote:
> > > For major releases, it means that a bit more planning especially for the
> > > upcoming version is needed. As the work is already well-spread, the main
> > > thing is that someone needs to step in and coordinate, make sure all the
> > > individual things happen, and that these individual pieces become a
> > > whole
> > > in the end.
> > 
> > What is involved, other than getting the release announcement put
> > together?
> > I'm sure there's plenty else that has to be done, but that's the only bit
> > I've ever seen. Can you detail what your role involved for, e.g., the last
> > release?
> 
> Not much, it's mostly keeping track of releases, and preparing the release
> notes (on www.kde.org, on the Dot, and sending out emails to kde-press-
> [email protected] and [email protected]). That's pretty much it.

Ok, thanks for the info.

Wrt http://techbase.kde.org/Schedules/KDE4/4.11_Release_Schedule (currently 
not reachable for me btw, but accessed bia Google cache) would there be any 
actions other than for the things that have 'release' in the name?

> > Also, who is on the release-team mailing list and what is that for?
> 
> Coordination of releases. :) It's an important list to follow if you're
> either a module maintainer or have anything to do with releases. We need at
> least one promo person there.

Ok.

In principle, I'm happy to take this on. However, for the next release I will 
be unavailable (and fully intend to be offline) from June 7 - June 25. So I 
would not be able to do any of the needed stuff for 4.11 Beta 1 and probably 
not for 4.11 Beta 2 either.

I guess you'll still be around, so maybe we could manage 4.11 between us? 
(There would need to be a transition anyway - I'd be happy to do the actual 
'work' apart for those unavailable dates).

I also think it would be good to have more than one person involved, for 
periods of unavailability - anyone else interested in getting involved here?

Cheers,
Stu

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