Re: Releases overwhelming us - need for improving the dot?

On Fri, Apr 11, 2014 at 8:36 PM, Jos Poortvliet <[email protected]> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> A bunch of people, including Mario and myself and people from the release
> team of course are spending quite a bit of time on release work. There's a
> whole bunch of beta's and RC's atm, and with the releases splitting up, more
> work is coming, not less.
>
> A few people have already shared some ideas about dealing with that -
> clustering releases (all development releases together twice a month, all
> bugfix releases once a month etc), getting new people involved, making
> changes to our infrastructure.
>
> What exactly needs to change I can't tell you but I think all three above
> have to be part of the solution if the situation is to become more
> sustainable.
>
> So, we need to get together and work on this. That needs not only promo
> people but also one or more people able/willing to touch the code of the dot
> so we can automate and fix a few things. For one, people can submit articles
> - but that system does not work. It would be great if that would indeed
> result in something that can reasonably quickly be edited in shape. I think
> it would also help to have templates in place so we can more easily and
> quickly put together release announcements, especially the 'boring' ones like
> development- and bugfix releases.

Please clarify how the current system doesn't work - it is a touch
difficult to fix things without knowing how it is broken.

In terms of the current code - the Dot is powered by Drupal 7 using
several off the shelf modules.
For numerous reasons, i'd suggest we continue to use off the shelf
modules where possible (eases maintainability, helps with security,
etc).

>
> Mario proposed to get together at Randa for a Dot hackaton. Another option
> would be Akademy. I personally can't make it to Randa but I will be at
> Akademy.
>
> Please comment on these three questions:
> * Do you agree a dot hackaton could help and are you willing to help out?
> * Are there 'techies' willing/able to help out on the dot code?
> * What option (Randa or Akademy) would work for you?
>
> Cheers,
> Jos
>
> PS sorry it took me a while, Mario...

Thanks,
Ben

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