[1.35.0] Release management team: Volunteers needed

It looks like I'm going to be the release manager for 1.35.0. It has always taken more than one person to get a release together. With 1.35.0, we'd like to formalize that notion a bit more by putting together a "release team". The rationale being: * Ensure that several people are empowered to deal with release issues as they arise, so that progress does not stall if the release manager is busy or otherwise unavailable. * Ensure that someone is focusing on each of the several critical aspects of release management. We want to avoid fixating on, say, test results, to the detriment of other areas like documentation and the web site. * Spread the workload. * Spread the glory:-) Thus I'd like volunteers to step forward for the following tasks. Collectively this group will be the "release management team". In a few instances I've suggested someone to fill the role. * Test manager. Keep the tests running. Make sure we've got the coverage we need. (Rene?) * Regression manager. Make sure tests either pass or are marked up. Keep an eye on test results, pester developers, make "revert" recommendations for libraries not making the cut. * Webmaster. Work on non-library portions of the web site. (Rene? Beman?) * Release build manager. Maintain the scripts that actually generate a release. Practice release builds. Issue the release candidates, and then the final release. (Thomas?) * Docs manager. Head up the docs team. Keep the auto-generated docs working smoothly. (Stjepan?) * Moderation. The Boost moderators, as always, are the final arbitrators. (Dave, Doug, Jeff, John, Beman) Volunteers? --Beman

Beman Dawes wrote:
It looks like I'm going to be the release manager for 1.35.0. [...] Thus I'd like volunteers to step forward for the following tasks. Collectively this group will be the "release management team". In a few instances I've suggested someone to fill the role.
* Test manager. Keep the tests running. Make sure we've got the coverage we need. (Rene?)
* Webmaster. Work on non-library portions of the web site. (Rene? Beman?)
Sure I can do those... Since it's what I was doing already ;-) -- -- Grafik - Don't Assume Anything -- Redshift Software, Inc. - http://redshift-software.com -- rrivera/acm.org - grafik/redshift-software.com -- 102708583/icq - grafikrobot/aim - grafikrobot/yahoo

Rene Rivera wrote:
Beman Dawes wrote:
It looks like I'm going to be the release manager for 1.35.0. [...] Thus I'd like volunteers to step forward for the following tasks. Collectively this group will be the "release management team". In a few instances I've suggested someone to fill the role.
* Test manager. Keep the tests running. Make sure we've got the coverage we need. (Rene?)
* Webmaster. Work on non-library portions of the web site. (Rene? Beman?)
Sure I can do those... Since it's what I was doing already ;-)
That's what I was hoping:-) --Beman

Beman Dawes wrote:
It looks like I'm going to be the release manager for 1.35.0.
Thx Beman.
* Regression manager. Make sure tests either pass or are marked up. Keep an eye on test results, pester developers, make "revert" recommendations for libraries not making the cut.
I'm willing to be a regression manager - can I assume you (or someone else) will back me up if I get busy during certain times? Jeff

Jeff Garland wrote:
Beman Dawes wrote:
It looks like I'm going to be the release manager for 1.35.0.
Thx Beman.
* Regression manager. Make sure tests either pass or are marked up. Keep an eye on test results, pester developers, make "revert" recommendations for libraries not making the cut.
I'm willing to be a regression manager - can I assume you (or someone else) will back me up if I get busy during certain times?
Great! And, yes, that's the idea. Release team members back each other up. --Beman
participants (3)
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Beman Dawes
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Jeff Garland
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Rene Rivera