Thread: Getting ready for 8.2 release

Getting ready for 8.2 release

From
Josh Berkus
Date:
WWW,

The 8.2 release will be going out around 22:00 UTC on December 5th, if it's
not held up by any last-minute RC bugs.   This means that we'll need to
uphold the following schedule:

December 5th
10:00 UTC (or earlier): source and windows binaries on the FTP master.
17:00 UTC (no earler): new home page, press kits, and press faq applied to
website master.
20:00 UTC: community announcement approved for News, -announce
22:00 UTC: press release goes out

I can take care of approving the news and the -announce, but I need a
commitment from someone on WWW to take care of applying the website changes.
I will have the HTML for those changes for you to check/fix tommorrow.

--
Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco

Re: Getting ready for 8.2 release

From
"Magnus Hagander"
Date:
> WWW,
>
> The 8.2 release will be going out around 22:00 UTC on
> December 5th, if it's
> not held up by any last-minute RC bugs.   This means that
> we'll need to
> uphold the following schedule:
>
> December 5th
> 10:00 UTC (or earlier): source and windows binaries on the FTP master.
> 17:00 UTC (no earler): new home page, press kits, and press
> faq applied to website master.

Add to this (to make it a chekclist):
* Load release version of docs
* Remove the beta pages from the testing area (as in saying "we're now
released". We forgot this last time..)


Are you saying you want it actually listed under "latest versions" and
having the "elephant logo" with a text that says 8.2 is out, even though
it's not announced yet?


//Magnus

Re: Getting ready for 8.2 release

From
Josh Berkus
Date:
Magnus,

> Are you saying you want it actually listed under "latest versions" and
> having the "elephant logo" with a text that says 8.2 is out, even though
> it's not announced yet?

Yes, these things need to be done and cascading to the mirrors *before* I
mail out the announcement.

--
--Josh

Josh Berkus
PostgreSQL @ Sun
San Francisco

Re: Getting ready for 8.2 release

From
"Magnus Hagander"
Date:
> > Are you saying you want it actually listed under "latest
> versions" and
> > having the "elephant logo" with a text that says 8.2 is out, even
> > though it's not announced yet?
>
> Yes, these things need to be done and cascading to the
> mirrors *before* I mail out the announcement.

Ok. Just verifying so there's no misunderstanding :-)

//MAgnus

Re: Getting ready for 8.2 release

From
"Magnus Hagander"
Date:
> WWW,
>
> The 8.2 release will be going out around 22:00 UTC on
> December 5th, if it's
> not held up by any last-minute RC bugs.   This means that
> we'll need to
> uphold the following schedule:

Can't recall if someone spoke out on this already, but..


> December 5th
> 10:00 UTC (or earlier): source and windows binaries on the FTP master.
> 17:00 UTC (no earler): new home page, press kits, and press
> faq applied to website master.

I can be aruond for this, and at least do the press-stuff. If someone
else is around at the same time and want to do beta pages and stuff,
let's just coord on IM/IRC.

> 20:00 UTC: community announcement approved for News,
> -announce 22:00 UTC: press release goes out

Not sure if I can be around this time - and at this time we also need
someone to do quick-fixes if something is broken. Apart fromt he
approval stuff there, that Josh can handle. In case something happens...

//Magnus

Re: Getting ready for 8.2 release

From
Josh Berkus
Date:
Magnus,

> Can't recall if someone spoke out on this already, but..

Devrim volunteered.


>> December 5th
>> 10:00 UTC (or earlier): source and windows binaries on the FTP master.
>> 17:00 UTC (no earler): new home page, press kits, and press
>> faq applied to website master.
>
> I can be aruond for this, and at least do the press-stuff. If someone
> else is around at the same time and want to do beta pages and stuff,
> let's just coord on IM/IRC.

Yes, please!  I will be asleep.

>
>> 20:00 UTC: community announcement approved for News,
>> -announce 22:00 UTC: press release goes out
>
> Not sure if I can be around this time - and at this time we also need
> someone to do quick-fixes if something is broken. Apart fromt he
> approval stuff there, that Josh can handle. In case something happens...

Yes, Robert and I can handle both of these.

--Josh


Re: Getting ready for 8.2 release

From
"Magnus Hagander"
Date:
> > Can't recall if someone spoke out on this already, but..
>
> Devrim volunteered.

Ok. good. I'll coordinate with him.

> >> 20:00 UTC: community announcement approved for News,
> -announce 22:00
> >> UTC: press release goes out
> >
> > Not sure if I can be around this time - and at this time we
> also need
> > someone to do quick-fixes if something is broken. Apart fromt he
> > approval stuff there, that Josh can handle. In case
> something happens...
>
> Yes, Robert and I can handle both of these.

Great.

//Magnus