[cle-release-team] [Deploying Sakai] Sakai CLE 2.9.0 release status

[Aaron Zeckoski]

Teresa,
Welcome.
Please join the cle-release-team at collab.sakaiproject.org mailing list
and plan to attend the coordination call on thursday if you can.
Thanks
-AZ


On Tue, Mar 27, 2012 at 2:12 PM, Teresa Collins <tcollins at uwindsor.ca> wrote:
> Good Afternoon All!
>
> The University of Windsor has decided to contribute to the 2.9 QA efforts.
> Initially, I will shoot for 5 hours a week.
> Our LMS Developer may join in on the fun in a week or two.
> This is in addition to the ongoing contributions made to the 2.9
> Documentation effort.
>
> Thanks and Take Care,
>
> Teresa Collins (Terry)
> LMS Administrator (CLEW)
> Educational Technologies
> Centre for Teaching & Learning
> e: tcollins at uwindsor.ca
> o: 2108 Lambton Tower
> f: 519-971-3693
> p: 519-253-3000 x.4836
>
> ---- Original Message:----
> Date: Tue, 20 Mar 2012 11:53:34 -0400
> From: Aaron Zeckoski <azeckoski at unicon.net>
> Subject: [Deploying Sakai] Sakai CLE 2.9.0 release status
> To: announcements at collab.sakaiproject.org,
> production at collab.sakaiproject.org
> Cc: Sakai 2 Technical Coordination Committee
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>
> Colleagues,
> This is a status update for Sakai CLE on behalf of the TCC and the CLE
> release teams. Unfortunately, 2.9.0 won't be released in the
> March/April as initially projected. The release has struggled with a
> number of issues including:
>
> * Insufficient community participation in key areas of the release
> process (e.g. perform testing/QA, fix bugs in certain areas like OSP, etc.)
> * Complications in the mechanics of the release process that are still
> being worked through including use of the Sonatype OSS Nexus
> repository, automated builds, and major changes in dependency management
> * Lack of dedicated, Foundation-led operational staff (e.g. full-time
> QA director, full-time Release Coordinator)
>
> We have no choice but to delay the 2.9.0 release until additional
> contributors step forward to assist us. If your institution can
> contribute QA testers for the 2.9 release, please join the QA working
> group (sakai-qa at collab.sakaiproject.org).  If your institution
> can contribute developers to fix and verify bugs in the release,
>
> please join the volunteer CLE Team
> (cle-release-team at collab.sakaiproject.org). Without additional
> community or foundation involvement, 2.9.0 will not be officially released.
>
> TCC Chair
> Aaron Zeckoski
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