[WG: Sakai QA] Update from Sakai 2 Technical Coordination Committee

[Seth Theriault]

Hello,

This is another update for the community on the recent activities 
of the Sakai 2 Technical Coordination Committee.

As a reminder, the TCC conducts its business via a public mailing 
list, sakai2-tcc at collab.sakaiproject.org. List archives and other 
TCC documents are available at:

http://collab.sakaiproject.org/mailman/listinfo/sakai2-tcc
http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/TCC/Home

-- 2.6.3/2.7.1 releases

The TCC announced the release of Sakai 2.6.3 and 2.7.1 on 1 
September 2010. These versions are maintenance releases that 
provide stability, performance, and security fixes.

For more information on these releases, please see:

http://source.sakaiproject.org/release/2.6.3/
http://source.sakaiproject.org/release/2.7.1/

-- 2.8

Significant technical work on 2.8 continues in conjunction with 
project leads and the Release Management and QA working groups. 
If you can help with testing, please send mail to 
sakai-qa at collab.sakaiproject.org.

The code freeze happened on 21 September 2010 and a first alpha 
tag is currently being tested. The second alpha tag for testing 
is in preparation but was delayed in order for the TCC to 
complete its review of proposed feature additions:

http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/TCC/List+of+Planned+2.8.0+Changes

Final voting outcomes on the additions proposals are summarized 
here:

http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/TCC/2.8.0+Inclusion+Voting+Tally+and+Comments

The TCC still expects 2.8 to be released by 1 March 2011. The 
adopted schedule for this release can be found at:

http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/REL/Sakai+2.8+Release+Schedule

-- TCC Goals and Review

When the TCC was formed in July, its members stated their 
intention to review the new group's work in September and decide 
if the committee should continue or be disbanded. After some 
discussion, the TCC has decided continue its work and plans to 
conduct a more comprehensive review of its activities after the 
Sakai 2.8 release in March 2011.

Seth