[sakai2-tcc] notes and updates - Re: 2.9.1 status (meeting in about an hour) - Re: Agenda - Re: Invitations sent for TCC - CLECC meeting this week

Mon Dec 17 09:46:13 PST 2012

A few brief notes and updates. 

2.9.1 Status - 
It's becoming clear to me (and others) that we are not going to make a December date for 2.9.1  . A lot of great work has gone into 2.9.1, we have over 70 fixes, which is pretty awesome in so short a time,  including the updated Help files (thanks Matt!!!) but we haven't got RC01 out yet, so it looks like this will be a January 2013 release. I'll be sending a broader community announcement over the next day or two. Need to think how to word it because as soon as RC01 is out, we will need as much QA as we can get, so that we can make the January 2013 release. RC01 might be out this week, if not, it seems like it will be almost certainly available next week (I think), so expect to do a lot of testing over Christmas (Ha!). 

Community participation - 
I plan to organize at least a couple of webinars to educate and promote 2.9 in Q1 2013, based on feedback from TCC. Btw, thanks to Unicon for letting me use Adobe Connect to help with the Test Fests, but that ain't gonna work anymore, courtesy of an Adobe upgrade/change to how virtual offices work. Ian D. is going to check on an Adobe Connect license for Apereo, which means some Apereo stuff may have to happen first. My hope is that 2.9 webinars might stimulate community conversations that could be helpful to make connections in other areas, like Accessibility, Security, etc. I think it would be good to partner with a TCC member for these presentations. Something to think about.

Jira cleanup -
We discussed ways to keep on top of Jira issues more proactively.  The idea we came up with is to assign TCC folks/ institutions a handful of tickets a week (let's say about 10). With over 10 institutions on the TCC, we could get pairs of eyes on up to 100 tickets a week. Not sure how sustainable this will be, but worth a try. I tried the first 10 with Alan "Guinea Pig" Berg. Be expecting some Jira tickets coming your way soon. If you are not available for the holidays, just let me know (or I'll get the email out of office message from you).

Thanks and Happy Holidays!

Neal Caidin

Sakai CLE Community Coordinator
nealcaidin at sakaifoundation.org
Skype: nealkdin
AIM: ncaidin at aol.com

On Dec 12, 2012, at 8:52 AM, Neal Caidin <nealcaidin at sakaifoundation.org> wrote:

> 2.9.1 status
> ------------------
>     High Level
>         - Behind schedule, we do not have an RC01 yet
>         - Still possible to make December but depends on when the main blocker issues are completed (see details below); whether we will need an RC02; how much QA testing will be required; and if QA resources are available; resources available after December 20 in case we don't make that date (Matt and Neal are probably available)
> 
>     Details
>         - Help is updated in trunk but still need to get help merged in (The English version)
>             * Matt thinks the merge has to to avoid removing the non English files. These might need to be re-added into trunk or the XML files fixed. Not yet tested.
>         - We still have to get a handle on the gradebook performance issue. Noah has been working on a fix.
>              https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-22978
>              https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-23004
>          
>          - 54 issues have been merged into 2.9.x  - https://jira.sakaiproject.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=13621
>          - 11 issues fixed and tested and awaiting merge (no blockers but a couple of these seem important) - https://jira.sakaiproject.org/secure/IssueNavigator.jspa?mode=hide&requestId=13622
> 
>          - A couple of issues… probably not blockers, but patches available and CLE team may want to decide if these should be included for 2.9.1.
>              *  https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-22977 - Fix to gradebook service regarding grade format
>               * https://jira.sakaiproject.org/browse/SAK-22915 - Search course offerings for another user on course creation process is not working
>              
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> On Dec 11, 2012, at 4:06 PM, Neal Caidin <nealcaidin at sakaifoundation.org> wrote:
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>> Hi TCC,
>> 
>> We may not cover all this, but here is a brain dump of things that need attention.
>> 
>> - Status of Sakai CLE 2.9.1 .
>> 
>> - Thoughts for growing community participation  - building a Sakai Pen group (penetration testing), team for Performance testing Framework, expanding the Accessibility group's leadership pool
>> 
>> - "Marketing" the CLE - many facets - awareness of community needs; education on technical aspects for QA and development; etc. Opportunities for joint Webinars? Conference ideas for Apereo 2013 in San Diego?
>> 
>> - Review of parts of Onboarding goals 
>> 	* Patches review - haven't done much with this Onboarding goal - what is the expectation?
>>         * Review of Unassigned Jira tickets - how is the process working currently? Where can I add value? (other than reviewing weekly Jiras with CLE team?) Discuss prioritization (not reviewing all tickets, etc).
>>          * Infrastructure 
>>                 - mailing list management - in discussion with Anthony and Ian D. (soon) about best way to have backup coverage
>>                 -  Infrastructure issues - Seth T. and J-F have agreed to serve as backups to Chris Maurer.  Some training and hands-on needed. In progress. 
>>                 - Is there anything specifically I need to be aware of with Jira as an infrastructure tool for the community? Since it is hosted and some TCC members interface with our Jira-hosting provider perhaps this is minimal? 
>>                  - Metrics - beyond some emails I have sent out, as needed, on Jira statistics with respect to release management, are more formal metrics / reporting desired (notwithstanding recognition discussion, see below)?
>>                  - Licensing management process - perhaps the area I'm most lacking in at the moment. How to get started?
>> 
>> - Transition to Apereo - nothing to report at the moment , but something that should be on the radar screen. I'm getting a new Apereo email address soon.
>> 
>>  - Neal needs more training on sonatype, jenkins, providing backup for branch and release managers, etc. Got some training in Charlotte  (Matt/ Aaron) recently but need to keep that ball moving. Also, might be useful to get into certain technical areas of Sakai where additional QA could be helpful? Suggestions? Opportunities for training?
>> 
>> Also on my radar list / back burner:
>>     * Reports on individual/institutional community participation for recognition or encouragement of community behaviors.  More discussion needed but I think next steps might be to see what kind of data it is feasible to collect and then loop back to discussion on goals.
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>>     * Jira extension for code review capabilities
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>>     * Improving process around Internationalization (hoping to get some insights at EuroSakai conference)
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>>     * Also on back-burner are Confluence organization (which we've discussed several times at previous meetings); QA documentation - QA going well and started semi-regular QA meetings, but still more needed on documentation.
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> 
>> Neal Caidin
>> 
>> Sakai CLE Community Coordinator
>> nealcaidin at sakaifoundation.org
>> Skype: nealkdin
>> AIM: ncaidin at aol.com
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>> On Dec 10, 2012, at 9:36 AM, Neal Caidin <nealcaidin at sakaifoundation.org> wrote:
>> 
>>> Hi All,
>>> 
>>> I'm back from holiday and I've sent an calendar invitations to TCC members for our regular meeting time for the next two Wednesdays at 10 am Eastern on Wednesdays, Dec 12 and Dec 19. Sorry for the short notice for this week. 
>>> 
>>> Agenda topics coming soon and your ideas are welcome. 
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>>> Cheers,
>>> Neal
>>> 
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