[sakai2-tcc] [Announcements] Sakai CLE 2.9.0 release status

[David Lassner]

Thanks for the update Aaron, even if it isn't good news.  

This seems like a structural/organizational concern.  Can anyone advise whether/how the proposed merger is expected to help with this situation, specifically or generally?

best, david


On Mar 20, 2012, at 5:53 AM, Aaron Zeckoski wrote:

> 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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