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["Garth N. Wells" <gnw20@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 20 February 2013 14:18, Marie E. Rognes <meg@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi,
>
> I would like to follow-up on previous discussions in other fora
> regarding FEniCS releases: we would like to make releases more often,
> how do we ensure that that actually happens?
>
> In order to make it happen, I suggest we appoint a permanent[1]
> release manager who is responsible for initiating releases at a
> suitable, pre-defined frequency, and for driving the release process
> in accordance with the development model[2]. A frequency of
> approximately once every three months has been mentioned before, but
> this can of course be discussed further.
>
> Moreover, I've talked to Johannes about this -- and he is willing to
> and interested in doing this job :-) Frequent releases would ensure
> that the release scripts are up to date and Johannes (and others) have
> indicated that most of the button-clicking on Launchpad indeed can be
> scripted via the Launchpad API.
>
> Sidenote: I think that this is a good way to go regardless of whether
> the FEniCS components are kept as is or if we decide to go for a more
> unified approach (UFR).
>
> Comments/Objections/All in favor?
>

Sounds good.

Garth

> Thanks,
>   Marie
>
> [1] Meaning: until further notice
> [2] in particular, steps 3.-7. listed here
> http://fenicsproject.org/contributing/development_model.html)
>
>
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