[OH-Dev] Doing "releases" again

[Courtney Thurston]

Hi all! It looks like the most popular time for the August release
meeting is Tuesday at 8pm EST.

See you in #openhatch then!

Courtney

On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 8:18 PM, Courtney Thurston <thurscon at gmail.com> wrote:
> Update since I'm terrible at Doodle! Revised poll here:
> http://doodle.com/ndwsavbyamwnfkem
>
> Objective
> Understand what we can feasibly accomplish throughout the month of August.
>
> Topics
> - Have everyone in attendance say hello, and briefly say what--if
> anything--they're interested in contributing this month (or reply via
> e-mail if you can't make it) (5-10 min)
> - Hear from everyone which bugs they think are important to address (10-30 min)
> - Suggest/address potential improvements to the wiki (5-10 min)
> - Hear other suggestions for improvement/maintenance on OpenHatch (5-10 min)
> - Assign bugs according to interest (5 min)
>
> Total time: 30-65 min
>
> Courtney
>
> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 7:22 PM, Courtney Thurston <thurscon at gmail.com> wrote:
>> I'm in!
>>
>> Doodle a meeting for August? http://doodle.com/msi2qu8qi5nyrb8q
>>
>> Courtney
>>
>> On Fri, Aug 2, 2013 at 6:01 PM, Asheesh Laroia <asheesh at asheesh.org> wrote:
>>> Hey all,
>>>
>>> So we used to do monthly "releases" of OpenHatch. That is, we would set some
>>> goals at the start of the month, and then work toward getting those tickets
>>> closed during the month.
>>>
>>> I liked that, but I seem to not have the bandwidth to do that. In fact, I
>>> dropped the ball like a year and a half ago. Is anyone else interested in
>>> doing that?
>>>
>>> You don't have to be a super experienced contributor to do this. You just
>>> have to say to yourself, and believe, "Yes, I want the OpenHatch site to get
>>> better, and am willing to learn about the codebase and click around a lot in
>>> the bug tracker." You don't necessarily have to be a programmer to do this.
>>> You just have to be willing to listen to programmers and push them around.
>>> (-;
>>>
>>> Then you'd probably schedule a release planning meeting toward the start of
>>> the month, and see who shows up (I promise to tell you if I can show up, and
>>> to show up if I can), and discuss what seems reasonable to accomplish during
>>> the month.
>>>
>>> You can see one sample old release planning wiki page here:
>>> https://openhatch.org/wiki/0.11.07
>>>
>>> -- Asheesh.
>>>
>>
>>
>>
>> --
>> Courtney Thurston
>> http://www.courtneythurston.com
>>
>> "Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever
>> known." ~ Carl Sagan
>
>
>
> --
> Courtney Thurston
> http://www.courtneythurston.com
>
> "Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever
> known." ~ Carl Sagan



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Courtney Thurston
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"Preserve and cherish the pale blue dot, the only home we've ever
known." ~ Carl Sagan