On Mon, May 12, 2008 at 5:08 PM, MJ Ray <mjr@phonecoop.coop> wrote:
"Joshua Ferraro" <jmf@liblime.com> wrote: [...]
I like the idea proposed by someone, of having the release manager 'retire' and take over as release maintainer; stepping aside for the next release manager. So that would mean I'd be the release maintainer for 3.0 ;-).
This leaves open the question of who should be release manager of 3.2. I believe Galen would be in the best position of all of us to take over the role right now: [...]
Sorry for posting before reaching the end of the thread but I'd much prefer the next RM to be from a different enterprise and country from the last, to preserve the strengths of Koha past. This is a wonderful idea. What enterprises from which countries have resources to devote a person at least part-time to this position?
There seem to be IMO at least 5 businesses trying to grow the Koha world, so if 2 of them (LibLime and BibLibre) are happy to alternate for now, that would be great. It maybe also increases the incentive for those two to "encourage" faster releases? Also a great idea. I'm all for fast releases so long as the software is
Do we need to look at collectively throwing some money into a pot and hiring a community person to do these kinds of community roles? It's a very large burden for any one organization to take on. production quality. Cheers, -- Joshua Ferraro SUPPORT FOR OPEN-SOURCE SOFTWARE CEO migration, training, maintenance, support LibLime Featuring Koha Open-Source ILS jmf@liblime.com |Full Demos at http://liblime.com/koha |1(888)KohaILS