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Date: Wed, 07 Dec 2005 11:21:30 -0500
From: Matt Hogstrom <matt@hogstrom.org>
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Subject: Re: T-4 days to ApacheCon...1.0 Status and Thoughts
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If only I had seen this before I sent my note last night.  Thanks for the heads 
up Bruce.  Nothing like getting your fingers burned to make sure you don't play 
with hot objects :)

Bruce Snyder wrote:
> On 12/6/05, Matt Hogstrom <matt@hogstrom.org> wrote:
> 
>>All,
>>
>>We've made a lot of progress over the weekend and the past few days in terms of
>>testing, bug fixing as well as new features.  At this point though we are
>>running out of time and need to shift from features to finish and testing to
>>make sure we're putting out the best offering we can.  Given that there are a
>>few things we need to do and I need your help.
>>
>>First, we need to manage our way out of the outstanding 98 JIRAs for 1.0.  I
>>would like to ask everyone that has a JIRA for 1.0 (either reported by you and
>>unassigned or assigned to you) to please quickly review it and prioritize it
>>appropriately.  The assignment should be:
>>
>>1.0 (absolutely needs to be in ... stop ship if its in this category)
>>1.1 (important but can be addressed later)
>>1.x (sooner than later but not immediately urgent)
>>wishlist (self explanatory)
>>
>>Please do this today.  If you absolutely cannot let me know and I'll defer them
>>for you :)
>>
>>Because we need to finish TCK testing as well as test the packaging and
>>installer I would like to make today the last day for fixing function /
>>features..  I propose we cut a 1.0 branch tonight so we can fix things like
>>missing content in the console and other items that will be removed from
>>Geronimo that need to remain in HEAD for further development.
>>
>>Also, we will make the final cutover of versions from SNAPSHOTs to their
>>released versions for TranQL, Open EJB, and Axis.  I think we have everything
>>else taken care of.
>>
>>Preferrably it would be great if we can start a vote on Friday for a release
>>assuming we get the remaining work completed.
>>
>>Please respond to this e-mail with outstanding urgent issues that need to be
>>completed.  Here is a start for this activity:
>>
>>* Remove broken / non-functional links in the console
>>* Installer work completed
>>* Testing of sample apps to ensure we have not regressed
>>
>>I'm sure there are lits of other items.  Let's get them in here and I'll update
>>the release managemetn page.
> 
> 
> Just a quick reminder, Matt, please send out a big, fat warning
> message to the dev@ list about the SVN freeze at the 24-hour mark.
> It's helpful for those who are scrambling to have one last warning as
> the door is closing ;-).
> 
> Thanks for you hard work on wrangling this release!
> 
> Bruce
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