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On Mon, Aug 08, 2005 at 01:10:03PM +0200, Lars Weiler wrote: |
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> I didn't answered as I created the ppc-docs myself from our |
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> current and updated handbook-draft. |
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> Thanks for your help, but your first message was already too |
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> late. |
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I'm quite disappointed that the Release Engineering Guidelines [1] aren't |
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followed. Quite a lot of developers apparently think that, once the |
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installation media are created, the release is done. This isn't true and to |
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make this more clear, the guidelines were created. |
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As the documentation "liason" I am of course talking about documentation. |
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There are a few steps mandatory in that process that seem to be forgotten |
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this release: |
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** Is the installation documentation up-to-date? |
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The Arch Release Coordinator should be in contact with the releng |
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documentation liaison at all times to ensure that the documentation released |
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is in sync with the release itself. |
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** Does the Gentoo Documentation Project (GDP) have all of the necessary |
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** information required for the release documentation? |
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The GDP requires a listing of all bootable kernels on each bootable LiveCD, |
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a listing of all supported boot options on each bootable LiveCD, the output |
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of find on a mounted CD from each category (both bootable LiveCDs and a |
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Packages CD), and the output of find on a booted universal/ minimal LiveCD. |
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The information can be sent to the releng GDP liaison, who is listed on the |
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releng Project Page. |
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It is in my opinion also important that the Gentoo developers are aware that |
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a release is pending, at least 24h in advance. The Gentoo Documentation team |
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needs time to migrate the draft/2005.1 to the official location and prepare |
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to update the current Handbook (for Internet-based installations). |
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Where are we going at? This morning I woke up only to see massive confusion |
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on #gentoo-dev. No-one knew that 2005.1 was released (if it is), infra said |
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they weren't ready yet, the GDP wasn't informed, I found nothing on -core |
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except beejay's e-mail telling he left (can't blame him). Not even a message |
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to pr@g.o or gentoo-pr@g.o to discuss the Press Release. |
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Look, I'm not the lead PR anymore, but if someone thinks he can just add |
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documentation to the Gentoo Documentation Project without consulting the |
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GDP, I would give him a nice slap with a big catfish. |
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[1] http://www.gentoo.org/proj/en/releng/docs/release_guidelines.xml |
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