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  • From: Eric Sandall <eric AT sandall.us>
  • To: SM-Discuss <sm-discuss AT lists.ibiblio.org>
  • Subject: Re: [SM-Discuss] Let's make Source Mage not suck!
  • Date: Fri, 05 Jan 2007 13:54:45 -0800

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Jeremy Blosser wrote:
> On Jan 05, Andrew [afrayedknot AT thefrayedknot.armory.com] wrote:
>> Another idea I just had is that maybe the organizer of the release should
>> rotate amongst the leads. The organizers role being to make sure things
>> get done. They dont for example have to actually create/sign/upload
>> the tarballs, but they should make sure that it happens in a timely
>> manner. I'll do this one of course. I think there are advantages in
>> rotating the responsibility, more people know directly how things ought to
>> work, no one gets burned out, and its in the spirit of the "lead-team"
>> idea.
>
> I've had this thought as well but was going to watch how this one went a
> bit before suggesting it. Other distros use this approach to their
> advantage; coordinating releases can be a big deal and it seems to help to
> let people take turns, both to avoid burnout and to avoid just one person
> knowing all the details of how it has to happen.

All hail the current Stable Pumpkin Holder! ;)

I think rotation is a good idea, and will hopefully give other Leads
(once they're in the "seat") have an idea of what the process fully entails.

- -sandalle

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