On 20 July 2012 15:45, Chris Cunnington <smalltalktelevision at gmail.com> wrote:
> Hi Frank,
>
> Thanks for volunteering to be the release leader for Squeak 4.4! It's going
> to be a great image. If you don't mind, I have a few ideas to make the
> process easier for you.

I... guess I should have seen that coming.

OK, let's see how it goes. One thing that would be _really really_
useful is getting that CI server up and running.

I've put a holding place for the release at
http://wiki.squeak.org/squeak/6188. It will gain content as we go.
(First thing to go in there will be your notes, Chris.)

frank

> Take those details I gave you and divide them roughly into two groups:
> things that need to happen to the alpha; and, things to do with the release
> candidate.
>
> It would be good if somebody fixed "Smalltalk appendChangesTo:", as it's
> broken. That way the image loses a few M and we'll use SqueakV4.4.changes
> instead of SqueakV4.1.changes. That would be nice.
>
> Do the image building in public. Do an image a week. Six revs, it's Labour
> Day, and we have a Squeak4.4 release.
>
> I ran through the image building process over and over with the members of
> the SOB watching. How about the whole community? There is no reason this
> needs to be a secret process. Is there? And it will take a lot of weight
> from you. Let people test, poke, etc.
>
> That combined with producing a weekly image shouldn't be too onerous a
> process. There is one thing you need to keep for yourself, though.
>
> Save the desktop pattern as something you choose. You may balk, but it will
> be satisfying to see YouTube videos with that pattern. It will compensate
> for the moments you felt abandoned to a thankless task.
>
> One more thing. You can release Squeak4.4 or you can be a nice guy. Don't
> try to do both at once. At some point you'll need to enact executive
> privilege and say no. There's always Squeak 4.5.
>
> Thanks!
>
> Chris