5.12 release: congratulations and post-mortem

[Roman Gilg]

Regarding QA of releases there is this task now:
https://phabricator.kde.org/T7949

This will most likely touch the general release process as well.

You are welcome to join the task as subscribers or with direct input.
First we need to collect ideas how to improve our QA.

On Tue, Feb 6, 2018 at 4:54 PM, Nate Graham <pointedstick at zoho.com> wrote:
> Congrats on a fantastic release of Plasma 5.12 everybody! People are really
> gonna love it.
>
> The release process was a bit rockier than expected, and I thought I might
> do a post-mortem to see how we can make the next one smoother:
>
>
>
> Problem: Initial request for release notes was not seen by many
> ===============================================================
> Solutions:
> - Send email to kde-promo at kde.org and kde-devel at kde.org as well
> - Use a Phabricator task instead of email to track overall work
> - Make a subtask to track gathering release notes from developers
> - Delegate a specific person (Ivanna?) to be responsible for turning the
> release notes into final marketing copy
>
>
>
> Problem: Unclear roles; nobody knew who owned the beta announcement
> ===================================================================
> Solutions:
> - Make roles and responsibilities clear to all; assign specific people to
> specific tasks
> - Make the KDE Promo crew the guardians of everything public-facing
>
>
>
> Problem: Unclear access to the kde.org website
> ==============================================
> (At once point, changes were requested and planned, but the one person that
> everybody knew had access was on vacation)
>
> Solutions:
> - Define who should have access ahead of time
> - Get those people access to the website ahead of time
>
>
>
> Problem: Promo video produced at the last minute, gating final release
> ======================================================================
> Solutions:
> - Supply whomever is making the video with a pre-release copy of Plasma 5.12
> at least a few days in advance so that the video can be completed sooner
>
>
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Nate
>