GNOME 1.4 Rel Eng Minutes (Feb 26, 2001)

[Dan Mueth <dan eazel com>]

Minutes for the GNOME 1.4 Release Committee meeting Feb 26, 2001
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Present:
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  Dan Mueth         (documentation, minutes)
  Ian Peters        (co-coordinator of "extra apps")
  Jacob Berkman     (co-coordinator of 1.4)
  Karl Gaffney      (coordinator of QA)
  Jamin Gray        (co-coordinator of "extra apps")


Absent:
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  Maciej Stachowiak (co-coordinator of 1.4, chair)
  Kjartan Maraas    (translations)
  Greg Corrin	    (PR)


Decisions:
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Work Done:
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Work in Progress/To Be Done:
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  ACTION: Karl to make post on GNotices to get more testers
  ACTION: Dan to look for someone to help with ftp


Agenda Items Left For Next Meeting:
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Platforms policy
Remind people to submit entries for newsletter
Tinderbox
GNOME 1.4.x releases
Release staging - how to get it to the mirrors before it gets to
  slashdot
GNOME 1.4.x releases.
Extra apps packages update
Mirrors
QA status


Agenda:
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QA Status:
  * Nobody has signed up to do test builds on various platforms
  * Sun has been doing test builds on Solaris
  * Karl will announce on Gnotices
  * If he has problems finding people, we will make a GNOME
    Studs Calendar and feature testers, to encourage more testers
    to join
  * Read the README in gnome-test-plans for info on testing

FTP Problems:
  * Last time was a big problem
  * Thread on gnome-hackers
  * Need somebody to help out with contacting mirrors and making
    announcements.

Newsletter:
  * None this week