Re: Xen 4.16 release plans

[Brian Warner <bwarner@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Hi Ian,

Due to the holiday in the US most people will be out for most of this week.

Unfortunately with Rachel leaving we lost a good deal of the history and the expertise. Can you please give us an idea what is typically done to support a release? While Ashley and I are not scoped to do press work, there may be other folks who can support you.

Best,
Brian

On Wed, Nov 24, 2021, 7:36 AM Ian Jackson <iwj@xxxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

Hi, Brian and Namhai.

I'm sorry to bother you; I don't think you are the right people to
help but I'm getting desperate.

I'm the Release Manager for Xen 4.16 and we were hoping to release
soon.  Unfortunately Ashley Weltz who we thought would handle our
press angle is OOO.  And we hear that our alternative contact, Rachel
Romoff is now at github ?

Can you please help by finding someone at the Linux Foundation who
would be able to help ?  Who is covering for Ashley ?  Their OOO mail
didn't say.

This is quite urgent.  We think we want to release this coming
Tuesday, just under a week from now.

You can reach me best by email, above, or if you wnat to talk on the
phone, on +44 7564 169848.

Thanks,
Ian.

Ian Jackson writes ("Re: Xen 4.16 release plans"):
> Adding Ashley Weltz
>
> Ian Jackson writes ("Xen 4.16 release plans"):
> > Hi.  The Xen 4.16 release is in good shape.  I hope to be able to
> > release early next week.
> >
> > Ideally, I would like to release on the 30th of November.
> >
> > Is there any reason that would be a bad idea ?  If this seems OK, can
> > you make the ncessary arrangements ?
> >
> > I believe Roger (who is standing in for George as Community Manager)
> > is drafting a blog post.  He also has a draft patch to our in-tree
> > CHANGELOG which lists all of the changes.
> >
> > I hope to be in a position to confirm on Thursday or Friday that we
> > can go ahead and release on the 30th.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Ian.