X11R6.8.2 maintenance release plans and call for comments.

[Kristian Høgsberg]

Stuart Kreitman wrote:
> Kristian Høgsberg wrote:
> 
>> Roland Mainz wrote:
>> 
>>> Kristian Høgsberg wrote:
>>> 
>>>> Jim Gettys wrote:
>>>> 
>>>>> There seems to be a pretty strong consensus that we should do
>>>>> a 6.8.2 maintenance release, and at least one volunteer
>>>>> (Roland Mainz, hidden away in a message) to help do the work
>>>>> involved, though no decision as been taken yet on choosing a
>>>>> wrangler.  There are lots of volunteers to actually do the
>>>>> patching, etc, and a lot of good bug fixes have been found in
>>>>> the distribution channel that should get integrated and 
>>>>> incorporated.
>>>> 
>>>> I will be able to set time aside for doing the 6.8.2 release
>>>> work, so consider me a volunteer as well.
>>> 
>>> Mhhh... do you mean "contributing" or "playing the role as
>>> release admin" ?
>> 
>> Both.
>> 
>> cheers, Kristian
> 
> On the first 2 releases, it was first come first serve wrt. the honor
> of working 80hrs/week as release manager.
> 
> Roland offered to do the job on October 22, so  let's make a
> committment to him tomorrow.

I wasn't aware of any decision process in this matter and couldn't find 
anything on x.org.  According to Jim's original message no decision has 
yet been made, and I'm just saying I'm up for the job.

Kristian