Release Manager for 0.17

[Aaron Bentley]

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Ian Clatworthy wrote:
> Martin Pool wrote:
>> Now that 0.16 is out we should choose a manager for the next release.
>> I'll be on holiday for two weeks after the sprint so I'm not a good
>> choice.
>>
> Agreed.
>> I was wondering if ianc would like to do it -- he's new to Bazaar but
>> has lots of experience managing releases of larger projects, and I
>> think would bring an interesting perspective.  I would hope John and
>> everyone else could give him some tips on our practices so far and the
>> technicalities.  Or if anyone else is interested for 0.17 or the next
>> one, do speak up.

I am willing to do a release, but I am also happy for someone else to do it.

> My initial reaction is that I'll do my best if no-one else volunteers.
> But my preference would be for someone more experienced with Bazaar to
> be the RM for 0.17 and for me to take on 0.18.

I'm not sure that it's necessary to have a lot of experience.  In the
Arch project, I found that James Blackwell did a good job, despite not
being familiar with large portions of the codebase.

> Rather than decide
> immediately, I'd like to suggest we discuss this early next week while
> many of us are together in London.

Works for me.

Aaron
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