[Cosmo] A couple big ideas: cosmo release and server project merge

[Sheila Mooney]

I haven't had a chance to catch up on this thread so sorry if this is  
not relevant or has already been discussed.

What does this mean for Chandler? There are features in Cosmo 0.3  
that Chandler 0.7 will it will be a while before we are able to do  
any integration testing. Does this mean Chandler will use Cosmo 0.4?  
Will we just have 0.3.x like we did for the last release? We we also  
have performance goals for 0.7 Chandler sharing/synching and this may  
also have implications for work on Cosmo. Is that Cosmo 0.3.x or  
Cosmo 0.4? I guess I am just saying that I can easily see issues that  
will come up. What happens if a fix for Chandler breaks Scooby (no  
idea about the likelyhood here but..you never know).

Another thing we need to do in order to release Cosmo 0.3 is test it  
with Chandler. I am assuming by release we mean upgrade Cosmo Demo?  
In that case Aparna will have to do some kind of sanity testing.  
Perhaps this will be minimal but I am pretty sure she hasn't planned  
for this. We told her originally that we would be releasing Scooby  
0.1 with some snapshot of Cosmo but not upgrading Cosmo Demo.

Sheila


On Feb 2, 2006, at 5:45 PM, Lisa Dusseault wrote:

>
> 1.  Merge Cosmo and Scooby SVN trees, mailing list and IRC channel.
> 2.  Release Cosmo 0.3 -- less ambitious than previously planned --  
> in time for Scooby 0.1
>
> Ok, what are we thinking here?
>
> It's been six months since we released Cosmo 0.2 (September 19).   
> In those six months, we have done significant work on Cosmo.  
> There's all the bug fixes in the 0.2 branch, CalDAV work and a  
> rough administrative GUI in the 0.3 trunk.  It seems worthwhile to  
> consider another release now, particularly since Scooby 0.1 is  
> slated for release in February and has dependencies on Cosmo CalDAV  
> features.
>
> With the work ramping up to releasing Scooby, we've seen a need for  
> a combined download/build to make things ultimately easy for people  
> who want to check out Scooby.  BCM threw this together quickly,  
> including Scooby, Cosmo, Jackrabbit and Tomcat, all in one bundle  
> and ready-to-go.  Needing a name for this, BCM (and others) picked  
> Snarf.  That resulted in some meta conversations like "is Snarf a  
> project" and "what is a project" and asking ourselves if this would  
> confuse people or seem sensible.
>
> One possible fix to avoid having another SVN module, and thus  
> require another name, is to combine Cosmo and Scooby under one SVN  
> module, and have a "scooby-complete" download or build that  
> includes everything Snarf does.  When BCM thought of this today in  
> the server meeting there were surprised approval sounds all around  
> the room and people also thought of the advantages of moving to a  
> single mailing list and IRC channel if we'd like.  We'd keep  
> releases of Cosmo and Scooby still possibly independent.  E.g. a  
> release of Cosmo might happen in one month, and a release of Scooby  
> with a "scooby-complete" including that release of Cosmo could  
> happen a week later, a month later, or whatever seems best.   
> Preserving the ability to do independent releases of the sharing  
> server and the calendar WebUI, what's the best way to manage both  
> in SVN? in community forums?
>
> Whether or not we merge server communities, what would we have to  
> do to release Cosmo 0.3?
>  - Do a small bit of spit and polish on the new administrative  
> GUI.  Priscilla is signed up for at least some of this.
>  - Do a data upgrade tool, the one thing we promised for 0.3 that  
> we don't want to defer -- BCM
>  - Fix some CalDAV REPORT issues that would be really useful for  
> Scooby -- BKirsch with Bobby's input
>  - Fix current build issues and ensure we are satisfied with this  
> -- BCM and Bear, I think
>  - Check in more automated tests than we had in 0.2 -- Heikki is on  
> this already
>  - Todd Agolnick might contribute tests to Cosmo in time -- I asked  
> him to mail this list
>
> Is this correct or am I missing anything?  Discussion, approval  
> votes or concerns, anybody?
>
> Lisa
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