We need to fill the role of Release Manager for OpenMRS Reference Application 2.5, which is scheduled for release in September. Are you aspiring to become a /dev/3, /dev/4, or /dev/5? Being a release manager is a valuable experience for any open source developer, lets you influence the road map and priorities for the community, and gives you the opportunity to make a substantial and prominent contribution to the OpenMRS mission. This is a crucial role that ensures the awesome contributions from various volunteers to be available to everyone.
The job of a release manager is not to do all the work; rather, to make decisions on what goes into the release and to guide the community through the release process.
Remember, we are a community that works together, so you will not be alone in the release process. We have a documented process, weekly project management calls to discuss issues, and several previous release managers in our community who can provide mentoring for you and answer your questions.
Thanks to @jdegraft for successfully managing and releasing Reference Application 2.4!
To volunteer to be Release Manager for OpenMRS Reference Application 2.5, reply to this message or reach out directly to @maurya (maurya■■■■■■■■■■■■).
@maurya i privately talked to a few people who i thought may be interested in this. I realised that they have never seen this post. Do we have a way of posting on talk and ensure that as many members as possible got it, like we used to have with mailing lists?
@dkayiwa, Cool! can you ask them to post their replies on this post?
I believed posting it in community would allow it to reach everyone. If that is not the case, we can probably pin this on talk until a release manager is selected.
Also, @dkayiwa volunteered to be a mentor for 2.5 Reference application release. This will be a great opportunity to learn release management in a mentorship model under @dkayiwa.
Firstly, Thank you very much for showing the interest! It is because of volunteers like you that OpenMRS is having 3 releases a year.
There aren’t any prerequisites - your interest, contribution and being proactive matters most. The task involves interacting with different teams and organizing/leading calls and making sure everything is in place for the release to happen successfully. We generally have a new release manager for every release to give the opportunity for people to learn release management.
We will wait until August 3rd for volunteers and announce a Release Manager from them. The release manager selected will be guided by @dkayiwa for Reference Application 2.5 release.
OpenMRS would like to greatly thank everyone who applied for being the release manager for Reference Application 2.5. As per our Release Manager Selection Criteria@taremwatadeo has been selected as the Release manager for Reference Application 2.5. Congratulations @taremwatadeo!
Volunteers who have applied for being the release manager, we highly encourage applying for being the Release Manager of Reference Application 2.6 (March 2017) and Platform 2.1 (2017). Until then please consider other ways to contribute to OpenMRS.