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Website Preparation

The following changes all need to be prepared so that they can go out in one commit at the appropriate time. Please put your name next to items which you can claim, and mark them when done.

  • Home Page
    • Call Box should say "9.1 Release" and have appropriate links -- Devrim
    • Latest Releases should rotate to 9.1 and 8.2 should drop off -- Devrim
  • News
    • Write Internal announcement for News Item and Submit -- Josh, DONE sent to Devrim
    • Check News Item
  • Quotes
    • Add 9.1 Quotes to quote rotation (5) -- Josh, DONE
    • Approve quotes -- Devrim
  • developers/beta:
    • Needs to change to "Beta is over" page. -- Devrim DONE in staging
  • about/press:
    • Gather all presskits and translations -- Josh, DONE
    • Need someone to review all of the new materials -- Josh, Devrim, REVIEWED ON STAGING SITE
      • Correct presskits -- Josh DONE
    • Create TOC for about/press -- Josh, DONE
  • about
    • Check Feature Matrix: Thom, DONE
  • Documentation
    • "9.1 beta" should change to "9.1" -- Devrim DONE in staging
    • "What's New" link should point to 9.1 release notes -- Devrim DONE in staging
  • External
    • Submit Release to PRWire -- Josh, DONE
    • Update Freshmeat -- Michael Brewer
    • Update Wikipedia -- Thom, DONE

Scheduled Deployments

Here's the things which need to be done, and the times they need to be done. Given issues in the past, we should have a responsible and a backup person for each task. The schedule below assumes a Sept. 12 release. Please add tasks as appropriate.

UTC Time EDT Time Task Person Backup Done?
9/9 04:00 9/9 00:00 Source Tarballs uploaded Tom Y
9/20 01:00 9/9 21:00 Tarballs checked
Final turnback point
Packagers Y
9/10 01:00 9/9 21:00 Go-ahead notice sent to RCs
and to advance press
Josh Bruce Y
9/10 18:00 9/10 14:00 All packages bundled and uploaded Packagers Y
9/10 21:00 9/10 17:00 Move FTP files to main FTP Devrim Y
9/12 11:00 9/12 07:00 Load new docs into website database Devrim Y
9/12 11:00 9/12 07:00 Merge changes into website, along with presskits. Devrim Y
9/12 11:00 9/12 07:00 Approve news item and 9.1 quotes Devrim Y
9/12 11:00 9/12 07:00 Schedule website rebuild, inc. docs Devrim Y
9/12 13:30 9/12 09:30 Send out pgsql-announce Josh Bruce
9/12 13:30 9/12 09:30 Send out final notices to press Josh, RCs Bruce
9/12 19.00 9/12 15:00 Update Freshmeat, SourceForge, etc. ??? Josh & Devrim
9/12 19.00 9/12 15:00 Submit to Slashdot,Reddit,etc. Josh,Selena,Robert