[Gluster-devel] GlusterFest! For GlusterFS 3.3 Beta 4

[John Mark Walker]

Greetings,

We are planning to have one more beta release tomorrow. If all goes as planned, 
this will be the release candidate. In conjunction with the beta, I thought we 
should have a 24-hour GlusterFest, starting tomorrow at 8pm  - 
http://www.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/GlusterFest

'What's a GlusterFest?' you may be asking. Well, it's all of the below:


- Testing the software. Install the new beta (when it's released tomorrow) and 
put it through its paces. We will put some basic testing procedures on the 
GlusterFest page here - 
http://www.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/GlusterFest

   - Feel free to create your own testing procedures and link to it from the 
GlusterFest page


- Finding bugs. See the current list of bugs targeted for this release: 
http://bit.ly/beta4bugs


- Fixing bugs. If you're the kind of person who wants to submit patches, see 
our development workflow doc: 
http://www.gluster.org/community/documentation/index.php/Development_Work_Flow 

   - and then get to know Gerritt: http://review.gluster.com/


The GlusterFest page will be updated with some basic testing procedures 
tomorrow, and GlusterFest will officially begin at 8pm PDT May 17/03:00 UTC May 
18 (coinciding with the end of our meetup tomorrow), and ending at 8pm PDT May 
18/03:00 UTC May 19.


If you need assistance, see #gluster on Freenode for "real-time" questions, 
gluster-users and community.gluster.org for general usage questions, and 
gluster-devel for anything related to building, patching, and bug-fixing.


To keep up with GlusterFest activity, I'll be sending updates from the 
@glusterorg account on Twitter, and I'm sure there will be traffic on the 
mailing lists, as well. 


Happy testing and bug-hunting! 

-JM