Release guild
The release guild is a collection of teammates that serve as release captain for Sourcegraph releases. The guild was formed to establish a cross-team working group of engineers that own the release process.
The release guild can be found in the slack channel #release-guild.
Members
- Coury Clark - Guild Leader
- Joe Chen
- Camden Cheek
- Keegan Carruthers-Smith
- Mohammad Umer Alam
- Bolaji Olajide
Leadership Sponsor
Release captain selection
For the time being, captains are selected on a volunteer basis. The guild will decide on a format going forward as soon as possible.
The current schedule is shown below:
| Date | Release Tag | Captain |
|---|---|---|
| January, 2023 | 4.4.0 | Bolaji Olajide |
| February, 2023 | 4.5.0 | Keegan Carruthers Smith |
| March, 2023 | 5.0.0 | Coury Clark |
Guild Leader Responsibilities
- Ensure release captains are identified for minor and patch releases
- Organizing and adminstrating the release guild, such as establishing policies, procedures, and documenting how we work
- Being a point of contact for the guild, and being responsible for overall communications to the rest of the guild
FAQ
I am not sure whether I am the best person to be dedicating time to it?
There probably isn’t any “best person” for this guild. The skills needed are git commands and standard branch troubleshooting and testing. So if you push code to any of our repositories, you qualify!
Approximately how much time should I expect to dedicate to release?
Typically, a release takes place over a few days (2-3). The ticket template has all the steps required to perform a release. It can be hard to estimate how much time it will take because it is hard to gauge the size of the release beforehand. We do not impose any limitations on what can be included
I don’t know whether my team can afford to lose that time?
Your manager and director can help with this, and bring concerns to the leadership team so we can help set priorities appropriately