+1 from me as well
On Fri, 2026-03-20 at 16:57 +0200, Toni Rikkola wrote: > I will +1 adding Alex in. He has worked on this before and can help. > > Toni > > On 20/03/2026 16.54, Alex Porcelli wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > > > I’d like to propose stepping in as an additional release manager > > for the > > 10.2 release so we can help move things forward. > > > > It looks like progress has slowed a bit, and rather than let the > > release > > sit any longer, I’m happy to help push things along this weekend on > > the > > backend repositories where I can contribute directly. Then, at the > > beginning of next week, we can continue the effort together and > > coordinate > > on the remaining pieces. > > > > My goal here is simply to help accelerate the release and get us to > > an RC > > as smoothly as possible. > > > > If there are no objections, I’m ready to jump in and assist with > > the > > release work. > > > > - > > Alex > > > > On Sun, Mar 15, 2026 at 4:07 PM, Alex Porcelli <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi Kennedy, > > > > > > Looks like you didn't close the Drools nexus repository as > > > documented in > > > the release document. > > > > > > Let me know if you need additional help to speed up this release, > > > I'm more > > > than happy to work on this release with you. > > > > > > - > > > Alex > > > > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 13, 2026 at 9:03 AM, Kennedy Bowers > > > <[email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi Alex, > > > > > > > > Thanks, I appreciate it. > > > > > > > > I've managed to fix the issues and successfully branched all > > > > repositories > > > > to 10.2. They have all now been updated to version 10.2.999- > > > > SNAPSHOT. > > > > > > > > I continued the release process by running the Drools release > > > > job and it > > > > completed successfully. However, when running the OptaPlanner > > > > job, I’m > > > > getting an error that appears to be related to invalid > > > > credentials, as it > > > > cannot access the staging repository. > > > > > > > > Do you have any ideas on how this could be resolved? > > > > > > > > Many thanks, > > > > Kennedy > > > > > > > > On 2026/03/06 16:48:59 Alex Porcelli wrote: > > > > > > > > Kennedy, > > > > > > > > I can help and work on this, the sooner we have the release the > > > > better. > > > > > > > > - > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 05, 2026 at 2:46 PM, Kennedy <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Alex, > > > > > > > > The Drools CI ran successfully and updated the 999-SNAPSHOT > > > > versions as > > > > expected. However, the OptaPlanner and Kogito builds were > > > > unstable and > > > > didn't correctly update the 999-SNAPSHOT version, so I'm > > > > currently > > > > investigating those issues before proceeding with the kie-tools > > > > build. I > > > > plan on branching the kie-tools repo next week once that's > > > > resolved. > > > > > > > > I'll update the Zulip thread as I make progress. > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > Kennedy > > > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 3, 2026 at 5:03 PM Alex Porcelli > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi Kennedy, > > > > > > > > I wanted to follow up and see if you could share an update on > > > > the release > > > > status. I took a look at the repositories, and while some now > > > > have 10.2.x > > > > branches, I noticed the versions are still set to 999-SNAPSHOT, > > > > which > > > > suggests the automation may not have completed successfully. > > > > > > > > I also noticed that kie-tools doesn't appear to have been > > > > branched yet, > > > > which could put us at risk of getting out of sync with the rest > > > > of the > > > > release. > > > > > > > > Could you provide some clarity on the current state and next > > > > steps? > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Alex > > > > > > > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2026 at 3:44 AM, Dominik Hanak > > > > <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Good news! > > > > > > > > Thank you Kennedy! > > > > > > > > Following our past practice I have created a zulip topic[1] to > > > > facilitate > > > > collaboration on the release. > > > > > > > > [1] > > > > > > > > https://kie.zulipchat.com/#narrow/channel/386449-kie-dev/topic/10.2E2.2E0 > > > > . > > > > > > > > > > > > 20Release.20Thread/with/575482378 > > > > > > > > Dominik > > > > > > > > On Mon, 23 Feb 2026 at 15:35, Kennedy <[email protected]> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Hi everyone, > > > > > > > > Thank you for your patience as we finalize preparations for the > > > > 10.2 > > > > release. I appreciate everyone pitching in with PRs and reviews > > > > to keep > > > > > > > > the > > > > > > > > momentum going. > > > > > > > > I’m pleased to share that the final PR related to the new BPMN > > > > Editor, > > > > first announced here [1], has now been merged [2]. A big thank > > > > you to > > > > > > > > Tiago > > > > > > > > Bento for the significant work behind this modernization > > > > effort, which > > > > allows us to move away from our GWT dependency and brings us > > > > further into > > > > compliance with Apache guidelines. > > > > > > > > Additionally, all Quarkus and Spring Boot upgrades have been > > > > successfully > > > > merged. Many thanks to Jijo Thomas K and Nithin R Krishnan for > > > > your work > > > > > > > > on > > > > > > > > these updates [3]. > > > > > > > > Our original plan for the 10.2 release was to remove the GWT- > > > > based > > > > BPMN/DMN/SceSim Editors from the codebase, with the Quarkus and > > > > Spring > > > > > > > > Boot > > > > > > > > upgrades scheduled for the following release. Because the GWT > > > > work took > > > > longer than anticipated, it’s great that we are now able to > > > > include these > > > > upgrades in 10.2 as well. > > > > > > > > I will begin running the CI pipelines tomorrow morning (CET) > > > > which will > > > > create the new 10.2.x branches. If you have any PRs that you > > > > believe > > > > > > > > should > > > > > > > > be included in this release and would justify a short delay, > > > > please > > > > > > > > respond > > > > > > > > here. That said, given the time since 10.1, I believe it’s > > > > important that > > > > we move forward and publish this release soon to re-establish a > > > > > > > > consistent > > > > > > > > and reliable release cadence. > > > > > > > > Kind regards, > > > > > > > > Kennedy > > > > > > > > [1] > > > > https://lists.apache.org/thread/87863y10qxm564cc76svvonslponv2f9 > > > > [2] https://github.com/apache/incubator-kie-tools/pull/3448 > > > > [3] > > > > https://lists.apache.org/thread/314vb9wxt22r0t4rh6xqlcf78yz66wv5 > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > ------ To > > > > unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For > > > > additional > > > > commands, e-mail: [email protected] > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >
