Re: [Bug-librejs] Releasing webExtensions LibreJS

[bill-auger]

off-hand i can think of a few things that would need to be done - ping
me in the #librejs channel if you need my help with any of them

* copy some important files from the master git branch such as
'ChangeLog' and the 'dcos' dir to the 'webext' git branch
* append to the ChangeLog and write up a press release noting any
improvements and added or removed features
* update the documentation[1] and commit to git
* add a git tag of the form MAJOR.MINOR.REV (e.g. the latest is 6.0.13)
the the HEAD of the 'webext' branch
* rename the 'master' git branch to 'old-stable' then rename the
'webext' git branch to 'master'
* upload signed tarball and installer (.xpi) to the GNU FTP server[2]
(this could/should have been done already for the alpha versions[3])
* upload the new version to the official mozilla addons page[4]
* update the librejs website[5] (again this could/should have been done
already to mention the alpha versions)
* update the FSD page[6]

i realize that many of these things you will not be able to do yourself
(and there are surely some things i have missed) - the original
maintainers will need to attend to some of these tasks - Loic, Nik, and
Ruben are noted as maintainers for the mozilla repo - i dont know who to
ask about the GNU website and FTP server

i must add though, that some discussion regarding the future maintenance
plans for this project are imperative - and yes, i mean BEFORE it is
released - there has been little discussion (either public or private)
regarding this new version and nathan has been the only person doing any
significant work on it - i think it is safe to say that he did 99.9% of
the work on this version and is probably the only person who has read
more than 5% of the the source code for it - so without nathan's
continuing involvement, this future of project is highly dubious -
indeed, if nathan had not done this work, there would be no librejs at
all; because the existing version has been obsoleted - unfortunately
that work appears to have ceased 6 weeks ago while the project is still
in the alpha phase; and this is clearly reason for concern - so there
are some critical points to address such as:

* whether nathan (or anyone) plans to write more code and actively
maintain this project or is this essentially releasing abandon-ware from
day 1 - this must be asked because the answer is not at all apparent

* whether nathan should (and wants to) become an official maintainer as
noted prominently in the "Maintainer" section of the website front page
and given write access to the official mozilla add-ons page - this must
be asked bacause zach is the only person from the original dev team that
has paid any attention to this project since i have been involved; and
zach is not one of the people with write access to the mozilla page


[1]: https://git.savannah.gnu.org/cgit/librejs.git/tree/doc
[2]: ftp://ftp.gnu.org/gnu/librejs/
[3]: ftp://alpha.gnu.org/gnu/librejs/
[4]: https://addons.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/addon/librejs/
[5]: https://www.gnu.org/software/librejs/
[6]: https://directory.fsf.org/wiki/IceCat/GNU_LibreJS

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