During the Production Leadership Team Summit meetings, which took place over two days (July 27-28, 2011), the following topics for the project were discussed:

  • Release Strategy
    • Review of the new time-based release schedule
    • Versioning scheme for upcoming releases
    • Improving communication to end users and 3rd party developers
  • PLT Organization
    • Setting up permissions to systems/websites for new members
    • Roles
      • Providing Team autonomy
      • Ensuring backup individuals are available for key roles
  • Coordination
    • Improving coordination by having regular meetings with PLT and community thought leaders
    • Communication within and outside PLT
    • Coordination between Platform and CMS teams.
  • Platform vs. CMS
    • Testing, Documentation, Communication
    • Migrating CMS Subversion repository to Github
      • Would allow for easier patching between CMS and Platform
  • Roadmap
    • Upcoming LTS Vision (January 2012 release)
    • Next LTS Vision (July 2013 release)
    • Emphasis that the features described in an LTS vision are not tied to a single release (features completed in time for an STS release will be implemented at that time)
    • Communication of the vision and upcoming roadmap to end users and 3rd party developers
  • Developer Recruitment
    • How can we increase the number of developers contributing to the project?
    • How to deal with sponsorship?
    • Form working groups for common CMS areas or for new features.
    • Initiate a continuous program that allows volunteers to complete tasks for the project and earn prizes (t-shirts, books, etc.)