After a month-long Community QA, we are getting ready to deploy Drupal.org D7 upgrade. During the last couple of weeks we were limiting the number of ‘to-do before launch’ issues to those that are absolutely essential. Currently our launch blocker list consists of the 12 open issues.
We took a look at the upcoming Drupal events to find a quiet week, which won’t interfere with major camps and sprints, and..
I know what you're thinking. Hey - wait a minute! We just had one of those board meetings! It's true, our last board meeting was just a few weeks ago in Prague. It was exciting too! we got an update from the Software Working Group and we confirmed our At-Large community-elected board members.
If you have been on Drupal.org today, you may have noticed something interesting near the bottom of the page. At some point during the past 24 hours, the millionth user joined Drupal.org!
The most important event of September was of course DrupalCon Prague. 10 out of 12 members of the Drupal.org Working Groups were there. We finally got to meet each other and work together in person! This means that we spent huge part of the week locked in a meeting room, but.. we had a great time and got a lot done.
DrupalCons are designed to serve many types of community members through various tracks and special events. And, one group the event serves is the Drupal Business Owner, important because their companies provide community members with careers, they help grow Drupal adoption one client at a time, and they innovate the Project with their contributions. They also provide funding for camps and DrupalCons through their sponsorships.
DrupalCon Prague turned out to be another great DrupalCon that had many memorable moments. Before the team turns its full attention to upcoming DrupalCons in Austin and Amsterdam, I wanted to take a moment to share with you some highlights from the conference.
Congratulations to Mortendk and Matthew Saunders, our newly elected Directors at Large, representing the community on the board of the Drupal Association. Please join me in thanking all the candidates who put themselves forward to stand for election.
The Infrastructure team is a small group of volunteers, who manage Drupal.org servers and keep our website online. The amount of work is growing and the team is very small. With the current amount of people it is really hard to manage the Drupal.org infrastructure efficiently, and that is why growing the team is a top priority this year for the Drupal.org Infrastructure Working Group.
What exactly do we need help with?
We are looking for people who are able to help us with the following: