[Tinyos Core WG] 2.1 release plans

[Philip Levis]

We're not at the point of code testing yet, but since we have a few  
people who are new to the release process, I thought I'd sketch how it  
works.

Right now, we have a short list of outstanding bugs that need to be  
fixed and code that needs to be added. The hope is to complete these  
by the end of June. Once everyone signs off on their parts, we get to  
testing and validating the code base. This has become a little easier  
with tutorials moving to the wiki.

When the tree is ready, I'll tag it with a non-branch release tag, to  
make sure everyone is testing the same code. You check in fixes to the  
head of the main tree, and mail the list about them. Once we've gone  
through the first iteration, I tag again, and we test again, to make  
sure that one person's fix did break another person's test.

There are two kinds of testing: platform and application. There's a  
list of applications that each platform owner needs to test on the  
respective platform. This means compiling (no warnings), running,  
using the associated tools, etc. There's a small number of apps that  
other people test (e.g., the net2 apps); most are handled by core.  
Application testing involves looking at application source code and  
making sure that it follows TEP 3, is documented, etc.

When I send out the message, it will look something like this. The app  
list is tentative; I'm sure I've missed some; if so, just mail me and  
I can add them.

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We are now at this stage of the release process. I have tagged the  
repository with

xxxxxx

Please, everyone, begin testing. Responsibilities are:

A platform owner MUST, by XXX:

1) Test that each of the below applications work
2) Report to the list that they have done so

An application owner MUST, by XXX:

1) Ensure that the application meets the naming conventions of TEP 3
2) Ensure that the application has a README that accurately describes  
its operation
3) Report to the list that they have done so

If you *absolutely cannot* do the tasks assigned to you, speak up as  
soon as possible.

The platform owners are:

mica2/mica2dot: (need a volunteer)
micaZ: Phil
telos: Kevin
intelmote2: Brano
tinynode: Maxime
eyesIFX: Vlado
iris: Janos
shimmer: Konrad

The applications and their owners are as follows. All networking  
applications should be tested with and without low power listening,  
with a 500ms check interval:

AntiTheft: Phil (note platform-specific)
BaseStation: Phil
Blink:  Vlado
Null: Phil
Oscilloscope: Konrad
Powerup: Janos
RadioCountToLeds: Mike
RadioSenseToLeds: Mike
tests/cc2420: David M
tests/deluge: Vlado
tests/storage: Razvan
tests/TestAdc: Jan
tests/TestAM: Kevin
tests/TestArbiter: Kevin
tests/TestLPL: David M
tests/TestPrintf: Phil
tests/TestSerial: Miklos
tests/TestSimComm: Razvan
tests/TestSimTimer: Mike

These apps will be handled by net2 (do not need to be tested by  
platform owners):

MViz: Phil
MultihopOscilloscope: Om
MultihopOscilloscopeLqi: Om
TestNetwork:  Om
TestTymo: Romain
tests/TestDissemination: Om
tests/TestDIP: Phil

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