1. 10 ways to make a good Sakai release Aaron Zeckoski, Unicon Anthony Whyte, Sakai Foundation Jean-François Lévêque, UPMC

2. Houston, we have a problem Bug or Feature Request? What is JIRA? Check in JIRA, create if missing Give details and answer questions Provide or check fixes March 20102European Sakai Conference – Valencia - Spain..

3. Share and Enjoy Understand your target audience (internal, external) Do not work alone Follow the best practices Follow the Product Council criteria Provide support (JIRA, distribution lists) March 20103European Sakai Conference – Valencia - Spain..

4. All for one, one for all, that is our motto Subscribe to relevant mailing lists Participate Do not bite more than you can chew March 20104European Sakai Conference – Valencia - Spain..

5. If it ain't broke don't fix it Why do we need the MT? What are they doing? Do they need help? March 20105European Sakai Conference – Valencia - Spain..

6. Bon appétit ! Why do we need good i18n? Why do we need good L10n? What can I do? March 20106European Sakai Conference – Valencia - Spain..

7. Quality is never an accident What is Software Quality Assurance? Testing (manual/automated) Bug verification Test conditions & scripts Where do I sign up? March 20107European Sakai Conference – Valencia - Spain..

8. I'll be right back Local differs from Official Sakai Locals can have shared needs Differences imply different QA Differences imply different support Lasting differences imply patching again March 20108European Sakai Conference – Valencia - Spain..

9. That's where the fruit is What's a maintenance branch? What's a "preparation" branch? What is branch management? March 20109European Sakai Conference – Valencia - Spain..

10. Is it edible? What is the test coverage? What are the known bugs by priority? How far do we trust the current code? How do we act to improve this? March 201010European Sakai Conference – Valencia - Spain..

11. Other presentations in Valencia Sakai Best practices, yesterday :( What is Sakai QA? today 11:00 Conference Room i18n review: BOF/Panel Discussion, today 10:00 Descubre Room March 201011European Sakai Conference – Valencia - Spain..

12. References http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/MGT/Sakai+Jira+Guidelines http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/I18N/Home http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/SAKDEV/Best+Practices+for+Kernel+code http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/SAKDEV/Best+Practices+for+Javascript http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/SAKDEV/Best+Practices+for+High+Quality+Code http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/BOOT/Sakai+Programming+Best+Practices http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/MNT/Home http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/QA/Home http://confluence.sakaiproject.org/display/REL/Sakai+2.x+branch+management+cheat+sheet March 201012European Sakai Conference – Valencia - Spain..