Hi All,

Here is the summary for Linaro release 11.12 postmortem and lessons learned, and the last for the calendar year. For a detailed release review please visit

https://wiki.linaro.org/Cycles/1112/Release/Review

Highlights and Key Successes ============================

This cycle's release features accelerated graphics for Android Ice Cream Sandwich on several of our supported member platforms.

http://www.linaro.org/accelerated-builds-of-android-ice-cream-sandwich-now-a...

The Youtube videos have been making the rounds in various social media spots:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XPFy2MFbUys&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=whpaltVa3pQ&feature=youtu.be http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7_MCLKmXDFA&feature=youtu.be

Other than ICS the Android team has integrated DS-5 with Gator and libjpeg-turbo support. An AOSP master build is also available.

The Ubuntu Platform team has integrated continuous integration (CI) scripts to automatically generate linux-linaro and lt-panda kernel packages. The preview images for Ubuntu 12.04, Precise Pangolin are available and include nano, developer, server, alip (Xfce desktop based), and ubuntu-desktop.

For more information on release highlights please see our release page:

https://wiki.linaro.org/Cycles/1112/Release

Postmortem and Lessons Learned ==============================

Congratulations to the release team for getting this release out on time with little thrashing at the end of the cycle. One item that has contributed to that was the initiation of a weekly platform - landing team meeting where issues with high priorities are discussed between the groups. Near the end of the cycle short stand-up meetings are held for any last minute issues that arise. This has been a good success so far and a similar weekly meeting between the platform and working groups is planned for the new year.

The addition of the community specialist (Amber Graner) was extremely helpful to keeping the release on track and on time.

Some of the lessons learned that came out of the cycle are: * Talking directly to members and communities is very beneficial to Linaro. * When creating blueprints, due diligence is required to scope and schedule it properly. * Integration with components should happen at the earliest possible moment to allow time for re-spins and bug-fixing. * Use the project manager as a resource to help with the release process.