Many of you will skim this and think "I want to see what bkw/anthm/etc have to say before I act." Don't. The reason 1.0.5 has not been released so far is enough people have not stepped up, took the initiative, and done something/anything productive. (If you're actively contributing to code/wiki/jiras, I'm probably not talking about you.) I had a brief, possibly anger inducing chat with anthm on IRC just about a week ago. I'm not angry, and I hope he's not angry. What I want is to help move FreeSWITCH forward. I realize that by pointing out things that need to be done, I volunteer myself to do them. I accept that responsibility, and we can deputize anyone else with a pulse who wants to own a piece of the process. I think everyone agrees that 1.0.4 is pretty stale, "archaic" I think I've heard. We're now 29 weeks since 1.0.4, the longest we've been without a new release since 1.0.0 was released. I've spent the week studying what release process information I could find for other open source projects. I've distilled that as best as I can into a temporary wiki page. It may be wrong. It may not be appropriate for FreeSWITCH. But, it's there. If it's horribly wrong, it can be fixed. It can be expanded. It can be formalized, agreed upon, and adopted. The packagers and developers that come along in the future can look at it and say 'OK, this is how they do releases.' They can know when to expect new releases, and who to contact for distribution specific issues. I submit for your review: http://wiki.freeswitch.org/wiki/User:Tobarja/Release_Process_Improvement -- Andrew Thompson