The development team responsibilities (rough outline)

• Maintain a roadmap to plan for the short-term and long-term development of SMF software
  • Review current and coming technology, to make sure SMF stays current.
  • Provide direction and leadership to discussions of the future of SMF.
  • Review and select features for future versions.
  • Monitor the bug trackers and get feedback from the beta testers.
  • Monitor and address security reports, and keep the SC informed of all security issues.
• Develop new versions of SMF.
  • Work with beta testers to make sure new features are tested adequately.
  • Fix bugs.
  • Provide useful "changelog" comments with every code check-in.
• Release SMF versions to the community
  • Determine when the latest version of SMF is ready for release
  • Provide a changelog, derived from commit comments, to accompany each release of SMF.
  • Prepare the upgrade, update, and full install sets for each SMF release
  • Make the install sets available on the SMF website
  • Work with the SMF team to make an announcement of each SMF release
• Work with and communicate with other SMF teams and the community.
  • Assist with support, when advice from a developer is needed.
  • Keep the other teams up-to-date on changes (Support needs to support it, Doc needs to write about it, and Customization needs to know about new best practices).
  • Manage the code repositories, including user accounts.
  • Communicate plans and progress to the SMF team and community.