CMS Release Team

This team is responsible for coordinating all aspects of Joomla! CMS releases. Also, one main task is to test CMS release candidates extensively on complex testing environments.

Department: Production
Date Started: October 2016

Joomler	Position	Role	Date Started
Sigrid Gramlinger Austria	Team Leader		Nov 2020
Stefan Wendhausen Germany	Assistant Team Leader	Translations Coordinator	Nov 2020
Benjamin Trenkle	Member	4.1 Release Lead	Jan 2021
Christiane Maier-Stadtherr Germany	Member		Feb 2022
Claudia Weber-Lenck Germany	Member		May 2021
Franciska Perisa Germany	Member	4.2 Release Lead	Dec 2021
Harald Leithner Austria	Member	5.0 Release Lead	Dec 2021
Hervé Boinnard Ireland	Contributor		Dec 2020
Jennifer Gress United States	Member		Jun 2021
Mike Brandner Germany	Contributor	Documentation Liaison	Aug 2019
Niels Braczek Germany	Member	5.0 Release Lead	Dec 2021
Philip Walton United Kingdom	Member		Nov 2020
Rachel Walraven Netherlands	Member		Dec 2020
Robert Deutz Germany	Member	Maintenance Liaison	Aug 2019
Roland Dalmulder	Member	4.2 Release Lead	Dec 2021
Tobias Zulauf Germany	Member	3.10 Release Lead	Mar 2020

Joomler	Position	Role	Date Started	Date Ended
George Wilson United Kingdom	Member		Jan 2015	Mar 2022
Harald Leithner Austria	Member	4.2 Release Lead	Jan 2019	Dec 2021
Private Profile aad5a808	Member		Jun 2020	Jul 2021
Marc Widmann Germany	Member		Aug 2016	Jul 2021
Private Profile e2704d85	Member		Jul 2019	Apr 2021
Martin Hüttebräucker	Member		May 2020	Jan 2021
Hervé Boinnard Ireland	Member		Jun 2017	Dec 2020
Stefan Wendhausen Germany	Member		Jul 2019	Nov 2020
Sigrid Gramlinger Austria	Assistant Team Leader		May 2020	Nov 2020
Philip Walton United Kingdom	Team Leader		Aug 2016	Nov 2020
Jennifer Gress United States	Member		Apr 2020	Jul 2020
Sigrid Gramlinger Austria	Member		Apr 2019	May 2020
Sandra Decoux France	Member	Translations Coordinator	Jan 2019	Apr 2020
Roland Dalmulder	Member		May 2015	Nov 2019
Private Profile 02493343	Member		Apr 2019	Jun 2019
Private Profile 4055fd17	Member		Aug 2016	May 2019
Private Profile c8ec2000	Member		Aug 2016	Mar 2019
Private Profile 2acc0fde	Contributor		Mar 2017	Mar 2019
Ilagnayeru (MIG) Manickam India	Member	Translations Coordinator	Mar 2015	Mar 2019
Robert Deutz Germany	Member		Nov 2015	Feb 2019
Private Profile 54576609	Member		Aug 2016	Apr 2017
Private Profile ab5176da	Member		Aug 2016	Apr 2017
Tobias Zulauf Germany	Member		Sep 2016	Dec 2016
Private Profile b4ab780e	Member		Feb 2015	May 2015
JM Simonet France	Member	Translations Coordinator	Sep 2012	Feb 2015
Private Profile 2acc0fde	Team Leader		Sep 2012	Dec 2014
Private Profile 4337ffe5	Member		Apr 2014	Dec 2014

Joomla! CMS (Core) Language Team

The Joomla CMS Language Team is responsible for the translation of the Joomla CMS into different languages.
Anyone can help translate Joomla into their language via the CrowdIn account here.
If your language isn’t yet available, please let us know and we’ll get it set up ready for you to start translating.

Questions / Issues can be raised here:
https://github.com/joomla/core-translations

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3.10 Release Lead

4.1 Release Lead

4.2 Release Lead

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5.0 Release Lead

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Documentation Liaison

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Maintenance Liaison

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Translations Coordinator

CMS Release Team Meeting April 20, 2022

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2022-05-03 12:44 in CMS Release Team

Wed, April 20, 2021, UTC 18:00 DETAILSDuration: 45 Minutes Participants:Roland, Rachel, Jenn, Niels, Benjamin, Philipp, Christiane, Tobias, Sigrid MEETING NOTES Sigrid was elected as team lead again - thank you for your trust! :-) There were no releases since the last...

CMS Release Team Meeting March 30, 2022

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2022-04-04 20:38 in CMS Release Team

Wed, March 30, 2021, UTC 19:00 DETAILSDuration: 75 Minutes Participants: Tobias Zulauf, Benjamin Trenkle, Christiane Maier-Stadtherr, Sigrid Gramlinger, Niels Braczek, Stefan Wendhausen, Roland Dalmulder, Harald Leithner, Jenn Gress, Claudia Weber-Lenck, David Jardin (guest) MEETING...

CMS Release Team Meeting March 9, 2022

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2022-03-22 16:16 in CMS Release Team

Wed, March 09, 2021, UTC 19:00 DETAILSDuration: 90 Minutes Participants: Niels, Roland, Stefan, Benjamin, Sigrid, Rachel, Claudia, Phil, Christiane, Jenn MEETING NOTES 1. Release 4.1 Change the release time to 4pm UTC Aligned with Framework release team how releases can happen 2....

CMS Release Team Meeting Feb 16, 2022

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2022-02-22 17:57 in CMS Release Team

Wed, Feb 16, 2021, UTC 19:00 DETAILSDuration: 1 h 45 minutes Participants: Roland, Harald, Sigrid, Niels, Claudia, Robert, Benjamin, Phil, Stefan, Tobias MEETING NOTES 1. Release 3.10.6 Nothing, so far. Thanks Tobias! 2. Release 4.1 Fantastic work from the CMS Release Team, nearly no...

CMS Release Team Meeting Jan 26, 2022

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2022-02-02 16:42 in CMS Release Team

Wed, Jan 26, 2021, UTC 18:00 DETAILSDuration: 60 Minutes Participants: Stefan, Roland, Claudia, Jenn, Niels, Harald, Rachel, Phil, Sigrid AGENDA 1. Release Cycle We discussed the concerns about a two-years major release cycle. There are pros and cons. We wanted to hear what the community...

CMS Release Team Meeting Jan 5, 2022

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2022-01-24 12:49 in CMS Release Team

Wed, Jan 05, 2021, UTC 18:00 DETAILSDuration: 50 Minutes Participants: Niels, Stefan, Benjamin, Franciska, Rachel, Jenn, Phil, Roland, Tobias, Sigrid Notes 1. Plans for 2022 As was the first meeting of the year, everybody stated his/her plans with Joomla and/or the CMS Release team for...

CMS Release Team Meeting Dec 8, 2021

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2021-12-14 16:54 in CMS Release Team

Wed, Dec 08, 2021, UTC 18:00 DETAILSDuration: 60 Minutes Participants: Stefan, Harald, Tobias, Jenn, Claudia, Rachel, Sigrid AGENDA 1. Release Recap 3.10.4 and 4.0.5 - were postponed one week 4.1.0 beta1 was published 3.10.4. No changes, only language on...

CMS Release Team Meeting Nov 17, 2021

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2021-12-02 22:38 in CMS Release Team

Wed, Nov 17, 2021, UTC 18:00 DETAILSDuration: 60 Minutes Participants: Phil, Benjamin, Claudia, Jenn, Stefan, Harald, Sigrid AGENDA 1. Next Releases Release Leads are looked for - 4.3 would work with the projects of GSoC 2022What happens after launch We should define a release...

CMS Release Team Meeting Oct 27, 2021

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2021-11-27 16:07 in CMS Release Team

DETAILSDuration: 60 Minutes Participants: Rachel, Claudia, Harald, Benjamin, Phil, Stefan, Sigrid, Jenn, Tobias AGENDA 1. Last Release Review: Release 3.10 was without problems. Last minute changes in J4 were a problem, because there was no testing. Packages should only be released when they...

CMS Release Team Meeting Oct 6, 2021

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2021-10-08 18:42 in CMS Release Team

Wed, Oct 06, 2021, UTC 18:00 DETAILSDuration: 60 Minutes Participants: Jenn, Benjamin, Claudia, Sigrid, Rachel, Harald, Phil AGENDA 1. Automated Testing We had a workshop on October 1st about Automated Testing. We looked into iMacro, Selenium, Codeception. There is a lot of...

CMS Release Team Meeting Sept 15, 2021

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2021-10-01 11:26 in CMS Release Team

Wed, Sep 15, 2021, UTC 18:00 DETAILSDuration: 75 Minutes Participants: Claudia, Stefan, Tobias, Rachel, Sigrid, Benjamin, Jenn, Phil, Harald AGENDA 1. Last Release Review What worked well What did not work What needs to be improved And… celebration - a virtual cheers!...

CMS Release Team Meeting Sept 1, 2021

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2021-09-03 20:35 in CMS Release Team

Wed, Sep 01, 2021, UTC 18:00 DETAILSDuration: 75 Minutes Participants: Sigrid, Claudia, Rachel, Benjamin, Stefan, Phil 1. Next Release cycles/dates 3.10 and 4.0 release plannedSep 14, 2021, 6 weeks cycle after that 4.1 the roadmap for release will be published by the end of September 2....

CMS Release Team Meeting August 12, 2021

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2021-08-24 15:15 in CMS Release Team

Thu, Aug 12, 2021, UTC 18:00 DETAILSDuration: 75 Minutes Participants: Jenn, Rachel, Stefan, Sigrid, Tobias, Harald, Phil, Benjamin 1. Joomla 3.10 Jenn noted that the upgrade link is different, Tobias will check. Testing should work with the Update Server with option “stable”....

CMS Release Team Meeting July 28, 2021

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2021-08-24 15:04 in CMS Release Team

Wed, July 28, 2021, UTC 18:00 DETAILSDuration: 30 Minutes Participants: Jenn, Rachel, Stefan, Sigrid, Phil, Benjamin, Claudia AGENDA Joomla 4 Release date will be published on Thursday. Joomla 3.10 RC is published - we will test Upgrades EOS Plugin Stefan provided us with short...

CMS Release Team Meeting July 07, 2021

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2021-07-10 20:56 in CMS Release Team

Wed, July 07, 2021, UTC 18:00 DETAILSDuration: 75 Minutes Participants: Rachel, Jenn, Claudia, Stefan, Sigrid AGENDA Joomla Testing The list of changes from Harald for 3.9.28 was really helpful when testing. This would be really helpful for 3.10 and 4.0. If Release Leads could support...

CMS Release Team Meeting June 09, 2021

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2021-06-11 13:31 in CMS Release Team

DETAILSDuration: 90 min Participants: Sigrid Gramlinger (Team Leader), Philip Walton, Tobias Zulauf, Rachel Walraven, Claudia Weber-Lenk, Stefan Wendhausen, Benjamin Trenkle, Harald Leithner AGENDA EOS Plugin 3.10 https://github.com/joomla/joomla-cms/pull/34453We...

CMS Release Team Meeting May 12, 2021

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2021-05-13 13:34 in CMS Release Team

DETAILSDuration: 40 min Participants: Sigrid Gramlinger (Team Leader), Jennifer Gress, Philip Walton, Rachel Walraven AGENDA Joomla 4 Testing Joomla 4 Release Candidate seems to be around the corner (only 3 more release blockers). We will make another call for testing this...

CMS Release Team Meeting April 14, 2021

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2021-04-16 10:57 in CMS Release Team

DETAILSDuration: 30 min Participants: Sigrid Gramlinger (Team Leader), Stefan Wendhausen (Assistant Team Leader), Andrew Barber, Harald Leithner (3.9 Release Lead), Jennifer Gress, Marc Widmann, Philip Walton, Robert Deutz, Tobias Zulauf (3.10 Release Lead) AGENDA 1. Latest Joomla 3.9.26...

CMS Release Team Meeting March 17, 2021

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2021-03-20 15:30 in CMS Release Team

Wed, March 17, 2021, UTC 18:00 DETAILSDuration: 60 min Participants: Sigrid Gramlinger (Team Leader), Jenn Gress, Philip Walton, Rachel Walraven, Tobias Zulauf (3.10 Release Lead) AGENDA 1. Joomla 4.0 George has asked for testing of the following issues. We shortly talked about them, what...

CMS Release Team Meeting February 17, 2021

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2021-02-23 17:39 in CMS Release Team

Wed, Feb 17, 2021, UTC 18:00 DETAILSDuration: 60 min Participants: Sigrid Gramlinger (Team Leader), Stefan Wendhausen (Assistant Team Leader), Christiane Viatte, George Wilson (4.0 Release Lead), Marc Widmann, Philip Walton, Rachel Walraven, Tobias Zulauf (3.10 Release Lead) AGENDA 1. Next...

CMS Release Team Meeting January 20, 2021

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2021-01-25 21:32 in CMS Release Team

Wed, Jan 20, 2021, UTC 16:00 DETAILS Scheduled duration: 60minDuration: 45 min Participants:Sigrid Gramlinger (Team Leader), Stefan Wendhausen (Assistant Team Leader), Benjamin Trenkle (4.1 Release Lead), Christiane Viatte, George Wilson (4.0 Release Lead), Harald Leithner (3.9 Release Lead),...

CMS Release Team Meeting 2020-12-21

By Sigrid Gramlinger on 2020-12-23 10:41 in CMS Release Team

Mon, Dec 21, 2020, UTC 16:00 DETAILS Scheduled duration: 60minDuration: 58 min :-) Participants: Sigrid Gramlinger (Team Leader), Stefan Wendhausen (Assistant Team Leader), Andrew Barber, Benjamin Trenkle, Christiane Viatte, Harald Leithner (3.9 Release Lead), Jenn Gress, Marc Widmann, Philip...

Change at the top

By Philip Walton on 2020-11-14 09:39 in CMS Release Team

The CMS release team has a new leader, Sigrid Gramlinger. https://volunteers.joomla.org/joomlers/678-sigrid-gramlinger Sigrid was elected the lead unanimously and appointed Stefan Wendhausen as the assistant release...

Joomla 3.9.20 RC testing

By Philip Walton on 2020-07-14 18:12 in CMS Release Team

Usually, we don't post reposts of our work and it goes under the radar until something goes wrong then we are spotlighted. But it occurred to me that it would be helpful to those wishing to join and help to outline what we do when a release hits and what can happen. The release lead sets...

New component to help with recording test process

By Philip Walton on 2020-07-14 17:42 in CMS Release Team

The release team met on the 29th June to discuss with the deputy of Production Llewellyn Van der Merwe a new component which would replace the current spreadsheet for recording the various tests the team goes through on each release cycle. The team presented their ideas and Llewellyn came up with...

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