Weekly Batch Updates

**DossarLX ODI** · 09-4-2017, 06:03 PM

Re: Weekly Batch Updates

Monday, September 4th, 2017 8:03 PM EST

Updates from last week:

Batch
- A large Batch Search Engine Update was done, and Conditional Queue has been trimmed down to 0 files, with 6 files under Pending Fixes. Later this week I'm planning on assigning these 6 Pending Fixes to judges.
- March/April 2017 Set 2 is still in the situation with a [PASS] file that needs to be resolved by another judge; that will also be assigned along with the 6 Pending Fixes mentioned above.
- The new Crossover Spectrum site has finally been deployed today! There is some more work I have to do this week in relation to that site as I've opened signups for the Crossover Spectrum Official Tournament.
- Concerning the Bi-Weekly Releases, they're planned to continue on Saturday September 16th.
- The September/October 2017 Regular Batch is open for submissions.

**DossarLX ODI** · 09-10-2017, 09:13 AM

Re: Weekly Batch Updates

Sunday, September 10th, 2017 11:13 AM EST

Updates from last week:

Batch
- The Pending Fixes have been assigned as described in this post. This also includes the passed file in March/April 2017 Set 2.
- DarkZtar finished his assigned Pending Fixes, notes in this post.
- Bi-Weekly Releases will only be two files as of now, and I've planned the next three out (they are September 16th, September 30th, and October 14th).
- Because I've had a lot on my mind, I'm working with PrawnSkunk about planning for the upcoming months.

To Do

March/April 2017
Primary Judge Set 1 - Unassigned
Primary Judge Set 4 - Unassigned

Conditional Queue
Pending Fixes (gameboy42690) - gameboy42690
Pending Fixes (James May) - James May
Pending Fixes (trumaestro) - trumaestro

In Progress

March/April 2017
Assign Sets - DossarLX ODI

November/December 2016
Primary Judge Set 3 - trumaestro

Done

Conditional Queue
Assign Pending Fixes - DossarLX ODI
Pending Fixes (DarkZtar) - DarkZtar

March/April 2017
Resolve Passed File in Set 2 - DossarLX ODI

**DossarLX ODI** · 09-19-2017, 06:43 AM

Re: Weekly Batch Updates

Tuesday, September 19th, 2017 8:43 AM EST

I'm focused on onboarding a new team member at work and I'll give a more thorough update this coming weekend. On that note, starting with the next update I'll be putting these updates bi-weekly instead. Songs of the Week did resume on Saturday (September 16th), and next update I'll give an upcoming release calendar with more information.

**DossarLX ODI** · 09-23-2017, 07:51 AM

Re: Weekly Batch Updates

Saturday, September 23rd, 2017 9:51 AM EST

Updates from last week:

Batch
- As mentioned in the previous update, I'll start doing updates every two weeks now. For around two years I've managed to do updates almost every week, which I surprised myself with although it's starting to become counterproductive/too short of a time interval.
- There are currently releases planned for September 30th, October 14th, and November 11th. Because I'm planning on retiring the current BSE site before December this year (more information in the next update item below), PrawnSkunk and I are planning to reach out for help with some of my current tasks for a more sustainable approach.
- My plan for October is to work on developing a new Batch Search Engine site that will be based on django instead of Bolt, also providing better performance and a more customizable interface. Because of this anticipated development effort, I'm going to be reaching out for some part-time help with some of my current tasks to allow me to better focus on that development and put some weight off my shoulders as currently this is not sustainable.
- James May finished his Pending Fixes as described in this post, and has also been assigned with March/April 2017 Set 1. This leaves one unassigned set in March/April 2017 (Set 4), and Set 2's passed file is to be resolved by gameboy42690 as mentioned in this pending fix post.

**DossarLX ODI** · 10-8-2017, 08:14 AM

Re: Weekly Batch Updates

Sunday, October 8th, 2017 10:14 AM EST

Updates from last week:

Batch
- The passed file in March/April 2017 Set 2 was resolved by TC_Halogen (reassigned) and the notes for that set were posted.
- March/April 2017 Set 4 was finished as well.
- The thread for 2017 Regular Batch Results was created, and can be found here.
- This week I'm thinking of setting up the July/August 2017 Regular Batch submissions on the public FFR engine and making the corresponding Active Sets threads, and then start with migrating the current BSE site next week. Because the Crossover Spectrum Official Tournament was postponed, that will give me some more time to focus on the migration.

**DossarLX ODI** · 10-22-2017, 09:27 AM

Re: Weekly Batch Updates

Sunday, October 22nd, 2017 11:27 AM EST

Updates from last week:

Batch
- The song submissions for July/August 2017 are now up on the public engine. You can see the song sets here.
- James May finished March/April 2017 Set 1, finishing that batch period.
- Sets 2 and 4 in July/August 2017 have been assigned to James May. This batch period is in the process of being assigned.
- trumaestro has one file left to judge in November/December 2016 Set 3, with a passed file that will need to be resolved by another judge.
- Starting in early November I'm planning on restructuring the BSE site to django, which may require a bit of a hiatus for me to focus on it. It's going to be more complex than the Crossover Spectrum site restructuring. If the site will need to go down I'll give notice in advance.

**DossarLX ODI** · 11-4-2017, 04:39 PM

Re: Weekly Batch Updates

Saturday, November 4th, 2017 6:39 PM EST

Updates from last week:

Batch
- There was a special Halloween Release with two regular songs and three token songs. The next planned regular release is on November 11th, and upcoming releases after November 11th are in active discussion.
- September/October 2017 as a regular batch period did not receive enough song submissions for a regular batch, so those files will be rolled over to a future batch period. There may be a regular batch freeze for this year when I plan on moving the BSE site from Bolt over to django; if the ffrtools site needs to go down I will give notice in advance.
- Any song submissions sent for November/December 2017 might be rolled over to January/February 2018 for the reasons stated above without any submission cap slots taken.

To Do

Conditional Queue
Pending Fixes (gameboy42690) - gameboy42690
Pending Fixes (trumaestro) - trumaestro

July/August 2017
Primary Judge Set 1 - Unassigned
Primary Judge Set 2 - James May
Primary Judge Set 3 - Unassigned
Primary Judge Set 4 - James May

November/December 2016
Resolve Passed File in Set 3 - Unassigned

In Progress

July/August 2017
Assign Sets - DossarLX ODI

November/December 2016
Primary Judge Set 3 - trumaestro

**DossarLX ODI** · 11-17-2017, 03:21 AM

Re: Weekly Batch Updates

Friday, November 17th, 2017 5:21 AM EST

I will be leaving to SoCal today and won't be back until after Thanksgiving. Concerning releases, there will not be a Thanksgiving release. The last song release for this year is planned to be on Christmas.

There will also be a batch freeze and the current BSE site will be taken down in around a week. More information will come on that at a later time (there is a plan I have in place as a result of the batch freeze to get the revamped site up and running).

**DossarLX ODI** · 12-3-2017, 10:05 AM

Re: Weekly Batch Updates

Sunday, December 3rd, 2017 12:05 PM EST

The rest of December will be focused on the following items:
- Development of the new BSE site
- Christmas Release

Development of the new BSE site

As planned, the Batch Search Engine link is down. Use this post as a reference to the current Accepted and Conditionally Queue'd files. It may be the case that some of the information in those pictures are not entirely up to date, so leave a comment in the Rules/Submission Guidelines thread if you find this is the case so that information can be updated after development of the new BSE site is finished.

Concerning the development process of the new BSE site:
1. Take down the old BSE site
2. After having a DB backup of the most recent BSE updates since 11/23, extract the DB data in a more usable form
3. After getting the data in the format I want, I can plan what the new site's DB will be like
4. Plan the new site's layout and pages
5. Do some testing on the new site and then make it live on dossar.me

The first two steps are done as of this update. Steps 3-4 I aim to take around 2-3 weeks, and then Step 5 which concerns testing the new site will take a few days. The new site will be on the dossar.me domain when it is finished. Right now there is only the Crossover Spectrum site on there.

Christmas Release

The last release for this year will be December 25th (Christmas). It is being planned with the current accepted and conditionally queued files in mind.

**DossarLX ODI** · 12-18-2017, 07:09 AM

Re: Weekly Batch Updates

Monday, December 18th, 2017 9:09 AM EST

The previous update gives the roadmap for the last two weeks of this year, although I will clarify a few more things.

Development of the new BSE site

Concerning the development process of the new BSE site:
1. Take down the old BSE site
2. After having a DB backup of the most recent BSE updates since 11/23, extract the DB data in a more usable form
3. After getting the data in the format I want, I can plan what the new site's DB will be like
4. Plan the new site's layout and pages
5. Do some testing on the new site and then make it live on dossar.me

Steps 3-4 are being done at the same time, and I do have the outline for page layouts finished as well as the structure of navigating the site. The database schema I have drafted but need to incorporate into the site now. I may be able to finish this by Christmas.

Upcoming Releases

The last release for this year is Christmas (December 25th) and then there will be a New Year's Release.

**DossarLX ODI** · 01-1-2018, 01:39 PM

Re: Weekly Batch Updates

Monday, January 1st, 2018 3:39 PM EST

Happy New Year! The last release of 2017 was the Christmas Release, and there was also a New Year's Release today which marks the first release of this year.

With respect to the batch, January/February 2018 is now open with the release of the new BSE site on 12/31/17. Any submissions sent before today will be put into January/February 2018.

Information about the BSE site release can be seen in both the front page post and the changelog thread.

For the next two weeks my focus will be on planning the roadmap for the first three months of this year in relation to the batch and the BSE.

**DossarLX ODI** · 01-15-2018, 10:00 AM

Re: Weekly Batch Updates

Monday, January 15th, 2018 12:00 PM EST

This update will take the form of a Roadmap. Note that not everything on this list is guaranteed to be finished, but it gives an idea of where we should be aiming for.

Roadmap until March 31st, 2018:

Batches
- Re-open the Regular Batch starting with January/February 2018 for two-month periods

Batch Search Engine
- Mentioned bug fixes in the current Batch Search Engine Changelog Thread
- Fix Official Tournament Batch 500 error
- Fix stray \r\n in file reviews
- Provide a way for staff to add songs to the BSE.

Judging
- Finish judging the remaining batches in 2017, and the last set in November/December 2016
- Go through the 11 current Pending Fix Files

Song Releases
- Start Bi-Weekly Songs of the Week again in February

There will also be internal discussions related to staff duties I haven't listed here.

**DossarLX ODI** · 01-28-2018, 09:10 AM

Re: Weekly Batch Updates

Sunday, January 28th, 2018 11:10 AM EST

Up to the end of March, the first quarter roadmap is a good reference for upcoming updates.

There were several bug fixes applied for the BSE site described in the changelog, Release v2.0.1

Songs of the Week will continue in February, and the January/February 2018 Batch Period is open.

The next two weeks will be focused on finding a way to have staff add songs to the BSE besides myself, and having the judgment team pick up remaining sets in 2017 again.

**DossarLX ODI** · 02-11-2018, 09:55 AM

Re: Weekly Batch Updates

Sunday, February 11th, 2018 11:55 AM EST

Up to the end of March, the first quarter roadmap is a good reference for upcoming updates.

Songs of the Week has continued with the February 3rd release, and there is an upcoming Valentine's Day Release.

BSE development has been put aside for now. In terms of judgment, July/August 2017 Set 2 and Set 4 have been finished. Wayward Vagabond has been assigned to Set 1, leaving only Set 3 remaining for that batch period (and the last set in 2017).

**DossarLX ODI** · 03-4-2018, 09:19 AM

Re: Weekly Batch Updates

Sunday, March 4th, 2018 11:19 AM EST

- The March Releases have been planned out. The most recent one was March 3rd with the next one being two weeks after, on March 17th.
- July/August 2017 Set 3 was finished, and July/August 2017 Set 1 reviews might be available this week to close out that batch period.
- The original judge for November/December 2016 Set 3 has been contacted again and by next Saturday if it is not finished I will go ahead and do the remaining work on it.
- Concerning passed files, James May will be resolving Ants of the Sky in November/December 2016 Set 3 and DarkZtar will be resolving Solar Overdrive in July/August 2017 Set 2.
- The January/February 2018 Batch submissions have been compiled together for a total of 21 files. Specific information is in this post.
- There was a large Batch Search Engine update with the details in this post. This also introduced 6 new files into Conditional Queue/Pending Fixes status, and the post also includes a link to the BSE page for January 2018.
- The 2017 Regular Batch Results thread has been updated with the most recent results.
- March/April 2018 Regular Batch submissions are open.

Weekly Batch Updates

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