Hi Tobias; On Thu, Nov 4, 2010 at 5:28 PM, Tobias Schlitt <tob...@schlitt.info> wrote: > Hi, > > I have studied the guidelines for releases in the ASF and tried to make > up a release process document for us. Please find it attached for > discussion. You can also find it in our SVN under > > docs/release_process.txt > > The document summarizes the requirements for releases roughly and then > tries to relealize these in a release process specific to Zeta. > > There are some open issues marked with notes in this document, which > need to be decided on. >
I just read the document and I have a few (nitpicking) questions. " In ASF, an **RC is any kind of package that is meant to be published later**, but is at first only provided to developers for testing." How will version numbers will be managed ? I have the feeling the version numbering system will become completely different from the previous versions (eZ Components days). Am I correct ? "The first type refers to a release of a single component, independently from any other." Since (almost) all ZC have a dependecy with the Base component, what will be the process in case of (major) update of ezcBase ? Will all the other components released once again ? "This choice can happen informally among the maintainers of a component." What does informally means here ? If that means deciding to release over jabber or IRC while chatting with a maintainer after lunch I do not agree. It is not really a of matter of trust but more a matter of transparency. If a (group of) maintainer(s) decide to release a new version of a specific component, fair enough but I think this decision must be sent to the dev-(users ?) mailing list to at least inform that an update will happen. "A full package release does not occur as needed, but fixed dates twice a year." I believe you meant every 6 months. Just to avoid any miscomprehension ".. note:: Determine release times." How about March and September ? I do not know what you guys think but release in January and June (or July) does not sound that good to me. I also fixed a few minor issues (spelling, typos etc) in the document, patch attached. :) -- Jérôme Renard http://39web.fr | http://jrenard.info | http://twitter.com/jeromerenard
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