On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 3:44 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz <[email protected] > wrote:
> On Thu, May 14, 2009 at 12:31 PM, Jonathan ellis <[email protected]> > wrote: > > You're right, it has not been obvious from the ML alone that we were this > > close to a RC, but it has been very clear on IRC. My apologies for not > > being louder here too. (although anyone interested in Cassandra dev > really > > -should- be on irc.)... > > One of the important principles in ASF projects is that all decisions > happen on the dev mailing list. > > Having conversations on IRC is fine of course,but as soon as they turn > into important discussions or decisions potential decisions that must > come back to the list. > > The goal is to allow people who are not following all the time (like > me) to stay on top of all important things, without having to require > them to use a synchronous channel. > Not to mention those who are in another timezone or those who would like to contribute on their spare time (like a day here and there). If the real development happens outside the ML, you won't even know those people exist. Matthieu. > > > ...IMO it it better to have this under the site from the perspective of a > user > > trying to find the tarball he was reproducing a specific issue on but > that > > is my only reason to prefer one URL to another.... > > The docs cited by Ant make it clear that this is not the way to go. As > long as the tarball is clearly identified as your own creation, no > problem with that, but it should not be confused with something that > the Cassandra project created. > > Having it under http://incubator.apache.org/cassandra/releases/ > clearly crosses that line. > > -Bertrand >
