I don't think all commons components have to follow one release style. Maybe I just missed the documentation on this though.
Here it is: http://jakarta.apache.org/commons/releases/index.html
And I do think all commons components should follow the same procedure. That is one of the the advantages of living under the jakarta/commons umbrella (you don't have to define your own release procedure, charter, ...)
I'm active on validator and I have no problem with the release. Personally, I prefer the commons release style over the httpd rules but
Rob volunteered his time to cut the release and it shouldn't get bogged
down by bureaucracy. Cutting a release is time consuming as it is.
I think the minimal requirement is to call a VOTE (on the release) and post the results to the pmc list. Even following the httpd rules you have to VOTE on the stability of the build before releasing it into the wild ;-)
-- Dirk
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