This thread is for discussions related to the release vote. I should clarify what we are looking for in a release vote. Particularly, we are looking for people to download, validate, and test the release. Only if you are satisfied that the artifacts are correct and the quality is high enough, should you make a "+1" vote. Alongside your vote you should list the checks that you made.
Here is a good example: http://markmail.org/message/gevsz2pdciraw6jw The vote is not simply about "the master branch contains the features I wanted" - it is about making sure that *these* artifacts are *correct* (e.g. they are not corrupted, hashes and signatures pass) and are of *sufficiently high quality* to be stamped as an official release o The Apache Software Foundation. Why test the artifacts when master is looking good? Here are some reasons: - somebody could have made a commit that broke it, since you last git pulled - the release branch could have been made at the wrong point, or inconsistently between all of the submodules - something in the release process could have broken it - I could have made a mistake and corrupted the files - a problem with the Apache infrastructure could mean that the release files are unobtainable or corrupted This is why the release manager needs you to download the actual release artifacts and try them out. The way Apache works can be a bit arcane sometimes, but it's all done with a reason. If the vote passes then the contents of the email and its links become "endorsed" by The Apache Software Foundation, and the Foundation will take on legal liability for them, forever. And of course we want the best possible experience for our users - so we need the actual release files to be tested manually to make sure that a mistake does not ruin the experience for users. So if you can spare an hour or more to download some of the artifacts and try them out, then it will be *very* useful! The vote lasts for three days so there's no need to rush to get a vote in. Thanks! Richard. ---------- Forwarded message ---------- From: Richard Downer <[email protected]> Date: 31 March 2016 at 14:16 Subject: [VOTE] Release Apache Brooklyn 0.9.0 [rc1] To: Brooklyn dev <[email protected]> This is to call for a vote for the release of Apache Brooklyn 0.9.0 [rc1]. This release comprises of a source code distribution, and a corresponding binary distribution, RPM packages, Vagrant environment package, and Maven artifacts. The source and binary distributions, including signatures, digests, etc. can be found at: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/brooklyn/apache-brooklyn-0.9.0-rc1 The artifact SHA-256 checksums are as follows: c03938c4c7a060e8e50f435170e5033277f09c84a54d4abcf0d949c807de9363 *apache-brooklyn-0.9.0-rc1-1.noarch.rpm 777663bbc4cf2d4228ea5dfdfd3e17b5aeaefc3a72ef51d6560fdffe27fc0f46 *apache-brooklyn-0.9.0-rc1-bin.tar.gz 4dcaa31e68fed04217aa2b976675cd9b92db0d8f24735c033081ecd3128985d0 *apache-brooklyn-0.9.0-rc1-bin.zip ef697bfe7d1f4b83964a008a2f92ee92282a1f6160904d3e7b51e571b0002422 *apache-brooklyn-0.9.0-rc1-src.tar.gz 149eef62981f154c1bff7a0f41ddbbbc6f0b40c21997391f9a273db156a405ce *apache-brooklyn-0.9.0-rc1-src.zip 1b39a3c2da645a05026882c106d321e8f34fd19d8d3864baab88952538315d30 *apache-brooklyn-0.9.0-rc1-vagrant.tar.gz cae31212f1293e557c4039138f95769d2c58de7478cbc3b5bf8a9d5c03dfd7a2 *apache-brooklyn-0.9.0-rc1-vagrant.zip The Nexus staging repositories for the Maven artifacts are located at: https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachebrooklyn-1014 https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachebrooklyn-1015 All release artifacts are signed with the following key: https://people.apache.org/keys/committer/richard.asc KEYS file available here: https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/brooklyn/KEYS The artifacts were built from these Git commit IDs: brooklyn: acc8ff1930d243d2a5fae1ad2f1a1ef17ca4a19c brooklyn-client: 64573c8e1b8630f59b23356520282c91cc46a8a1 brooklyn-dist: 0b8b81df458fa4323939582d9f0dda10b2f6eaee brooklyn-docs: 12430d193e1891b87a677d6b45a3b17861c83518 brooklyn-library: 76c0c720edfcd9ad4f7bd70352ece6f08fb5aaad brooklyn-server: 1ccdef868ae798add88f51e269df87c01bd8544f brooklyn-ui: 307382128951bb237bc351ac22136745e5d50475 All of the above have been tagged as "apache-brooklyn-0.9.0-rc1". Please vote on releasing this package as Apache Brooklyn 0.9.0. The vote will be open for at least 72 hours. [ ] +1 Release this package as Apache Brooklyn 0.9.0 [ ] +0 no opinion [ ] -1 Do not release this package because ... Thanks, Richard.
