Sebastien, this is not about git. And the last RC did not get any vote. It got one problem reported which turned out to be a user error. I repeat: No vote at all.
On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 3:43 PM, Sebastien Goasguen <run...@gmail.com> wrote: > -1 on abandoning 4.4 > > If you are not getting VOTEs, ping the private@ and ask PMCs to vote, you > only need 3 pmc vote to release. > > I am inundating by emails and did not even see the new VOTE thread, I left it > as the last VOTE that got -1 within 24 hours. > > > As to why this is happening, I expressed my thoughts in a thread about git > flow. Folks don't seem to be interested. > > Test no test, ci no ci, coverity no coverity, if we don't fix our git flow we > will never release on-time. > > -sebastien > > > > On Jul 22, 2014, at 8:40 AM, Donal Lafferty <donal.laffe...@citrix.com> wrote: > >> It might help to ask what's stopping people from voting. >> >> It would seem the correct approach is to only vote for an RC if you've been >> part of the QA process either formally by having overseen the build >> validation infrastructure or informally by having installed the RC and run >> some tests. >> >> Perhaps this is too difficult. >> >> DL >> >> PS. Tempted to flame? See http://meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Cunningham's_Law >> >> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Daan Hoogland [mailto:daan.hoogl...@gmail.com] >>> Sent: 22 July 2014 10:15 >>> To: dev >>> Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] *LET'S ABANDON 4.4* >>> >>> On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 11:07 AM, Wido den Hollander <w...@widodh.nl> >>> wrote: >>>> On 07/22/2014 08:28 AM, Daan Hoogland wrote: >>>>> >>>>> I had no vote's on the last release candidate. I move we abandon >>>>> releasing 4.4 or stop releasing at all. >>>>> >>>> >>>> So this is not a good thing. Honestly, yes, I didn't vote, I'm truly >>>> sorry for that, but didn't I see other votes come along? >>> This was not a personal attack on you or anybody. I must apologize for >>> sending it. >>> >>> ... >>>> I saw a vote being abandoned due to a bad quorum, right? >>> yes, that is the source for my sarcasm. I felt sorry as I sent it. the >>> reason of >>> my frustration is a very bad sign though. >>> >>> I have been thinking if this is a +1/0/-1 on my job as RM and I don't know. >>> I do >>> know that I wouldn't have minded a -1 as much as not knowing. >>> >>> I will not abandon this work just yet but I have to threaten you all that I >>> this is >>> the way to make me contemplate so. >>> >>> -- >>> Daan > -- Daan
