On Fri, Jul 30, 2010 at 8:48 AM, Phil Steitz <phil.ste...@gmail.com> wrote: > Jörg Schaible wrote: >> Hi Mark, >> >> Mark Struberg wrote: >> >>> folks, please keep on voting. >>> There are a few projects eager to use beta.3 or however it's gonna be >>> named as long it's not a SNAPSHOT :) >> >> Well, this is exactly the point what we want to avoid. The beta release is >> there for giving users an impression about the current state and to look for >> feedback. I still expect the API to change. However, I'd rather discourage >> everyone in using this for production already or publishing final releases >> that use this version already. And remember, the artifact will not be >> available at central and we might remove it after a certain time again once >> 3.0 is finally released. > > Guys, this is either an official ASF release or it is not. My > understanding is that it is a release. As such, it will be > available on official ASF release mirrors and in the archives in > perpetuity. We can move it to archive on /dist once 3.0 is out and > we can clearly state in the release notes that the API may change in > 3.0; but we can't "remove it" once it is released.
Absolutely, +1. No removals. Hen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
