Even in the pre-updated release steps, it explicitly says we need a vote and refers to this "apache way" doc:
http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html#approving-a-release On Wed, May 1, 2013 at 4:23 PM, Filip Maj <[email protected]> wrote: > We decided on voting for each release? I thought it was lazy consensus (as > with all decisions we make)? > > On 5/1/13 1:17 PM, "Andrew Grieve" <[email protected]> wrote: > > >I'm not sure I saw the vote thread, nor an announcement release, but > >issues > >are being closed that indicate that it has happened. > > > >I appreciate everyone's effort in getting it out, but the vote is a super > >important step because it's our last chance to say "is everyone > >comfortable > >with this release". > > > >I'd like to say that it was clearly documented on the release wiki page > >(which it is)... but the wiki's been down for two days :P. > >
