What you are suggesting isn archival of the release, which means removing it 
from the downloads page, the distribution directory, and the mirrors. I can do 
this, but I'd like to know that we have consensus first. The plan as I 
understood it was to archive this release at the same time as making the 1.0.1 
release.

On 8 Aug 2010, at 20:21, Robert Dionne wrote:

> I would also consider removing the download link for 1.0.0 and not depend on 
> users patching it. It's broken.
> 
> I have to believe there are users who won't and who won't read the red sign. 
> There's a good probability these are the kinds of users who will also be the 
> most upset by data loss
> 
> 
> 
> 
> On Aug 8, 2010, at 3:06 PM, Jan Lehnardt wrote:
> 
>> 
>> On 8 Aug 2010, at 18:37, J Chris Anderson wrote:
>> 
>>> Devs,
>>> 
>>> I have started a document which we will use when announcing the bug. I plan 
>>> to move the document from this wiki location to the 
>>> http://couchdb.apache.org site before the end of the day. Please review and 
>>> edit the document before then.
>>> 
>>> http://wiki.couchone.com/page/post-mortem
>>> 
>>> I have a section called "The Bug" which needs a technical description of 
>>> the error and the fix. I'm hoping Adam or Randall can write this, as they 
>>> are most familiar with the issues.
>>> 
>>> Once it is ready, we should do our best to make sure our users get a chance 
>>> to read it.
>> 
>> I made a few more minor adjustments (see page history when you are logged 
>> in) and have nothing more to add myself, but I'd appreciate if Adam or 
>> Randall could add a few more tech bits.
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> In the meantime, I've put up a BIG FAT WARNING on the CouchDB downloads 
>> page:  
>> 
>> http://couchdb.apache.org/downloads.html
>> 
>> I plan to update the warning with a link to the post-mortem once that is 
>> done.
>> 
>> --
>> 
>> Thanks everybody for being on top of this!
>> 
>> Cheers
>> Jan
>> -- 
>> 
>> 
>> 
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> Chris
>>> 
>>> On Aug 8, 2010, at 5:16 AM, Robert Newson wrote:
>>> 
>>>> That was also Adam's conclusion (data loss bug confined to 1.0.0).
>>>> 
>>>> B.
>>>> 
>>>> On Sun, Aug 8, 2010 at 1:10 PM, Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>> On 8 Aug 2010, at 13:48, Noah Slater wrote:
>>>>> 
>>>>>> Do we need to abort 0.11.2 as well?
>>>>> 
>>>>> 0.11.x does not have this commit as far as I can see.
>>>>> 
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Jan
>>>>> --
>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>>> On 8 Aug 2010, at 11:45, Jan Lehnardt wrote:
>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> On 8 Aug 2010, at 06:35, J Chris Anderson wrote:
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> On Aug 7, 2010, at 8:45 PM, Dave Cottlehuber wrote:
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> is this serious enough to justify pulling current 1.0.0 release
>>>>>>>>> binaries to avoid further installs putting data at risk?
>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I'm not sure what Apache policy is about altering a release after the 
>>>>>>>> fact. It's probably up to use to decide what to do.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Altering releases are a no-no. The only real procedure is to release a 
>>>>>>> new version and deprecate the old one, while optionally keeping it 
>>>>>>> around for posterity.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> Probably as soon as 1.0.1 is available we should pull the 1.0.0 
>>>>>>>> release off of the downloads page, etc.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> +1.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> I also think we should do a post-mortem blog post announcing the issue 
>>>>>>>> and the remedy, as well as digging into how we can prevent this sort 
>>>>>>>> of thing in the future.
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> We should make an official announcement before the end of the weekend, 
>>>>>>>> with very clear steps to remedy it. (Eg: config delayed_commits to 
>>>>>>>> false *without restarting the server* etc)
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> I think so, too.
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>>> Jan
>>>>>>> --
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>> On 8 August 2010 15:08, Randall Leeds <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> Yes. Adam already back ported it.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Sent from my interstellar unicorn.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On Aug 7, 2010 8:03 PM, "Noah Slater" <[email protected]> wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> Time to abort the vote then?
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> I'd like to get this fix into 1.0.1 if possible.
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>> On 8 Aug 2010, at 02:28, Damien Katz wrote:
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Thanks.
>>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>>>>> Anyone up to create a repair tool for w...
>>>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>>> 
>>>>>>> 
>>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>>>> 
>>> 
>> 
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