Dave, when you wrap up this thread, please do not refer to it as a vote, or change the subject to "vote results."
Thanks! On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 6:27 PM, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello, > > This is an important note from the PMC. > > We were in error to call this thread a vote, and this is my fault. > > To get things clear: > > - The PMC does not vote on binary packages. The PMC only votes on > release artefacts, which are always source packages. > - The Windows binaries are being provided by Dave Cottlehuber for > convenience only, and do not constitute a release by the PMC. > - We will host the Windows binaries in our project distribution > directory, but we will add a note to inform users that any binary packages > are not official releases and are provided for convenience only. > - Binary packages which are referenced by the project (from the > website, for instance) will always be built from a corresponding source > release. > - Dave Cottlehuber has done astounding work getting us to this point, > and I am very pleased that so many people have provided feedback. In > future, Dave will be asking for testers, but we will not be referring to > this as a vote. > - With my PMC hat on, and my Release Team hat on, I can tell you that > we will try to run the release in parallel with any binary package testing. > If there are significant problems in either, we will abort both. We will > also try to announce the availability of binary packages along with the > source release announcement. > > Apologies that this has come so late in the thread. Be assured that it > does not change anything, and we are still moving forward as planned. But > it is important, as a PMC, that we get our terminology right, and set > expectations appropriately. > > Thank you, > > N > > On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 11:16 PM, Randall Leeds > <[email protected]>wrote: > >> On Mon, Mar 26, 2012 at 12:29, Nick North <[email protected]> wrote: >> > Not sure whether to be annoyed or not: when I run the replicator_db test >> > with Firebug installed it passes every time. I'm guessing that it is >> some >> > timing issue and the debugger slows things down enough to prevent it >> > happening. >> > >> > Similarly the Win8 view_compaction test works in my Firebugged Firefox. >> So >> > now I'm a more positive +1, though just a little peeved that it's not >> > possible to track down the problems. >> >> Well that is helpful, thanks. I'm compiling a private bullet list of >> test-related issues to bring to the group for attacking after 1.2. >> I'll take a look at this with an eye towards timing sensitive >> behaviour. >> >> -Randall >> >> > >> > Nick >> > On 25 March 2012 22:35, Dave Cottlehuber <[email protected]> wrote: >> > >> >> On 25 March 2012 21:28, Nick North <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > +1 >> >> > Windows 7 Ultimate x64 SP1 >> >> > Windows 8 Consumer Preview x64 ( on VMWare Player) >> >> > Firefox 11.0 >> >> > Signature: is there a missing .asc file? I didn't see the signature >> file, >> >> > but am probably missing something obvious. >> >> >> >> I noticed that I didn't upload them at same time as the shas etc, >> >> they're there now. Sorry! >> >> >> >> 1.2.0_otp_R15B.exe.asc although they were missing up until >> >> > Md5 & sha OK. >> >> > No malware detected. >> >> > End-user verification OK. >> >> > Futon tests passed on Win7 with the usual exception of our friend >> >> > replicator_db, with the usual error: >> >> > Assertion failed: expected 'null', got >> >> > >> >> >> '{"_id":"foo666","_rev":"1-8f008c4354eb07d5fbfc399a84bc88a1","value":666}' >> >> >> >> We shouldn't be seeing that anymore. Do you feel like running this in a >> >> debugger >> >> and seeing what breaks? >> >> >> >> > Futon tests passed on Win8 with the exception of view_compaction, >> which >> >> > says: >> >> > Assertion failed: resp.view_index.disk_size < >> disk_size_before_compact >> >> >> >> If you gently re-run that a few times does it come right? I had varying >> >> results, >> >> still digging on what the issue is in this one. >> >> >> >> > I vote +1 on the rounds that the replicator_db error seems >> well-known and >> >> > not a genuine problem, and issues with Win8 can't really be addressed >> >> until >> >> > the final release of the OS. I was not prompted for a restart after >> >> > installation, by the way. >> >> > On 25 March 2012 18:49, Dave Cottlehuber <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> > >> >> >> Hello, >> >> >> >> >> >> I would like to call a vote on the following Windows binaries based >> on >> >> >> the concurrent Apache CouchDB 1.2.0 release artefact from git: >> >> >> >> >> >> 654768d32bae3639756c18b200582093aa51f349 >> >> >> >> >> >> https://people.apache.org/~dch/dist/1.2.0/ >> >> >> >> >> >> These have been built using Microsoft SDK 7.1, and includes the >> >> >> following 3rd party code: >> >> >> >> >> >> Erlang R14B04 or R15B >> >> >> OpenSSL 0.9.8r >> >> >> wxWidgets 2.8.12 >> >> >> Mozilla JavaScript 1.8.5 >> >> >> cURL 7.23.1 >> >> >> ICU 4.6.1 >> >> >> Inno setup 5.4.3 >> >> >> >> >> >> Please follow the test procedure before voting: >> >> >> >> >> >> https://wiki.apache.org/couchdb/Windows_Binary_Releases >> >> >> >> >> >> We encourage the whole community to download and test these >> >> >> release artifacts so that any critical issues can be resolved >> before the >> >> >> release is made. Everyone is free to vote on this release, so get >> stuck >> >> in! >> >> >> >> >> >> A+ >> >> >> Dave >> >> >> >> >> >> > >
