I forgot to mention, but something we haven't done well in the past that we should start doing is state what you checked that lead to your vote. As an example, see this recent vote on the incubator list:
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/1e7cb02e92ecbe4d62e0a0c18b21ba32fba52f3bfee65b70eb15012b@%3Cgeneral.incubator.apache.org%3E - Steve On 7/3/19 9:03 AM, Steve Lawrence wrote: > Hi all, > > I'd like to call a vote to release Apache Daffodil (incubating) 2.4.0-rc1. > > All distribution packages, including signatures, digests, etc. can be > found at: > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/daffodil/2.4.0-rc1/ > > Staging artifacts can be found at: > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachedaffodil-1009/ > > This release has been signed with PGP key 36F3494B033AE661, > corresponding to [email protected], which is included in the KEYS > file here: > > https://www.apache.org/dist/incubator/daffodil/KEYS > > The release candidate has been tagged in git with v2.4.0-rc1. > > For reference, here is a list of all closed JIRAs tagged with 2.4.0: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/DAFFODIL-1477?jql=project%20%3D%20DAFFODIL%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%202.4.0%20ORDER%20BY%20priority%20DESC%2C%20updated%20DESC > > For a summary of the changes in this release, see: > > https://daffodil.apache.org/releases/2.4.0/ > > Please review and vote. The vote will be open for at least 72 hours > (Saturday, 6 July 2019, 9am EST). > > [ ] +1 approve > [ ] +0 no opinion > [ ] -1 disapprove (and reason why) > > Thanks, > - Steve >
