Nice response Shuang. If I can help with the voting process for releases, etc., please let me know.
I can also try to help with adding more committers, writing notices, etc. to try and get more interest on Social Media even. Regards, KAM On 1/30/2019 3:11 AM, SHUANG SU wrote: > Hi Justin, > > I am afraid it is inevitable to push the rc version to npm. Without that, > the build > process and some local CI process can not be performed, which causes the > developers > concerning about this project can not test whether the release candidate is > qualified to be released. > But the rc version is not tagged as "latest" in npm, so the public can not > get this version > by `npm install`. So it will not make bad effect, just like publishing the > rc pack to the > Apache svn dev repo [1]. > > But the published `4.2.0-rc.2` on npm you saw in [2] is tagged as "latest" > and have been > published to the public. That is incorrect according to the Apache rule. We > should have > removed it. But unfortunately we have missed the opportunity to do that. > Many outsider > projects or systems have depended on that, and the removal will cause some > disaster. > > This mistake was made because we did not clear enough about the total > release process. > But having this experience, this mistake will not happen again. Only the > official release > will be directed to publish in npm from now on. > > 1. https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/ > 2. https://www.npmjs.com/package/echarts > > > Thanks > > ------------------------------ > Su Shuang (100pah) > ------------------------------ > > > > On Wed, 30 Jan 2019 at 15:14, Justin Mclean <[email protected]> wrote: > >> HI, >> >>> As about "When were the last committers or PPMC members elected?", we >> don't have new committers or PPMC members elected after the initiation. So >> should I fill in NA or the initiation date? >> >> Yes, but being a year in incubation without adding any committer or PMC >> members is concerning, especially given the number of contributors to the >> project. You might want to put in the report what is being done to address >> this.There’s some tasks mentioned on the private list that need to be >> followed up on by the PPMC I think. >> >>> As about release version, we tagged "rc" for release candidate version. >> Does that mean rc version can never be available to the public? >> >> Release candidates should not be made available to the general public, >> they can be made available to people who follow the dev list. [1] They can >> be placed here. [2] >> >> Thanks, >> Justin >> >> 1. https://www.apache.org/dev/release-distribution#unreleased >> 2. http://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#stage >> >> >> -- Kevin A. McGrail VP Fundraising, Apache Software Foundation Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
