Hi - Also, the project did begin discussions about adding a committer on private@. These stalled, but can be restarted now.
Regards, Dave Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 30, 2019, at 7:24 AM, Kevin A. McGrail <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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] > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
