Hi -

Also, the project did begin discussions about adding a committer on private@. 
These stalled, but can be restarted now.

Regards,
Dave

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> 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
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
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