On Dec 21, 2006, at 11:38 AM, Matt Hogstrom wrote:
On Dec 21, 2006, at 1:50 PM, David Blevins wrote:
On Dec 21, 2006, at 6:46 AM, Matt Hogstrom wrote:
It was something Roy said recently on Incubator general that
enlightened.
On Dec 7, 2006, at 3:39 PM, Roy T. Fielding wrote:
FYI, traditionally, all release votes are for the source code
package and
only that package. Once the source code version is set in stone,
binaries
and assorted other release artifacts can be generated by individual
committers without a vote if the group trusts them to do so and they
have a signed key. Some groups might require a vote on binaries
as well,
but the ASF only requires a vote on the source.
I like voting on binaries for most our stuff as our build is
massively complex. But in this case I figured I'd give the "do
you trust me to build/publish" angle a try as these are tiny
little jars that aren't complicated and it's way easier to just
run the maven publish command on them after the vote than it is to
create a "staging" build for each one and figuring out a non-
trivial way to publish them later.
-David
Thanks...this was the missing context for me. I spect I'm not the
only one who doesn't hang on the incubator thread so this helps.
I'm confused about Roy's comments as there are specific
requirements for including legal stuff in the binaries. Sounds
like he is advocating everyone building their own copy and
validating it.
Since this is a change in process it would be good to outline how
you propose it working for the benefit of the many on the list that
don't have the benefit of your thinking apart from the reference
above.
It's pretty simple as Guillaume mentions. You just run 'mvn
release:prepare release:perform'.
I would very much like to see us change the process and the specs
are probably a really good place to start. I'm +1 for changing the
process. I would very much like to get the new process documented
so that you don't end up becoming the release dog and have everyone
making up a new way each time which is currently where we are at.
Me too. To be clear it's not a new process, just new to us. Pretty
much we just get the branch ready to go then use the maven release
plugin once the vote is complete (mvn release:prepare release:perform).
Anyway, as this is different than what we're used to I'll just go
ahead and do the staging thing so the vote can continue.
-David
