On Mon, Nov 12, 2001 at 01:48:21AM -0800, Roy T. Fielding wrote: > 2) it isn't a showstopper, because the current state of the code base > is no worse than the last release and we certainly aren't going to > prevent 2.0.28 going out as alpha or beta before it is done.
I will move my note in STATUS to be a non-release showstopper as that seems to be the consensus here. > 3) Nobody can veto a release -- showstoppers are merely a tool to make > everyone aware of a veto on a specific change or a bug that everyone > agrees must be fixed before a release. [ Obviously, you know way more about this than I do, but I would appreciate any clarification. ] My understanding from past conversations on list was that no one could veto a rolling of a tarball. However, at the same time, it was mentioned that it was not possible to do a GA release if there were any outstanding "showstoppers" - as these are in effect, vetos. The limitation here is not in the actual rolling of the release (you can't stop that) - just the upper limit on what we can call it. If it has a showstopper listed in STATUS, my understanding is that it may not be called GA. Am I wrong? -- justin
