Cos, this link is wrong. On Fri, Nov 4, 2016 at 1:14 AM, Konstantin I Boudnik <c...@apache.org> wrote:
> This blog post from DataStax [1] has reminded me of the conversation we > had during the incubation on how to model community web-sites and how > "Planet Cassandra" is doing this. Evidently, after years of the > explanations and the deliberations, DataStax had finally came to their > senses and stopped this violation of the Apache Cassandra trademark once > and for all. > > [1] https://is.gd/DBrGHB > > Cos > > On 2015-03-13 03:54 (+0300), Dmitriy Setrakyan <dsetrak...@apache.org> > wrote: > > Henry, Brane, > > > > I completely see your points and agree. I actually finally had some time > > today to look into this and will be removing the link shortly. However, > > although I want to comply with ASF rules, I truly believe that having a > > downloadable binary at all times increases usability and popularity of > the > > project. > > > > With that in mind, I have asked GridGain to host the download link of > > Apache Ignite community edition in the mean time, granted that it will be > > made clear to the users and the community that it is not an official > Apache > > release. This approach is also taken by Datastax with their > planetcassandra > > portal, http://planetcassandra.org/try-cassandra/, perhaps for similar > > reasons. Once we have a legitimate release candidate, we will revert back > > to the normal download process. > > > > I should be able to set this up within a couple of days. > > > > D. > > > > On Wed, Mar 11, 2015 at 8:42 PM, Henry Saputra <henry.sapu...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > > > I agree. Please do remove the RC1 download links. > > > > > > The main reasons of any project need to be in incubator when joining > > > ASF is to make sure that the community know how to develop in the > > > Apache way. > > > > > > I am hoping that you do not guess or believe that things should work > > > as you think it is. > > > > > > ALL initial committers please read and understand how to release > > > documentation [1] and document about being ASF committer [2] > > > > > > What we are expecting from the new PPMCs are please try to understand > > > how ASF work and do not just do things based what you already knew. > > > When in doubt you can look at Apache websites or ask mentors in dev@ > > > list or even go to incubator general@ list. > > > > > > [1] http://www.apache.org/dev/release-publishing.html > > > [2] http://www.apache.org/dev/new-committers-guide.html > > > > > > On Tue, Mar 10, 2015 at 9:36 PM, Branko Čibej <br...@apache.org> > wrote: > > > > On 10.03.2015 22:17, Dmitriy Setrakyan wrote: > > > >> Brane, > > > >> > > > >> The RC1 was a legitimate Ignite release candidate as it was > submitted > > > for a > > > >> vote. Please let us know if there are certain documented guidelines > here > > > >> that we are not aware of. > > > > > > > > It's all documented here: > > > > > > > > http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html > > > > > > > > Specifically, this is written *in bold* on that page: > > > > > > > > Do not include any links on the project website that might > encourage > > > > non-developers to download and use nightly builds, snapshots, > > > > release candidates, or any other similar package. > > > > > > > > It is fine to call a specific package a "release candidate" and even > > > > publish is as an ASF release under that name, but in the case of > > > > Ignite's RC1 and RC2, these are /not/ official releases because they > > > > have not been approved as such by the PPMC and IPMC. > > > > > > > >> Moreover, this RC1 zip archive provides users with the ability to > kick > > > the > > > >> tires with Apache Ignite ahead of time, before the official 1.0 > release > > > is > > > >> out. I am not sure how removing it serves either community or user > base > > > of > > > >> the Ignite project. > > > > > > > > Then tell people how to fetch a tag or specific commit from the git > > > > repository, or simply how to clone a read-only (possibly shallow) > copy. > > > > It definitely doesn't serve the Ignite community or user base to post > > > > confusing links to the web site.// > > > > > > > >> As a side note, we already have addressed all RC2 issues and are a > > > couple > > > >> of days away from sending out RC3 for a vote, which will most likely > > > become > > > >> an official Apache Ignite 1.0 release. It will be easier to just > switch > > > one > > > >> zip archive with another when that happens. > > > > > > > > You must realize that our release policy is not arbitrary and is > driven > > > > by legal requirements. Even if RC3 is perfect, it will take at least > a > > > > week to approve (vote on dev@ must run at least 72 hours, and the > same > > > > again for the IPMC vote), so that's an extra week of confusing users > and > > > > violating ASF policies. Please remove the download link because I > really > > > > don't want to do that myself. > > > > > > > > > > > > While we're on the topic of RC3, I've been trying to send my > comments on > > > > RC2 twice to this list in the last couple days, but apparently they > > > > haven't come through ... I'll try again, hope for the best. > > > > > > > > -- Brane > > > > > > > > > >
