Hello folks, I see plenty of +1's going through the release vote, which is great to see people taking an active role in getting the release shipped.
For those of you who are new to the ASF there are a bunch of requirements to sign off for a release which you can find here: http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html#check-list My current concern is that people who are new to the incubator are +1'ing software for release without check all or part of the release cycle. Whilst not mandatory, when you +1 a release please can you try to indicate what you've checked. The reason for this is, the tag Lewis has built off isn't the tip of master, so if you're basing your +1 on your day to day development and knowledge of the code base, that's not always whats shipped. Also in the branching process, its possible merges or alterations were accidentally made that Lewis has missed (this is very unlikely I know but you know, code changes). Also people build software on different OS's, versions of OS's etc so just because it builds on Lewis's laptop doesn't mean it builds on mine, for example. Also regarding licenses, disclaimers etc, people notice different things or interpret stuff differently. its always possible that someone might miss a library etc so its important multiple eyes run over the same stuff. Cheers, Tom -- Tom Barber CTO Spicule LTD [email protected] http://spicule.co.uk GB: +44(0)5603641316 US: +18448141689
