Same here, thanks, Tom.

> On Nov 27, 2016, at 3:38 AM, kellen sunderland <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
> 
> Definitely guilty of this.  I'll check the release checklist in the
> future.  Thanks for the reminder Tom.
> 
> On Nov 26, 2016 1:27 PM, "Tom Barber" <[email protected]> wrote:
> 
> 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
> 
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