On Nov 24, 2010, at 5:44 PM, Ralph Goers wrote:

> I'm not against any of the changes you made and it is my fault for not 
> noticing earlier. As a general rule I don't believe the Apache pom should 
> contain alpha or beta releases.

I would say they can't. You potentially destabilize someone's environment 
entirely. We don't have the best track record for making sure things work, the 
WAR plugin is a recent case in point. If there are betas, maybe on a case by 
case basis. If there are actually alpha plugins in there then -1.

> If the artifacts are good enough to be included in the Apache pom then they 
> should be good enough for a "real" release. This is especially true when 
> these are plugins that are part of the maven project.
> 
> Despite that I am +1 on this release.
> 
> Ralph
> 
> 
> On Nov 24, 2010, at 2:20 PM, Brian Demers wrote:
> 
>> Hi,
>> 
>> Included in this staging repo are:
>> apache-source-release-assembly-descriptor - 1.0.3
>> Added support for projects to (optionally) create source zip and tar
>> bundles.
>> apache parent - 8
>> Consumed apache-source-release-assembly-descriptor 1.0.3
>> Upgraded version of the gpg plugin to 1.1
>> 
>> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/maven/pom/trunk/asf/pom.xml?r1=1037038&r2=1038247
>> 
>> http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/maven/pom/trunk/asf/pom.xml?r1=944805&r2=1036989
>> maven parent - 18
>> Consumed apache parent 8
>> 
>> Staging repo:
>> https://repository.apache.org/content/groups/maven_promotion-008/
>> 
>> Staging site:
>> http://maven.apache.org/plugins/maven-XXX-plugin-Y.Z/
>> 
>> Guide to testing staged releases:
>> http://maven.apache.org/guides/development/guide-testing-releases.html
>> 
>> Vote open for 72 hours.
>> 
>> [ ] +1
>> [ ] +0
>> [ ] -1
> 
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Thanks,

Jason

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