On Nov 25, 2012, at 2:07 PM, Brett Porter <br...@apache.org> wrote: > > On 26/11/2012, at 6:42 AM, Jason van Zyl <ja...@tesla.io> wrote: > >> I wish RCs were useful, but I don't believe anyone really looks or takes the >> time to even try anything until it's actually released. > > 3.0.4 had 5 RCs from memory, and so far, 3.1.0 has had one pulled back - > seems like they are being useful? >
I doubt a user would have found that. For issues akin to what Anders noticed we can just leave it in staging for a week or two. I think people see RC and think "I'll just let everyone else try it." > I don't mind naming them all 3.1.0 and having the RM delete the tag, but we > should keep enough time/repeats in there to find issues - we don't want > another "don't use 2.2.0, it's broken" type scenario. > That's easy enough. I'll just leave it in staging, but the crux of the argument is in staging or calling it an RC fields no real use from non-developers. > - Brett > > -- > Brett Porter > br...@apache.org > http://brettporter.wordpress.com/ > http://au.linkedin.com/in/brettporter > http://twitter.com/brettporter > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@maven.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@maven.apache.org > Thanks, Jason ---------------------------------------------------------- Jason van Zyl Founder & CTO, Sonatype Founder, Apache Maven http://twitter.com/jvanzyl --------------------------------------------------------- Selfish deeds are the shortest path to self destruction. -- The Seven Samuari, Akira Kurosawa
