+1 (non-binding). Glad to see this vote finally take place.
On Thu, Feb 13, 2014 at 9:56 AM, Stephen Connolly < stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > +1 > > (forgot my vote) > > > On 13 February 2014 15:14, Stephen Connolly < > stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com > > wrote: > > > We have not made a release of Maven 2.x since 2.2.1 which was August > 2009. > > > > During that period no release manager has stepped up to cut a release. > > > > I would argue that we should just therefore just declare Maven 2.x as end > > of life. > > > > This vote is therefore to resolve this issue. > > > > The vote will be decided on the basis of committer votes cast. If the > > majority of votes from committers (which includes PMC members) are in > > favour then we will declare 2.x end of life. > > > > If you are a committer and voting -1, then we will assume that you are > > willing to step up and act as a release manager to get a 2.2.2 release > out > > (which would hopefully include being able to not barf on > maven-metadata.xml > > that uses the <snapshotVersions> schema generated by Maven 3.x but the > > release manager gets to decide what it is they want to release) > > > > The decision on this is actually quite simple as if there is nobody > > committer to act as a release manager for the 2.x line, then it is end of > > life. > > > > +1: Maven 2.x is end of life, I am not willing to act as release manager > > for this line of releases > > 0: I have no opinion > > -1: Maven 2.x is not end of life, I am willing to act as release manager > > for this line of releases > > > > The vote will be open for 72h and may be closed earlier in the unlikely > > event that all Maven committers have cast a vote before the 72h are up. > > > > -Stephen > > > -- Cheers, Paul
