On 4/13/05, Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > However, now another interesting issue comes up. My understanding is that > only official ASF releases are supposed to go into the dist directories, > and only official ASF releases are supposed to be mirrored, unless an > exceptional download volume is anticipated. This begs the question of > whether MyFaces 1.0.9 is permitted to become an official ASF release, > given that it has not passed the TCK. >
It is correct that you can't produce a final release claiming to implement a JCP based spec (including JavaServer Faces) without having passed the TCK. You an do an early access or beta -- the big problem in this case (as you point out) was the confusing messaging -- to say nothing of the fact that the TSS announcement said only "1.0.9" and didn't say "beta". > I'm afraid I don't think I can help you resolve that one, although I feel > it's important to raise. It might be worthwhile for you folks to have a > conversation with some of the other folks who have to deal with TCK > issues. The Geronimo folks come to mind, but I'm sure there are others. > The appropriate Apache-side butts have been kicked into gear (by me :-), and I'll help grease any skids needed on the Sun side as well. It is indeed well past time where we should have done this. > -- > Martin Cooper > Craig
