On Jan 11, 2008 11:38 AM, Assaf Arkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 1/11/08, Matthieu Riou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > We can't do anything about people downloading stuff from random > locations > > and assuming they're what they seem to be just because their name seems > > right. Anybody can already create a zip that will be named ode-1.1.zipand > > put it out there with whatever inside. > > > People who trust code coming from Apache must receive trustworthy code, > and > that's my only concern. Trustworthy means the package name communicates > what's inside the package. Official releases linked from the site's front > page obviously require more scrutiny, but I believe we need to show the > same > level of respect with anything we put out there on any Apache server. > > > > That being said, my point was more that we can't "upgrade" a RC to a > final > > anymore, like we have done before. > > > I have seen nothing that precludes upgrading an RC to a final, on the > contrary it clarifies the process for upgrading the RC to a final, making > sure people vote on the right thing. So if we're interested in doing an > RC2, we have a process on voting for the RC2 and voting for a final based > on > that RC2. If we're not interested in doing an RC2, we can go right ahead > and vote for a final. > > One we put a final out here, as indicated by its version number, then we > must make no change to it. Doesn't matter if it shows up on the main > page, > or held in a staging area until we're done tallying the vote. If during > voting we decide to withdraw it, which happens, we proceed to the next > version number. >
Let me rephrase: we can't "upgrade" directly a RC to a final without re-voting anymore. Which is what we've done in the past. Otherwise I agree with the process. > > So the current vote is actually not for a RC but for a final and me using > a > > RC name for the root directory was a mistake. So if it's okay for > > everybody > > I'll start a new voting thread using the correct naming. > > > +1 > Will do. Matthieu > > Assaf > > > Cheers, > > Matthieu > > > > > > > > > > Assaf > > > > > > > > > * less convenience for developers, where you have to be careful > where > > > you > > > > place each built package (but directories exist for a reason right?) > > > > > > > > I'm open to other release processes but we can't work around the > > > > constraints > > > > exposed by Roy. > > > > > > > > Matthieu > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > CTO, Intalio > http://www.intalio.com >
