On 3/7/14 4:33 PM, Rob Weir wrote: > On Fri, Mar 7, 2014 at 10:23 AM, Jürgen Schmidt <jogischm...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On 3/7/14 4:21 PM, Oliver-Rainer Wittmann wrote: >>> Hi, >>> >>> On 07.03.2014 15:22, Rob Weir wrote: >>>> Evidently we're already released, on some websites at least: >>>> >>>> http://linux.softpedia.com/get/Office/Office-Suites/Apache-OpenOffice-253.shtml >>>> >>>> >>>> How much do we care about this? The risk, I suppose, is on >>>> Softpedia, that we could find a last-minute defect in the NOTICE or >>>> other legal files, and they find themselves distributing a package >>>> that is not correct. But the practical risk there is small. >>>> >>>> The greater risk is to users, that we find a last-minute fatal bug >>>> that causes us to cancel the vote, but there are versions of the >>>> Release Candidate still floating around. That can hurt the AOO >>>> reputation if that happened. >>>> >>>> I'm not sure we can prevent this from happening, and still have an >>>> open and transparent voting process. But maybe there is something we >>>> can do to discourage it? >>>> >>> >>> >>> softpedia is not the only one: >>> - http://www.chip.de/downloads/OpenOffice_14324674.html >>> - http://www.computerbase.de/downloads/office/ >>> >> >> I think we can create a blog explaining the voting procedure and make >> clear where we are in the process and that it is the RC of the Beta only. >> > > Or maybe a disclaimer in the voting thread email? Next time we could > say something like: > > "Note: All Apache releases require a vote of the PMC lasting at > least 72-hours. We do not officially release until after that vote > has concluded. We appreciate the enthusiasm of our users and 3rd > party distributors and their efforts to publicize our releases and > share them with a broader audience. But we ask that you do not > publicize a release until the vote has concluded and the vote results > posted. This is for the safety of the users. It is always possible > for a last minute defect to be reported in a Release Candidate causing > us to cancel an in-progress vote. in fact this has occurred before. > So be safe and wait for the release process to conclude." > > I'm guessing that they hear about the RC from the email list, not the > wiki, so it might make sense to put a message like this in the vote > email. >
+1, already marked and I will add it the next time. But for this time we can put this text in a blog. Opinions? Juergen > -Rob > > >> But I don't know if this would really help to avoid confusion. >> >> Juergen >> >> >>> >>> Best regards, Oliver. >>> >>>> -Rob >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >>> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@openoffice.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@openoffice.apache.org
