> It’s not allowed. See what a release is [1] "anything that is published beyond the group that owns it” and [2] "Each PMC MUST obey the ASF requirements on approving any release.” and also [3] "Projects MUST direct outsiders towards official releases rather than raw source repositories, nightly builds, snapshots, release candidates, or any other similar packages."
We are talking about milestones, not release and none of the references answer this question directly. Or put differently, if we take the references you provided at face value then snapshots as every almost every relevant Apache project uses them would be illegal because they are not voted on but they still use the org.apache.pekko maven organization namespace. The critical part here is not the voting, it's whether we are allowed to publish **non**-release milestones inside of Apache Nexus. > I should also say this process exists to give you legal protection and so that each release is an act of the foundation. IANAL, but doing things outside this process could open you (or your employers) to legal risk. Again this is not a release, it's more of a snapshot. Snapshots are not voted on, yet they are still deployed to Apache's Snapshot Nexus repository and use the org.apache.pekko Maven organization. Is there official documentation/process that describes this distinction? On Sun, Aug 6, 2023 at 3:04 AM Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: > Hi, > > > Doing binary M0/M1 releases to Maven Central without a proper vote > > would not be allowed under my understanding but it can be raised with > > the Incubator PMC. > > It’s not allowed. See what a release is [1] "anything that is published > beyond the group that owns it” and [2] "Each PMC MUST obey the ASF > requirements on approving any release.” and also [3] "Projects MUST direct > outsiders towards official releases rather than raw source repositories, > nightly builds, snapshots, release candidates, or any other similar > packages." > > Kind Regards, > Justin > > 1. https://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#release-definition > 2. https://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#release-approval > 3. https://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#publication > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@pekko.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@pekko.apache.org > > -- Matthew de Detrich *Aiven Deutschland GmbH* Immanuelkirchstraße 26, 10405 Berlin Amtsgericht Charlottenburg, HRB 209739 B Geschäftsführer: Oskari Saarenmaa & Hannu Valtonen *m:* +491603708037 *w:* aiven.io *e:* matthew.dedetr...@aiven.io
