Hi all,
During the last release vote, I noticed the following things that we should do better next time to adhere to the ASF release guidelines [1,2,3]: - We need at least 3 (binding) votes for a release. A binding vote originates from PMC members only (although community is encouraged to also cast non-binding votes and test the binaries). For 2.5.0, we only had 2 (binding) votes for RC4 and an implicit one (at least I assume it) by our release manager, which would need to be cast next time, so we can formally do the release according to the foundation's policies. - A successful vote should be followed by a [VOTE] [RESULT] mail to indicate, that the vote was successful and the release process continues. - If multiple RC's are needed to do a release, we would need to sent a mail with [VOTE] [CANCELLED] to indicate the failed attempt and start a new mail thread with the next release candidate. This make the process more transparent to everyone. No blaming, just my observation. I think, that we can do better next time :) Gruß Richard [1] https://infra.apache.org/release-publishing.html [2] https://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html [3] https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html
