Hi Suresh, It's a great pleasure! Thanks for all the points!
> * Just so we are clear, its not advisable to have a cut of time for > releases at the end of 72 hours. For some decisions, 72 hours is enough for > every one to respond or silence can be assumed as consensus. But releases > we rather wait for a minimum of 72 hours with a goal to achieve a quorum. > For major releases like the 4.0.0, its better majority of the PPMC (PMC) > spends time verifying. For instance 4.0.1 will be a bug fix release so not > much change in terms of dependencies and packaging so we can use less > diligence and focus on testing bugs. > Completely agree, even the RC1 voting was kept for nearly 5 days. May be we could extend this further if required. > > * The better job we do for releases, it saves times and confidence (both > legally and technically) for down steam users, so busy (P)PMC members who > gasp for time, it will be nice to put release verification as the minimum > contribution to the project. > > * Bundled dependency jars into a single jar is ok, but better to be clear > in the associated README file. > Definitely, I will update the README file regarding this. > > * It will be good to check on the maven jars. I quickly looked at one - > apache-stratos-cartridge-agent-4.0.0-incubating.jar at could not figure out > if it has anything significant in it. The DEPENDENCY file within the > META-INF of this jar has list but could not find anything in the jar itself. > I'm sorry I didn't get this. Was there anything missing in cartridge agent jar? > > * The KEYS file is not advised to go onto mirrors (basically avoid > co-residing with the artifacts). The best place will be - > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/incubator/startos/KEYS > > Thanks, I will move the KEYS file. One question regarding the following two locations: [1] https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/stratos/releases/ [2] https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/incubator/stratos/ I thought we keep RC packs in [1] and move them to [2] once voting is completed. Can you please add some thoughts on this? Thanks -- Imesh Gunaratne Technical Lead, WSO2 Committer & PPMC Member, Apache Stratos
