On 3/14/07, Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
In my opinion, we are only borderline compliant today with the ASF-wide stipulation that non-release artifacts not be visible to non-developers. Some people consider that making a link available on the web site at all should not be permitted. With that in mind, I am very much against making them any more visible than they are now.
Agreed. As Henri could attest :) , this has been discussed at length on other lists. The argument is that posting development builds encourages projects to become lazy about releases, and we tend to use nightlies as if they were betas. (Mea culpa, Struts.) Using nightlies for betas is a bad idea because the automated builds are not expressly approved by the PMC. Distributing unapproved builds to the general public undermines the legal shield created by the ASF and the PMCs. As Martin said, some ASF members consider development builds harmful and recommend against posting any website links whatsoever. -Ted. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
