On Wed, Apr 29, 2009 at 8:07 AM, ant elder <[email protected]> wrote: > Just a heads up on a discussion thats been going on for a while on > legal-discuss@ about how ASF releases should be done. Tuscany may need > to modify the release process if whats being said is confirmed as > policy. > > See: http://apache.markmail.org/message/3odlybipss4wnczl > > ...ant >
For those that didn't follow all that discussion the ASF release FAQ has now been updated, see: http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html#what-must-every-release-contain Two things of note are: "Every ASF release must contain a source package, which must be sufficient for a user to build and test the release provided they have access to the appropriate platform and tools." and "that package together with its signature must be tested prior to voting +1 for release" We have on occasion had Tuscany releases where there is problem with building the src distribution, its not clear if "must be tested prior to voting +1" implies it must build perfectly to be released or if thats ok as long as we've noted any issues. The "must contain a source package sufficient for a user to build" appears to say that the way we release the maven plugins is not allowed because although it include a -src jar you can't actually use that src jar to build the plugin. ...ant
