On Sat, Aug 23, 2014 at 10:54 PM, Jake Farrell <[email protected]> wrote:
> Sorry to say, but this source archive in its current state is not ready for > release, my vote is a -1. > > After starting to walk the release checklist I quickly hit the following > areas (all prior to attempting the build/verify steps). These are all very > common misses when packaging the first release under the ASF and nothing > that should involve days to resolve. > Thanks so much for taking a close look at the release. > - no checksum hashes provided > Is this an absolute requirement for Apache releases? I thought only signatures were required for release. Over seven years and about that many releases, we've never provided checksum hashes for Apache Roller. > - source archive filename does not start with apache or contain -incubation > - rc source archive filename should contain -rc# > I forgot to add the incubation word. We've got "rc1" in the file names, where is the requirement for "-rc1" documented? > - binary files included in source archive > Yes, this is a problem. There are some jars in the release. I believe this is only in the SDK directories. Where is the policy that specifies what we can and cannot ship in our release. Some binary files are OK, e.g. images -- is there a list that specifies what is acceptable? - no DISCLAIMER file included > Oops. > - files missing Apache license header (ack -L "Apache Software Foundation") > I wonder why RAT did not catch that? You're right, these are pretty easy fixes, except (possibly) for those jars in the release. I hope to roll a build build file tomorrow. Thanks, - Dave Apache Usergrid 1.0-RC0 checklist > ----- > ** 1.1 Checksums and PGP signatures are valid. > 2.1 Build is successful including automated tests. > ** 3.1 DISCLAIMER is correct, filenames include "incubating". > 3.2 Top-level LICENSE and NOTICE are correct for each distribution. > ** 3.3 All source files have license headers where appropriate. > 3.4 The provenance of all source files is clear (ASF or software grants). > 3.5 Dependencies licenses are ok as per http://apache.org/legal/ > ** 3.6 Release consists of source code only, no binaries. > > > On Fri, Aug 22, 2014 at 1:08 PM, Rod Simpson <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Usergriders, > > > > I am excited to send this email, which is a vote to release Usergrid 1.0. > > I know everyone has been working really hard to make this happen and we > > really appreciate everyone’s efforts!! > > > > This release is a source-code only release. We have plans to improve the > > overall usability, but providing binaries and such. But for now, just > > getting the source code out the door will be a major accomplishment. > > > > To my knowledge, we have completed all steps in the release process > (prior > > to the vote and actual release). > > > > Release files are located here: > > http://people.apache.org/~snoopdave/usergrid/ > > > > I’ll be holding the voting through the end of Sunday to give people the > > full weekend to test if they wish. If anyone is aware of problems that > > shouldn’t be postponed, please report back as soon as possible. > > > > Also, please be careful with commits to Master until the vote is closed > > and the > > artifacts are released. The build has been tagged, but if we have to > make > > changes, additional commits could make this process more difficult. > > > > The user community is also encouraged to test this release candidate and > > let us know of problems that they find. > > > > To start the voting, here is my +1. > > > > Thanks everyone! > > > > Rod > > > > > > -- > > Rod Simpson > > @rockerston > > rodsimpson.com >
