I put references onto DRILL-225 and noted that there is no strong voice for a separate DISCLAIMER file.
David didn't cite any references so it is hard to check his assertion. Not a release stopper in my view. On Thu, Sep 12, 2013 at 11:20 PM, Jacques Nadeau <[email protected]> wrote: > Can someone please point me at the place where the definitive list of rules > around the incubator disclaimer are presented. It seems to be a moving > target. See the three conflicting sets of statements below by Isabel, the > wiki, and David. Maybe I'm just missing where I should be reading? I > promise you, we're trying to get this right. Someone please help... > > thanks, > Jacques > > > In the RC3 thread Isabel said: > > "Also the release should contain the incubator disclaimer e.g. in the > README, > Release notes or similar - see "The incubator disclaimer" in the above > release management best practices." > > Checking the url [1] she pointed to, I see only three references to the > disclaimer. None are particularly specific or helpful: > > - TODO: the incubator requires that users are informed that the by > including a standard disclaimer. may be include in README, RELEASE_NOTES > DISCLAIMER. It is recommended that it is not included in NOTICES > - Check disclaimer is distributed TODO: link > - It is strongly recommended that the NOTICE contains only these legally > important contents. The incubator disclaimer is best placed in another > document. > > > Now David Fisher is saying in DRILL-225 > > "You need to have a file called DISCLAIMER. This is the incubator > requirement. Having it in the README.md is nice, but if you want to > generate an acceptable release it is supposed to be a separate file." > > > [1] > http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html#best-practice > > > > On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 10:38 AM, Ted Dunning <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > On Tue, Sep 10, 2013 at 9:48 AM, Harri Kinnunen > > <[email protected]>wrote: > > > > > I'll update the Wiki How-To. > > > > > > > Good man! > > >
