Thanks. I was getting worried that we were irritating our mentors/community by having so many votes on our first release. Although I/we have been through many releases - in a variety of capacities - in our work environments, I think we are still learning how a release works in this arena.
D. On Sun, Feb 21, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Joe Schaefer <[email protected]> wrote: > ----- Original Message ---- > >> From: Richard Hirsch <[email protected]> >> To: [email protected] >> Sent: Sun, February 21, 2010 3:18:09 AM >> Subject: Release process: Question about [VOTE] threads >> >> I have a question about release [VOTE] threads. Should they be used >> for QA purposes as well. Should people test the Release candidate >> before the [VOTE] thread - perhaps by testing the tagged release- or >> the signed RC when it is present in the people.apache.org directory? >> Or both. > > QA is an essential part of the voting process. Part of what people > should be doing is saying what went into their vote. IPMC votes > often just vet the release for legal issues, but it is expected of > the esme devs to vet the release for quality as well. > > > >
