On 15.11.2005 11:42:31 Christian Geisert wrote: > Jeremias Maerki schrieb: > > On 15.11.2005 10:50:07 Christian Geisert wrote: > > [..] > > >>I don't think we need to vote on alpha/preview release (preview release > >>as in "will be available on cvs.apache.org/builds/fop and not on the > >>official www.apache.org/dist") but should do it nevertheless. > > > > But that won't make infrastructure very happy because that will create a > > lot of traffic on Apache infrastructure if the release isn't mirrored. > > Furthermore, we want to give out a signal that we're back in the > > business and that means an announcement through various channels. And > > that in turn will create traffic. I would strongly suggest we send it > > out through the distribution system, i.e. a vote is necessary. > > But an official release means it will be available "forever" on > http://archive.apache.org/dist/xml/fop/
Is that so bad? > And http://www.apache.org/dev/mirrors.html says: > "Essentially, any release that you do not consider ready for prime time > should go here. [people.apache.org:/www/cvs.apache.org/]" Sure, but we want people to try the software and that's kind of "prime time". The part you're quoting also says: "pre-releases aimed at the developer community, but not at end users". I'd like to aim at end users. I want their feedback. Some people will only start looking at the new code when we provide them with a precompiled binary. > I agree with you on the traffic issue. > > -- > Christian Jeremias Maerki
