Are there any issues in the list of open 2.1 items <https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20LOG4J2%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%202.1%20AND%20resolution%20%3D%20Unresolved%20ORDER%20BY%20due%20ASC%2C%20priority%20DESC%2C%20created%20ASC> we would want to address for 2.1?
Or should these all be moved to 2.2? On Wed, Sep 24, 2014 at 10:14 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: > That's why I thought calling it a "candidate" release made that > distinction. Plus, Alpha, Beta, Candidate release. Going ABC like that > makes suffixes like Final or Release both come next, though that's not an > issue here. > > On 23 September 2014 16:30, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> > wrote: > >> When you do a release that release has to be voted on - which makes it a >> release “candidate”. If it is not approved than the candidate fails, you >> fix whatever problems there were and move on to the next candidate. In >> short, it is something that is just part of the release process for a >> specific release. It doesn’t really belong in the artifact id and/or >> version. It may need to be represented in the source repository, but that >> is difficult to do with Maven. >> >> The notion of Alpha or Beta denotes the expected stability of the >> release. >> >> Ralph >> >> On Sep 23, 2014, at 11:02 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >> Confusing! What's wrong with Alpha, Beta and Release? A release candidate >> is our internal bits before it gets to A, B, or R. >> >> Gary >> >> On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 1:52 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Maybe we can call the "release candidate" a "candidate release", while >>> the traditional RC is still an RC. So in this case, we do CRs for the >>> official release (which I believe was how you suggested naming tags). >>> >>> On 23 September 2014 11:40, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> A beta release is exactly the same as a “regular” release. Just change >>>> the version in the pom to 2.1-beta1. >>>> >>>> As for getting multiple versions on the site, other projects do that. >>>> Maven does it for older versions. It should just be a matter of copying >>>> the template they use. >>>> >>>> IMO the only reason to do a beta is if their are new features that we >>>> consider to be not-quite-ready for production. On the other hand, I >>>> consider an RC to be believed to be production ready but requiring >>>> additional feedback. FWIW - I find RCs a bit confusing since we vote on a >>>> “release candidate” with every release. >>>> >>>> Ralph >>>> >>>> On Sep 23, 2014, at 8:43 AM, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Perhaps we can all take time until this weekend to clean up and polish >>>> before you cut an RC... on Friday? >>>> >>>> Gary >>>> >>>> On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 11:38 AM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I know that the work I was doing on log4j-web can wait for 2.2, so no >>>>> objections for going ahead with 2.1 from me. >>>>> >>>>> On 22 September 2014 19:25, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Gary mentioned that in Commons they have multiple versions on the >>>>>> site so he suggested using that profile/maven plugin. That said, this may >>>>>> not be easy and will probably be significant work. >>>>>> >>>>>> As Gary said, we're all in agreement we can do a 2.1 release, so >>>>>> there's no need to look into the implications of the beta idea further. >>>>>> >>>>>> Are there any items we still want to include in this release? >>>>>> >>>>>> Sent from my iPhone >>>>>> >>>>>> On 2014/09/23, at 8:25, Gary Gregory <garydgreg...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Matt, >>>>>> >>>>>> It seems like the consensus is to skip a beta. >>>>>> >>>>>> You may want to send a [poll] email and get a more formal feel for it. >>>>>> >>>>>> Gary >>>>>> >>>>>> On Mon, Sep 22, 2014 at 2:16 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >>>>>> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> How would I even be able to release the beta artifacts? The >>>>>>> "release" profile doesn't seem appropriate. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> On 22 September 2014 12:15, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> I'm also fine with just doing a 2.1 and following up with 2.1.x >>>>>>>> releases if issues are found. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> On Tue, Sep 23, 2014 at 2:01 AM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Unless we have some way to have more than one release on the site, >>>>>>>>> making it 2.1 might be our best bet. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> On 22 September 2014 11:01, Remko Popma <remko.po...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> Do we need to have a 2.1-beta release, or shall we just do a 2.1 >>>>>>>>>> release (and follow up with 2.1.1 etc if issues are found)? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> When are we aiming to do this release? >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> There are still ~10 open Jira tickets targetting 2.1. >>>>>>>>>> Please take a look to see if that list is up to date. >>>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >>>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org >>>>>> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition >>>>>> <http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> >>>>>> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> >>>>>> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> >>>>>> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >>>>>> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >>>>>> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >>>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org >>>> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition >>>> <http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> >>>> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> >>>> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> >>>> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >>>> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >>>> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >>>> >>>> >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> E-Mail: garydgreg...@gmail.com | ggreg...@apache.org >> Java Persistence with Hibernate, Second Edition >> <http://www.manning.com/bauer3/> >> JUnit in Action, Second Edition <http://www.manning.com/tahchiev/> >> Spring Batch in Action <http://www.manning.com/templier/> >> Blog: http://garygregory.wordpress.com >> Home: http://garygregory.com/ >> Tweet! http://twitter.com/GaryGregory >> >> >> > > > -- > Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> >
