: > + This page is to help a Solr committer create a new release (you need : > committer rights for some of the steps to create an official release). It : > does not reflect official release policy - many of the items may be : > optional, or may be modified as necessary. : > - ''This page is prepared for Solr committers. You need committer rights : > - to create a new Solr release.'' : : I really don't think this is a good idea. What gets released and how it gets : released should not be up to the RM. We as a community have agreed to support : the artifacts we produce. One individual should not then get to undermine : that b/c they don't have a particular use for some particular artifact or : release step.
This feels like a disagreement of semantics... the community helps shape the release guidelines via the wiki, but strictly speaking yonik is correct: it's not formal policy (the PMC didn't vote on it). The RM can follow those guidelines as tightly/loosely as they choose to make an RC but they have to put it to a vote of the PMC before it is truely a release -- If the PMC feels community concencus was not followed closely enough by the RM, the release won't get the votes it needs. -Hoss
