On Tue, 12 Nov 2002, Remy Maucherat wrote:
> Date: Tue, 12 Nov 2002 17:01:49 +0100 > From: Remy Maucherat <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: Tomcat Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Tomcat Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [4.1.15] Tag tomorrow > > Glenn Nielsen wrote: > > > Remy, > > > > I went back and reviewed the discussion about the new version numbering. > > And reviewed http://httpd.apache.org/dev/release.html which it is > > patterned > > after. > > > > You are correct, under the httpd release plan there is no vote to tag > > and build. > > I was confused between the old release rules and the new. My mistake. :-) > > And the release manager has a great deal of latitude in when they do a > > release > > and what is in it. > > > > I looked back at the email announcements when you have tagged and built > > a new > > release for testing and noticed that you are calling them a test > > milestone. > > > > Under the httpd release rules and what we voted on there is no such > > thing as > > a test milestone. When a release is done it is called Alpha until a vote > > has been done to upgrade it to Beta or General Availability (stable). > > > I wasn't aware of all the fine print. The difference is a bit academical > in terms of how-stable-is-the-release, but it makes more sense (rather > than moving and renaming releases as I have been doing). I don't like > "General Availability" too much, so I chose to qualify stable releases > as "Stable". > Not moving/renaming them will also get Pier off your back about the impact this has on rsyncs to folks who mirror the Apache web sites :-). > Remy Craig -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:tomcat-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
