No, I should say that that exclusion is just a nod to the fact that so many of the Jena devs use Linux that it's just much less of an issue to find Linux testers. Windows seems to be generally the hardest platform to get results for. I certainly didn't intend any more than that, but I copied that list from earlier release vote announcements. (!)
But maybe I am missing some history? ajs6f > On Feb 1, 2017, at 2:30 PM, Dick Murray <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi. > > Under checking Windows and Mac OS's are listed but not Linux. Is Jena > assumed to pass? I'mean running Jena 3.2 snapshot on Ubuntu 16.04 and > Centos 7. > > If you haven't broken anything in the snapshot then I vote release. ;-) > > On 1 Feb 2017 16:09, "A. Soroka" <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hello, Jena-folks! >> >> Let's vote on a release of Jena 3.2.0. >> >> Everyone, not just committers, is invited to test and vote. Three +1's >> from PMC members permit a release, but everyone is not just welcome but >> _needed_ to do really good full testing. If a non-committer turns up an >> issue, you can bet I will investigate fast. >> >> This is a distribution of Jena and also of Fuseki 1 and 2. >> >> Versions being released include: Jena @ 3.2.0 (RDF libraries, database >> gear, and utilities), Fuseki 1 @ 1.5.0 and Fuseki 2 @ 2.5.0 (SPARQL >> servers). >> >> Staging repository: >> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachejena-1016/ >> >> Proposed distributions: >> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/jena/binaries/ >> >> Keys: >> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/jena/dist/KEYS >> >> Git tag: >> jena-3.2.0-rc1 >> 4bdc528c788681b90acf341de0989ca7686bae8c >> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=jena.git;a=commit;h= >> 4bdc528c788681b90acf341de0989ca7686bae8c >> >> >> Please vote to approve this release: >> >> [ ] +1 Approve the release >> [ ] 0 Don't care >> [ ] -1 Don't release, because ... >> >> This vote will be open to the end of >> >> Monday, 6 February, 23:59 UTC >> >> Thanks to everyone who can help test and give feedback of every kind! >> >> ajs6f (A. Soroka) >> >> >> Checking needed: >> >> • Does everything work on MS Windows? >> • Does everything work on OS X? >> • Is the GPG signature okay? >> • Is there a source archive? >> • Can the source archive really be built? >> • Is there a correct LICENSE and NOTICE file in each artifact (both source >> and binary artifacts)? >> • Does the NOTICE file contain all necessary attributions? >> • Does the tag in the SCM contain reproducible sources? >> >> >> >> >>
