Just to note, this is one area I can't really help in. I have negligible experience of release management, so it is good we have Christian on hand.
Upayavira On Sat, Jun 1, 2013, at 08:07 PM, Christian Grobmeier wrote: > Cool Ali. > Please let me know about questions. I am willing to answer them to my > best > knowledge and point you to links. > > > On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 1:49 PM, Ali Lown <a...@lown.me.uk> wrote: > > > Christian, > > > > Thanks for these comments. I highly doubted RC2 would get through, > > since nobody had been checking on my understanding of what I had > > read/seen. > > > > I shall wait for the period to expire as is (I think) customary with > > voting, but I will not be releasing RC2, based on these fairly > > fundamental issues. > > > > Comments from other PMC on anything else missed here are welcome. > > > > Lets see how RC3 fares :) (expect it on Wednesday/Thursday). > > > > Ali > > > > On 1 June 2013 12:29, Christian Grobmeier <grobme...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > Hello, > > > > > > Ali, you made a great job with that. Even when I have some points we need > > > to deal with, its fantastic that you pushed it forward. Please keep it > > on! > > > > > > Here is what I have seen so far: > > > > > > - Unusual CHANGES file: I usually see people adding issue numbers our of > > > Jira > > > - Example NOTICE file: http://www.apache.org/licenses/example-NOTICE.txt > > , > > > Mockito is not mentioned with link as the others > > > - server-config.xml, jsongadgets.json, jaas.config no license. Maybe > > others > > > too? Please utilize: http://creadur.apache.org/rat/ it's a great tool to > > > check our licenses > > > - request_codereview wrong license (Google Inc)? > > > - files in /spec - allowed to distribute? No License given, where do > > these > > > files come from? > > > - src folder: we usually use org.apache prefix. Not seen any classes with > > > that > > > - thirdparty: allowed to distribute? Check with compatible licenses. Full > > > list whats working what not is here: > > > http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html#category-a > > > - Wave Logo (/war) seems to miss TM symbol. Please check: > > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/marks/pmcs.html > > > - Whats the meaning of wave-0.4-release folder? > > > - Whats the meaning of whitepapers folder? > > > > > > So far I am -1, mostly because I am concerned on the licensing things. > > > Maybe we can shed some light on it. In any way, everybody is invited to > > > help with these issues, committer or not. If you are lurking around and > > > have an interest in help Wave surviving, then pleas see this: > > > www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html > > > > > > And send in your patches!! :-) > > > > > > Thanks again Ali! Please note, the first releases are always the > > difficult. > > > When Upayavira or I do not find anything, you can be sure somebody else > > > from the IPMC finds something. Please consider this as "educational". We > > > need to make Apache Wave having some legal ground too, and thats how we > > > make sure it is all good. So please everybody, keep motivation and help > > > further with all the issues. If you do and bring out a release, I > > promise I > > > will write a blog post on it on my personal blog which is usually well > > > visited! That's my little contribution and hopefully motivating a bit. > > > > > > Cheers > > > Christian > > > > > > PS: I haven't checked signatures yet and only looked at the src package > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 1:09 AM, Ali Lown <a...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > >> It is finally time to get a release out into the world. There has been > > >> a lot of things happen since the codebase was imported to Apache in > > >> Febuary 2011. Whilst work may not have always been as quick as we > > >> like, the last week has seen a significantly revived effort (and the > > >> introduction of many new names to the list) to the whole concept of > > >> Wave. > > >> > > >> As such, I would like to release Wave 0.4 to the world. > > >> > > >> Wave 0.4 RC2 is available for review here: > > >> https://people.apache.org/~al/wave_rc/0.4-rc2/ > > >> > > >> This is a build from the subversion tag wave-0.4-rc2 at: > > >> https://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/wave/tags/ > > >> > > >> A summary can be found in the RELEASE-NOTES at: > > >> https://people.apache.org/~al/wave_rc/0.4-rc2/RELEASE-NOTES > > >> and included in the tarballs. > > >> > > >> Votes, please. This vote will close at 2100 GMT 04-June 2013. > > >> > > >> [ ] +1 Release these artifacts > > >> [ ] +0 OK, but... > > >> [ ] -0 OK, but really should fix... > > >> [ ] -1 I oppose this release because... > > >> > > >> Thanks. > > >> Ali > > >> > > >> --------------------------- > > >> A minor note to those who recently joined the list: Only votes from > > >> the members of the PMC are binding, however votes from other > > >> committers, users, and contributors are welcomed. If your vote is > > >> negative, please leave a comment explaining clearly why. Refer to > > >> https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html for more information on > > >> this process. > > >> > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > http://www.grobmeier.de > > > https://www.timeandbill.de > > > > > > -- > http://www.grobmeier.de > https://www.timeandbill.de
