On 09/04/2012 03:45 AM, Rob Lanphier wrote:
> On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 7:01 PM, Mark A. Hershberger <[email protected]> 
> wrote:
>> On 08/31/2012 05:02 PM, Rob Lanphier wrote:
>>> Sam would be the one to publish the tarball, but anyone can generate
>>> an unofficial alpha tarball, and I'd encourage that.
>>
>> How would unofficial alpha tarballs carry any weight with anyone if
>> there isn't a direct path from alpha to release?  It seems like that is
>> just encouraging forking, something that I'm trying to avoid.
> 
> It's not forking.  It's helping with the pre-release practice.

Agreed.

And, as you can imagine, when I have some time (this coming weekend?)
I'll try to put together a alpha 1.20 tarball.

> I want whoever we hand
> the keys to build some trust in with everyone else that they are going
> to release a quality product before anointing them.  Or rather, before
> I can recommend we do it; it's not solely my decision.

Thanks for clarifying, this seems completely reasonable..

Mark.

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