On 2/5/08, Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Feb 4, 2008 3:59 PM, Bob Buffone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > I would like to thanks Trevor for getting together the latest XAP > > release. > > > How did you know he had done that? Other than a couple of +1s to the > suggestion that it was time for a release, I have seen no discussion on this > list of who might do it, what would be included,or when it would be rolled.
+1 Apache projects need to recruit developers as well as users. This requires openness. > > The release looks real good. > > > How did you know where to get it? When did the build (not yet release, by > the way) happen? How did all the developers know to stop checking in for a > bit, so that the build could be rolled? How did Trevor know that everyone > else was ready? > > Folks, ALL of the discussion MUST happen on this list. There cannot be any > secret discussions. That deliberately excludes the rest of the (potential) > community, and community is what the ASF is all about. More than code, we > are about community. And without a community, and a community spirit, this > project *will not graduate* from the Incubator. +1 - Robert > Speaking of which, this cannot be an 0.5.0 release, since the project is > still in the Incubator. It must be an 0.5.0-INCUBATOR release, to make the > project status clear to anyone who goes to download it. > > -- > Martin Cooper > > > > > It has been around a year since > > are last release, and many improvements have been added to the XAP > > framework. We have also put a considerable amount of time into this > > effort over the last year. After the release is approved, we need to > > focus on building a community of users for the XAP project. > > > > The release candidate has been posted at: > > > http://people.apache.org/~bbuffone/xap-release/<http://people.apache.org/%7Ebbuffone/xap-release/> > > > > Please vote on releasing these packages as Apache XAP 0.5.0. > > > > The vote is open for the next 72 hours, and passes if at least three > > +1 votes are cast. Then the Apache Incubator must vote to allow this > > release. For more information on the voting process, please review > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html#ReleaseVotes. > > > > [ ] +1 Release the packages as Apache XAP 0.5.0 [ ] -1 Do not release > > the packages because... > > > > Here is my +1 > > > > >
