No. My understanding is that only PMC members are authorized by ASF to make a release. Committers can be release managers.
"All release artifacts within the directory MUST be signed by a committer, preferably a PMC member.” [1] "If the Release Manager is not a member of the PMC, they will need to ask a PMC member to do the actual release publication.” [2] Julian [1] http://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#release-distribution [2] http://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#upload-ci > On Feb 17, 2017, at 5:36 PM, Julien Le Dem <jul...@dremio.com> wrote: > > Here is the answer from infra regarding release repo access: > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-13530 > "So the 'default' is that PMC members have access to the dist dev/release > area of a project. > The PMC can request that that setting be lifted to include project > committers. > (We wont grant PMC + named individuals; its either PMC or Committers.) > > Let me know what you decide." > > I think it is fine to give access to committers in general and not just PMC > so that committers can manage the release. > It doesn't change that we need a release vote to publish anything there. > > agreed? > > -- > Julien
