I did ask on general@incubator. I think folks who participated in the
discussion have shut down for the evening, but one of the last responses
was encouraging:
On Mon, Oct 20, 2014 at 9:40 PM, Alex Harui <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:
>So I am looking for reasons why we can/can’t
>update a binary package in less time than the whole
>vote + mirrors latency.
I think you can. Just label it according to what it is.
You can even link from the web site.
I’ve asked for more information about what we have to label it.
I’ve updated the LICENSE (more recent Apache Policy says no change to
NOTICE is required) and posted the bits on apacheflexbuilds and set the
installer config to point there. It is still hidden under dev builds, but
based on any other responses I get when I wake up tomorrow, we’ll either
leave it there, or promote it to the main list and potentially replace the
current FlexJS 0.0.2 entry.
Cross your fingers, and good luck tomorrow Om!
-Alex
On 10/20/14, 3:20 PM, "Alex Harui" <aha...@adobe.com> wrote:
>
>
>On 10/20/14, 3:11 PM, "Justin Mclean" <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote:
>
>>Hi,
>>
>>> IMO, all of your quotes refer to source releases.
>>
>>Please reread there are serval references that the binary must be made
>>from an source release and that only official voted on releases can live
>>in dist. Your modified binary also doesn't comply with Apache licensing
>>policy (it would require a change to the NOTICE file).
>I’m willing to change the LICENSE and NOTICE. Binary packages often have
>different ones than the ones that go in the source package.
>
>>
>>> There might be more flexibility.
>>
>>There might be but is it really that hard to follow official policy and
>>thus be under the legal protection it gives? Again this issue has been
>>know about for several weeks.
>It isn’t hard, but it won’t meet our timing needs. At 5 installs a day,
>it was just an unfortunate nuisance, but if we get a lot more, then we
>might care more. Seems like it is worth asking to see if we can do this
>within policy or can get an exception. The worst that happens is that
>someone with authority says no.
>
>-Alex
>
