On Tue, Aug 13, 2013 at 12:30 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 12 August 2013 20:10, Jason van Zyl <ja...@tesla.io> wrote:
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>>>> I have now read the threads that are referring to, and have not found
>>>> a single link to any ASF rule stating that we need to include these
>>>> things in a VOTE thread.
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>>> So how do you propose that reviewers check the provenance of the files
>>> in the source release?
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>> Are you looking for files that are in a distribution that didn't come from 
>> source control? Everything else as far as provenance goes is covered. Errant 
>> content is a potential problem, but everything in a distribution should come 
>> from source control which no one has access to until they have a signed CLA 
>> on file.
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> Yes. That is where the whole saga started.
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> Proving provenance is why the SCM coordinates are needed for the vote.
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> The SCM details may also be useful to discover files accidentally
> omitted from the source archive.

You want to compare the contents of the *-source-release.zip with
something from SCM, to make nothing bad has crept into the source
bundle. So you need to know where in SCM you can find it. Have I
understood you correctly?

>> Thanks,
>>
>> Jason
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>> Jason van Zyl
>> Founder,  Apache Maven
>> http://twitter.com/jvanzyl
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