Julian Foad wrote on Mon, 25 Jun 2018 11:33 +0100: > Johan Corveleyn wrote on 2018-06-25: > > On Sun, Jun 24, 2018 at 8:20 AM, Stefan Sperling <s...@elego.de> wrote: > > > While we're on the subject of changing the supported release > > > process, we could use this opportunity to lower the number of > > > signatures required for a release. > > > > > > While we never failed to meet the current requirements eventually, > > > our release process could be faster if less signatures were required. > > > > > > My suggestion would be: > > > > > > ASF guidelines require a minimum of signatures from 3 different people > > > in total (including the release manager). To this, we could add our > > > requirement of cross-platform signatures, where at least one signature > > > must count for a Windows system, and at least one must count for a > > > Unix-like system. Of course, more than 3 signatures are always welcome. > > > > > > We could also reserve an option for the RM to decide to publish a > > > release with 3 signatures for any platforms, based on the RM's > > > judgement of the situation (e.g. if a patch release only contained > > > code changes inside #ifdef WIN32, Unix signatures could be skipped). > > > > > > I believe this change would help us with meeting the new 6 months > > > schedule. > > +1. This issue has come up in several recent releases.
For clarity, I assume this applies to all future releases, including any future patch releases of the 1.8/1.9/1.10 lines.
