----- Original Message ---- > From: Jochen Wiedmann <jochen.wiedm...@gmail.com> > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Mon, June 6, 2011 11:04:31 AM > Subject: Re: OpenOffice: were are we now?
> - Concentration on binaries: Apache projects are usually all about > source code. For example, Apache httpd is still distributing binaries > for Windows and Netware (!) only. For this project, a release will > possibly consist of a single tar ball plus several hundred or even > thousand binaries: A myriad of localized variants, several platforms > (at least Windows 32/64, Mac) are already for sure, but it is easy to > imagine additional variants. Such releases can no longer be controlled > in the traditional way. Which PMC member would really bother to > inspect some hundred files when asked for a positive vote? Technically our votes only cover the source code- distribution of binaries is a nice thing to do, but not required (yes some people disagree with what I'm saying here). As a practical matter tho, I don't know how our mirror operators will feel about dropping a thousand sizeable artifacts onto their systems without any notice from us, so at the very least we may need to determine our ability to serve OOo binaries directly from our mirrors by polling the operators. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
