On Sat, Aug 25, 2012 at 10:53 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 4:35 PM, Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Fri, Aug 24, 2012 at 4:00 PM, Rob Weir <robw...@apache.org> wrote: > > <snip> > >>> I can give the IPMC a hand here, if my point is too obscure. A policy >>> might look like this: >>> >>> Resolved: An Apache project's release consists of a canonical source >>> artifact, voted on and approved by the PMC. A PMC can also distribute >>> additional, non-source artifacts, including documentation, binaries, >>> samples, etc., that are provided for the convenience of the user. >>> These non-source artifacts must must be buildable from the canonical >>> source artifact. Additional 3rd party libraries may be included >>> solely in compliance with license policies defined by Apache Legal >>> Affairs. Additionally the non-source artifacts (or the PMC) must >>> ____________ and must not _________________. >> >> That's existing policy. As people keep saying (most recently, Joe, in >> no uncertain terms). >> > > Hi Greg, > > And Joe, as I'm sure you noticed, also said: > > "THERE IS NO PROBLEM HERE, > CURRENT POLICY FULLY COVERS WHAT AOO ACTUALLY > DOES. END OF DISCUSSION." > > This is my understanding as well. > > In any case, you seem to agree with the wording that I gave above, > since you say it represents existing policy. Since I can find no > place on the IPMC or ASF website where this policy is actually stated > (and please correct me if I missed it), it might be good if we took my > summary from above and put it into the Podling Release Guide. I know > there is an ongoing effort to clean up the IPMC website. I'd be happy > to submit a patch.
Marvin gave the link earlier in this thread. 4th para is the relevant bit. http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html#what --tim --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
