Bertrand, is a compressed archive of source a source or a binary? On Oct 29, 2012, at 11:28 AM, Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org> wrote:
> Nice summary Bertrand. > > > On 29 October 2012 15:22, Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@apache.org>wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> On Mon, Oct 29, 2012 at 2:21 PM, Chip Childers >> <chip.child...@sungard.com> wrote: >>> ...Waf is a packaging utility, used to create RPMs and DEBs. Work is >>> currently ongoing to remove it (and it's use) from the project >>> entirely... >>> ...That will be several weeks of work (not days), >>> which is significantly longer than the community's desire to get a >>> first podling release out the door... >> >> I don't think any Incubator PMC member is asking you to remove that >> dependency, as I see it the only issue is that you are currently >> aiming to release in in binary form. >> >>> ...It's one line of bytecode within a file that is not core to the >>> project itself ... >> >> I don't think the issue is how big or how small that thing is: we do >> not release binaries, see http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html >> >> So IMO your options now are: >> >> a) Fix the problem and recut your release without that binary. Make it >> a separate -deps convenience package. > I concur with Chip that this would come with a non-negligible cost to > community spirit at this point. We've already been through a few rounds. I > would +0 this is the community wanted to do it, but I would also > be disappointed that we had to stop the release for something so minor. > > >> b) Come up with a documented plan (issue in your tracker for example) >> for how you're going to remove it from future releases, and still try >> to get this release through. > > Given the relative unimportance, and size, of the file in question, I would > be willing to cast a binding +1 vote (as mentor and very new member of the > Incubator PMC) on this, if we would say for definite that we remove this > problem for the next release. But I was looking for some confirmation from > this list that this is OK. > > >> c) Try to convince us that such things are not really important, which >> does not seem successful so far. > > Yes, I don't think that's going to happen. > > >> IMO, doing a) will get you immediate +1s. It's not uncommon for >> podling releases to go through a few iterations before being accepted, >> so I'm not sure what the problem with creating a separate -deps >> package is. >> >> Choosing b) or c) lowers your chances for mentors and Incubator PMC to >> give their +1s to the release. >> >> -Bertrand >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > -- > NS --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
