Is the new process documented somewhere?
On Mon, Sep 8, 2014 at 3:17 PM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 7 September 2014 20:31, Jacques Nadeau <jacq...@apache.org> wrote: > > As I understand the release guidelines, one is not allowed to put > something > > on dist.apache.org until after a release vote by the Incubator PMC > approves > > that release: > > > > "Only formally-approved releases may be distributed from the main > > directories" [1] > > > > For this candidate, as with our last two releases, we followed this piece > > of information: > > > > "It is traditional that release managers use their Apache home space to > > make available release candidates. " [1] > > Historic tradition; that was before svnpubsub. > > Note that the DEV tree at > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/xyz > > is NOT published to www.apache.org/dist > > The svnpubsub process takes releases from the RELEASE tree at > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/xyz > > Since they have the same parent, one can use svn move (or svnmucc) to > transfer the files from dev to release area. > This provides traceability (assuming the the release vote includes the > SVN revision number) > > > To date, we only push to dist.apache.org once we have received approval > > here. Can you point me to the guidelines that lead you to believe that > > this must be staged on dist.apache.org? > > > > Thanks, > > Jacques > > > > [1] > > > http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html#best-practice-incubator-release-vote > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 11:48 AM, John D. Ament <john.d.am...@gmail.com> > > wrote: > > > >> Sorry, I have to vote -1 > >> > >> The release is not staged in the proper place (e.g. > >> https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/ ) > >> > >> If this gets moved, I can vote +1 > >> > >> On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Jacques Nadeau <jacq...@apache.org> > >> wrote: > >> > >> > Hi John, > >> > > >> > Thanks for the feedback. I'd like to respond to each of your > concerns: > >> > > >> > >>Your NOTICE file is missing MIT license. > >> > > >> > The notice file states: "Please see LICENSE for additional copyright > and > >> > licensing information." The LICENSE file contains the MIT license. > >> > > >> > >>Your source file includes binaries in the sample-data directory. > >> > > >> > These are small sample data files that are used to do various unit > tests. > >> > They have been approved on both of our previous releases because of > >> their > >> > small size (<24k combined) and the fact that they are not source code. > >> > These are raw data files that happen to be binary in nature but are > for > >> > all purposes the same as example json files we include for testing > >> > purposes. > >> > > >> > >> Ideally, your directory name should match the release version > >> (0.5.0.rc2 > >> > vs 0.5.0) > >> > > >> > The name of the release candidate directory is due to the nature of > the > >> > Apache voting process. Each time we have a release candidate in the > >> > community, we hold a vote. We always maintain past release > candidates so > >> > that we can refer back to them. All artifacts in the release > candidate > >> > hold the release/public names and will ultimately be hosted on the > Apache > >> > distribution servers at the appropriately named release directory. > For > >> > historical perspective on this, see the following that has been our > >> > strategy thus far: > >> > > >> > our m1 release: > >> > http://people.apache.org/~jacques/apache-drill-1.0.0-m1 (fail) > >> > http://people.apache.org/~jacques/apache-drill-1.0.0-m1.rc2 (fail) > >> > http://people.apache.org/~jacques/apache-drill-1.0.0-m1.rc3 (fail) > >> > http://people.apache.org/~jacques/apache-drill-1.0.0-m1.rc4 > (approved) > >> --> > >> > and distributed as > >> > > >> > https://archive.apache.org/dist/incubator/drill/drill-1.0.0-m1-incubating/ > >> > > >> > our 0.4.0 release: > >> > http://people.apache.org/~jacques/apache-drill-0.4.0.rc0 (fail) > >> > http://people.apache.org/~jacques/apache-drill-0.4.0.rc1 (approved) > --> > >> > distributed as > >> > > https://archive.apache.org/dist/incubator/drill/drill-0.4.0-incubating/ > >> > > >> > our 0.5.0 release: > >> > http://people.apache.org/~jacques/apache-drill-0.5.0.rc0 (fail) > >> > http://people.apache.org/~jacques/apache-drill-0.5.0.rc1 (fail) > >> > http://people.apache.org/~jacques/apache-drill-0.5.0.rc2 (pending) > >> > > >> > > >> > As you can see, the rc numbers are only used during the voting > process. > >> > Once we get approval from the incubator, we drop the rc so that > external > >> > consumers aren't confused by failed released candidates. > >> > > >> > Hopefully this satisfies your concerns and you can vote +1 for our > >> release. > >> > > >> > thanks again for your feedback, > >> > Jacques > >> > > >> > > >> > On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 5:09 AM, John D. Ament <john.d.am...@gmail.com > > > >> > wrote: > >> > > >> > > Hi, > >> > > > >> > > Your NOTICE file is missing MIT license. > >> > > Your source file includes binaries in the sample-data directory. > >> > > Ideally, your directory name should match the release version > >> (0.5.0.rc2 > >> > vs > >> > > 0.5.0) > >> > > > >> > > John > >> > > > >> > > > >> > > On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 11:36 PM, Jacques Nadeau <jacq...@apache.org > > > >> > > wrote: > >> > > > >> > > > It is my pleasure to present the Apache Drill 0.5.0-incubating > >> release > >> > to > >> > > > the general incubator list for a vote. This set of artifacts have > >> > passed > >> > > > our drill-dev vote and incorporate a number of improvements with > over > >> > 100 > >> > > > JIRAs closed in the last month. > >> > > > > >> > > > As part of this release, we looked to address the feedback in our > >> > > previous > >> > > > release from the general list. This included enhancing our > license > >> and > >> > > > notice files as well as clearly delineating binary dependencies > that > >> > are > >> > > > distributed as part of our convenience binary. > >> > > > > >> > > > The vote thread can be found here: > >> > > > > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-drill-dev/201409.mbox/%3CCAKa9qD=L9KLQbNe2BKXKn=H34r0=3boobbd_3uhzeojc9k8...@mail.gmail.com%3E > >> > > > > >> > > > The vote passed with: > >> > > > +5 binding > >> > > > +6 non-binding > >> > > > > >> > > > You can find the artifacts for the release at this location: > >> > > > http://people.apache.org/~jacques/apache-drill-0.5.0.rc2/ > >> > > > > >> > > > I look forward to your feedback. > >> > > > > >> > > > Thanks, > >> > > > Jacques > >> > > > > >> > > > >> > > >> > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
