Hi, > 3) you created a correct distribution artifact and put it somewhere > non-Apache
The modified binary has been placed in his Apache account [1] and AFAIK he wants to move it to the official a.o/dist release area without a vote or alternatively distribute it directly from there (to avoid waiting for the mirrors to catch up). It's currently been added to the installer as a dev only build (for testing purposes). By "correct distribution" it's a modified version of the existing 0.02 release binary. For someone to duplicate this they would have to unpack the existing binary, modify it by adding the Jberg jar and repackage it. No changes to the build process or source code, LICENSE, NOTICE etc have not been committed to the Apache Flex repository. > 4) you aren't claiming that the artifact you created is an Apache release > and you are pointing some workshop participants at your release. My understanding is Alex does want to use this as an official release and have the officially released Apache Flex installer download and install it. The new binary would be available to everyone / the general public and not just the people attending the talk. (I don't think it's a workshop). The currently nightly build doesn't have this issue it's only effects the previously officially released 0.01 and 0.02 versions of FlexJS which are publicly available via the installer and the Apache mirrors. I have already stated my view on the Flex dev list that we should follow the normal Apache vote and release cycle [3], but rather than repeat that here I think it boils down to just this: [2] "Under no circumstances are unapproved builds a substitute for releases. If this policy seems inconvenient, then release more often." The Jberg jar is licensed under CPL so the binary would also would require a change to NOTICE to comply with Apache licensing policy. Thanks, Justin 1. http://people.apache.org/~aharui/FlexJS/binaries/0.0.2a/ 2. http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html#what 3. http://markmail.org/message/b2wbyo5yzbrb6f7d --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
