On Tue, May 23, 2017 at 3:27 AM, sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 23 May 2017 at 07:24, Roman Shaposhnik <r...@apache.org> wrote: >> Hi! >> >> with my mentor hat on, I wanted to kick off this discussion >> thread on the basis of a general consensus in the MADlib >> community that it is time for the project to consider a TLP >> status: http://markmail.org/thread/mgjzwjjriqjrfsix >> >> Apache MADlib entered incubation on Sept. 15, 2015. Since >> that time we have made 5 releases, added 3 committers and >> are actively pursuing other committers. We have extensive >> user documentation, an up-to-date wiki and an informative >> web page. We are a very helpful and engaged community, >> ready to answer all questions and feedback via the dev and >> user mailing lists. We have learned much about the Apache Way >> as a result of being an incubating project, and have incorporated >> the guidance that we have been given by our mentors and others. >> As part of that learning process we've learned a great deal about >> ASF's approach to IP and have resolved MADlib licensing concerns >> stemming from its BSD licensed past LEGAL-293. While we plan >> to continue to develop as a community, we do not feel that remaining >> as an incubating project is a prerequisite for this development. >> > > The website looks very nice. > > However there are some problems with the download page. > > The links all appear to point to > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/release/incubator/madlib/ > > This is not allowed; download links for current releases must point to > the ASF mirror system. > > The dist release directory has not been tidied up; only the latest > release(s) should be present on the mirror system. > It's unfair on the 3rd party mirrors to expect them to carry old releases. > > There is no information on the download page how to check sigs or > hashes, and no link to the KEYS file. > KEYS, sigs and hashes should be linked from the following tree > https://www.apache.org/dist/incubator/madlib/
Great feedback. Filed https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/MADLIB-1108 and will provide a fix ASAP. > IMO this needs to be fixed before graduation. > Also the project docs may need updating to ensure RMs remove old > releases after a new one has bee published. Yup. That too. Thanks, Roman. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
