> On Oct 24, 2018, at 8:25 PM, Julian Hyde <jh...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> It has been said many times that Apache does not do binary releases, only
> source releases. But users like binary releases (or pre-built binary
> artifacts, if you prefer), and therefore podlings like to create them.
>
> So, is there any guidance for how to review a release that contains source
> and binary tar-balls. Take, for example, crail-1.1-rc2[1], which contains
> both a -src.tar.gz and a -bin.tar.gz.
>
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 jhyde jhyde 28115272 Oct 23 11:25
> apache-crail-1.1-incubating-bin.tar.gz
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 jhyde jhyde 473 Oct 23 11:25
> apache-crail-1.1-incubating-bin.tar.gz.asc
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 jhyde jhyde 169 Oct 23 11:25
> apache-crail-1.1-incubating-bin.tar.gz.sha512
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 jhyde jhyde 1706869 Oct 23 11:25
> apache-crail-1.1-incubating-src.tar.gz
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 jhyde jhyde 473 Oct 23 11:25
> apache-crail-1.1-incubating-src.tar.gz.asc
> -rw-rw-r-- 1 jhyde jhyde 169 Oct 23 11:25
> apache-crail-1.1-incubating-src.tar.gz.sha512
>
> As a reviewer, how am I to vote on this release candidate? Should I vote -1
> because the RC contains binaries? Should I ignore the -bin.tar.gz and just
> vote based on the -src.tar.gz? Or are there some review steps I should apply
> to the -bin.tar.gz?
>
> If this policy is documented somewhere, please send me the link, but I
> couldn’t find it.
I consider the source release separately from the convenience binary releases.
I am on the Apache OpenOffice PMC where there is a single source release and
over 240 binary releases. I vote on the source release and one or two of the
pertinent binary releases. EG. I;ll vote on the us-en release but not the pt-br
or other language releases.
(BTW- We are about to VOTE for OpenOffice 4.1.6. RC1 now.)
When I do vote the checks are the same except I will attempt to build a source
release.
Regards,
Dave
>
> Julian
>
> [1] https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/crail/1.1-rc2/
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