I think this might be a really important faq on the top of the list of OK, now we are voted in, what's next? and a FAQ about releases.
On 2/19/2019 5:38 PM, Justin Mclean wrote: > Hi, > > Looking at some of the situations we currently have I think we may need some > more general guidance for incubating projects and making releases after just > joining the incubator. In this context “non approved” means releases or > distributions not approved by the PPPM and IPMC (usually by voting) and > available and promoted to the general public. This doesn’t cover snapshots, > RCs or nightly which are not advertised to the general public. Feedback / > changes / thoughts from the rest of the IPMC members welcome. > > 1. Can the PPMC can distrubite artefacts in other places that are based on > approved releases. > > Yes. > > 2. Can the PPMC make unapproved releases in other places after joining the > incubator? > > No but 3rd parties can and someone from the PPMC can act as a 3rd party, it > must be clear that: > a) These are produced by a 3rd party and not the PPMC and follow Apache's > branding and trademark policy. > b) This is not being used as a mechanism to avoid making Apache releases. > > 3. Can the PPMC make unapproved releases in their Apache repo after the code > has been moved to the incubator repo? > > No. > > 4. Can the PPMC make unapproved release in other places after the code has > been moved to the incubator repo? > > No but 3rd parties can. See 2. > > 5. Can the PPMC keep two repos and continue to make releases in the non > Apache one after the code has been moved to the incubator repo? > > No but 3rd parties can. See 2. It’s likely that the old repo name may need to > change to avoid confusion with the Apache project. > > 6. Can the PPMC link to unapproved releases or distributions from their > website or download pages. > > No, unless these are clearly marked as 3rd party releases and not endorsed by > the PPMC. > > 7. When should the first ASF release be made. > > Ideally within six months of joining the incubator. Remember this first > release doesn’t have to be perfect. > > There may be the occasional exception to these guidelines, this would need to > be discussed and approved by your mentors and the IPMC informed. > > Thanks, > Justin > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > -- Kevin A. McGrail Member, Apache Software Foundation Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171 --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
