Hi Justin
On Tue, Feb 19, 2019 at 5:38 PM Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> 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. > I would rephrase to make it clear that 3rd party is anyone who is doing something in a capacity not as a PPMC member. > > 3. Can the PPMC make unapproved releases in their Apache repo after the > code has been moved to the incubator repo? > > No. > This is a loaded statement, since PPMC's can never make releases. The IPMC approves the release always within the scope of Apache. > > 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. > "Yes, as long as they 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. > Personally, I disagree with this statement. I would prefer to see "as soon as the podling feels ready to do a release" > > 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 > >
