Hi, > A reference to http://www.apache.org/dev/#releases ought to be first from any > incubator policy or guidance page. Problems with the dev page should be > addressed. If the Foundation wide policy and guidance is weak then that > should be fixed so that an Incubating podlings can use the proper information.
These guidelines are about distribution of releases not making releases. The incubator already has guidelines about releases [1] and it does reference http://www.apache.org/dev/#releases at the top. This information does not replace that. But yes referencing [2] (ASF distribution policy) is a good idea. > To me the only way that the Incubator policy guidance differs from ASF policy > guidance is: > > - Disclaimers > - IPMC vote on releases on general@ > - Allowing non-Apache legacy releases in transition. Also: - How PPMC member are elected - How press announced can be made - Branding and trademark And guidance on how to follow other ASF policies. Mentors and IPMC members do that all the time. This document helps in that regard and there is nothing in this document that isn’t in policy elsewhere. > I agree that guidance would be helpful for distribution channels other than > those Infrastructure supports, but that guidance should be at the Foundation > level. The Incubator has waited years for something to happen, the current draft policy doesn’t address this, nor is it our remit to fix that policy. Do we just postpone all project graduations that use other methods of distribution while we wait? Or prohibit them altogether? Or do we provide best practice guidances that has input from the IPMC, legal and trademarks and has been discussed on and off for over a year? Currently we have more than one podling that are not following ASF policy on releases and distribution. If they were pointed to and followed this document they would have be in compliance. Thanks, Justin 1. https://incubator.apache.org/policy/incubation.html 2. https://infra.apache.org/release-distribution --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
