Ok that makes sense. I will start working on the downloads section. I would like to get back in to coding after the release is done. Also potentially reviving the maven build. But for now, I think working on the web site will help let you all focus on code and release. So that is what I will do to contribute for now!
~Michael On 12/22/13, 7:20 PM, "Ali Lown" <a...@lown.me.uk> wrote: >> Great news on GIT. I think that will hep us immensely. I have been >> following a lot of the mailing list. Actually I spent quite while >>reading >> the list over the last few days. > >Yes. Subversion has been a point of 'stickiness' with new devs in the >past, and the workflow was quite convoluted. > >> From an Apache perspective, I do think that since we have been >>incubating >> for several years now, it is important for us to make a release soon if >>we >> are to stay in this community. We need to demonstrate some forward >> progress. > >Indeed. We have spent most of this year iterating through the previous >4 release candidates, so I think it would be hard to argue that we >have made no forward progress. >Getting the first release (on such a large codebase) is quite >challenging, but I think we are now quite close to being in a suitable >state for thorough inspection by the rest of the Incubator. > >> So it sounds like we need to get through the search feature, then turn >> back to an RC5 release? > >Yep. Making the release once the search feature is pushed is a few hours >work. >Then, we want votes. Lots of votes. :) > >> What about the web site. We don¹t really have a spot to advertise >> releases. For a smooth re-entry, I could start to work on that as a >> non-critical-path task, so that when we are ready to release the web >>site >> is ready. > >I haven't worked on that bit yet, since none of the RCs came close enough. >If you could actually build the 'release download section' - which >needs to make use of the Apache mirroring system - then that would be >really useful! >(Using the sample stuff on the wiki it can be thrown together in a few >hours, but a polished, well-integrated download flow needs a bit more >thought to link in to our existing site) > >More user documentation on the wiki (and actually pointing them to the >wiki on the download/post-download page) is also always good! > >Ali
