On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 22:54:35 -0700, Craig McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 22:39:44 -0700, Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 01:28:29 -0400, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Tue, 19 Oct 2004 20:47:56 -0700, Martin Cooper wrote: > > > > When we first started discussing changes to the way we build and > > > > release Struts, the model that was proposed was the Tomcat model, > > > > and that is still the model I would like to see us follow, > > > > terminology and all. > > > > > > I believe the initial suggestion, way back when, was to use the HTTPD protocol, > > > which people then mentioned was like the Tomcat protocol. > > > > > > > I don't believe that's correct. Craig brought up the topic, from his > > experience with Tomcat, and specifically suggested that we do things > > the way Tomcat was doing them. > > I did indeed propose the Tomcat model, or at least the Tomcat model > that I understood to be working at the time. More recently, it looks > like there's an informal step of tacit agreement on the dev list that > a new release should be created, with an implicit alpha quality > rating. > > I don't care if we go with implicit alpha ratings versus no rating at > all -- indeed that probably makes more sense.
The issue to me is that people on the user@ or announcements@ lists (i.e. those who have not been subjected to this thread ;) will not read past the "Alpha" or "Beta" in the subject line to get to the "Build" versus "Release" distinction. That distinction is very important, because it is the difference between something that has been voted on by the PMC and something that has not (or rather, vice versa, respectively). Grouping Alpha, Beta and GA as Release designations only, and calling anything not voted on a Test Build makes it crystal clear. -- Martin Cooper > I do care if, for > example, I can go create a "Struts-Faces Integration Library 1.0.1" > release (even if it's labelled as alpha quality) with zero input from > the other committers. That doesn't seem like something we want to > encourage. > > > > > -- > > Martin Cooper > > Craig > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
