> On 15 Mar 2017, at 23:04, Josh Elser <els...@apache.org> wrote:
> 
> A tag is immutable, but you (or someone else) could remove the tag you pushed 
> and re-push a new one. That's why the commit id is important -- it ensures 
> that everyone else knows the exact commit being voted on.
> 

There's tag signing too, "git tag --sign". We can/should use that for 
authenticating tags, saying that "the release is tag 2.8.x signed by me"

> Junping Du wrote:
>> The latest commit on RC2 is: e51312e8e106efb2ebd4844eecacb51026fac8b7.
>> btw, I think tags are immutable. Isn't it?
>> 
>> Thanks,
>> 
>> Junping
>> ________________________________________
>> From: Steve Loughran
>> Sent: Wednesday, March 15, 2017 12:30 PM
>> To: Junping Du
>> Cc: common-dev@hadoop.apache.org
>> Subject: Re: [VOTE] Release Apache Hadoop 2.8.0 (RC2)
>> 
>>> On 14 Mar 2017, at 08:41, Junping Du<j...@hortonworks.com>  wrote:
>>> 
>>> Hi all,
>>>     With several important fixes get merged last week, I've created a new 
>>> release candidate (RC2) for Apache Hadoop 2.8.0.
>>> 
>>>     This is the next minor release to follow up 2.7.0 which has been 
>>> released for more than 1 year. It comprises 2,919 fixes, improvements, and 
>>> new features. Most of these commits are released for the first time in 
>>> branch-2.
>>> 
>>>      More information about the 2.8.0 release plan can be found here: 
>>> https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/HADOOP/Hadoop+2.8+Release
>>> 
>>>      Please note that RC0 and RC1 are not voted public because significant 
>>> issues are found just after RC tag getting published.
>>> 
>>>      The RC is available at: 
>>> http://home.apache.org/~junping_du/hadoop-2.8.0-RC2
>>> 
>>>      The RC tag in git is: release-2.8.0-RC2
>> 
>> given tags are so easy to move, we need to be relying on one or more of:
>> -the commit ID,
>> -the tag being signed
>> 
>> Junping: what is the commit Id for the release?
>> 
>>>      The maven artifacts are available via repository.apache.org at: 
>>> https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachehadoop-1056
>>> 
>> 
>> thanks, I'll play with these downstream, as well as checking out and trying 
>> to build on windows
>> 
>>>      Please try the release and vote; the vote will run for the usual 5 
>>> days, ending on 03/20/2017 PDT time.
>>> 
>>> Thanks,
>>> 
>>> Junping
>> 
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