Not suggesting encouragement to use the release. But if someone is stuck on 1.5, and needs the fix, there is an alternative. I speak from experience on this issue w/r/t a different Apache project.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Christopher [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 5:30 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [VOTE] Accumulo 1.5.4-rc1 > > Not releasing is a viable option, but we can't encourage users to use an > unreleased version of our code. That's not an appropriate substitute for > releasing. > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 4:19 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > If the critical issues are fixed in 1.5.x, and someone needs them, > > can't they check out the source and build it themselves? Is that a viable > option? > > > > ----- Original Message ----- > > > > From: "Christopher" <[email protected]> > > To: [email protected] > > Sent: Thursday, September 10, 2015 3:44:20 PM > > Subject: Re: [VOTE] Accumulo 1.5.4-rc1 > > > > The larger concern I have is that expecting it to be fixed prior to > > 1.5.4 might mean loss of willingness to create an RC2 for 1.5.4 and > > release it at all. Recall, the 1.5 branch was only revived at all to > > fix some critical issues and move on. It's still a viable alternative > > to abandon 1.5.x and focus on fixing these issues in 1.6, and later, > > where we've made dramatic improvements to the build. Fixing these > > newly identified issues is going to take some time and effort. It's > > not that it can't be done for 1.5.4... but the question is... who is going > > to do > it? Is anybody who issued a "-1" > > willing to step up and resolve these issues? Or will it rely on Josh? > > I'm currently looking at some of the issues to try to help out if I > > can, but I also have other obligations. > > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 3:33 PM Alex Moundalexis <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > -1 (non-binding) > > > > > > Fix now and it'll be fixed here and in 1.6.x. > > > > > > On Thu, Sep 10, 2015 at 2:46 AM, Sean Busbey <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > -1 > > > > > > > > * signatures check out > > > > * checksums match > > > > * licensing errors noted in ACCUMULO-3988 > > > > > > > > On Sat, Sep 5, 2015 at 4:27 PM, Josh Elser <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > Accumulo Developers, > > > > > > > > > > Please consider the following candidate for Accumulo 1.5.4. > > > > > > > > > > Git Commit: > > > > > 12a1041dcbb7f3b10543c305f27ece4b0d65ab9c > > > > > Branch: > > > > > 1.5.4-rc1 > > > > > > > > > > If this vote passes, a gpg-signed tag will be created using: > > > > > git tag -f -m 'Apache Accumulo 1.5.4' -s 1.5.4 > > > > > 12a1041dcbb7f3b10543c305f27ece4b0d65ab9c > > > > > > > > > > Staging repo: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapacheaccumulo-1 > > 039 > > > > > Source (official release artifact): > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapacheaccumulo-1 > > 039/org/apache/accumulo/accumulo/1.5.4/accumulo-1.5.4-src.tar.gz > > > > > Binary: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapacheaccumulo-1 > > 039/org/apache/accumulo/accumulo/1.5.4/accumulo-1.5.4-bin.tar.gz > > > > > (Append ".sha1", ".md5", or ".asc" to download the > > > > > signature/hash > > for a > > > > > given artifact.) > > > > > > > > > > All artifacts were built and staged with: > > > > > mvn release:prepare && mvn release:perform > > > > > > > > > > Signing keys are available at > > > https://www.apache.org/dist/accumulo/KEYS > > > > > (Expected fingerprint: > ABC8914C675FAD3FA74F39B2D146D62CAB471AE9) > > > > > > > > > > Release notes (in progress) can be found at > > > > > https://accumulo.apache.org/release_notes/1.5.4 > > > > > > > > > > Please vote one of: > > > > > [ ] +1 - I have verified and accept... > > > > > [ ] +0 - I have reservations, but not strong enough to vote > > against... > > > > > [ ] -1 - Because..., I do not accept... > > > > > ... these artifacts as the 1.5.4 release of Apache Accumulo. > > > > > > > > > > This vote will end on Thurs Sep 10 23:00:00 UTC 2015 (Thurs Sep > > > > > 10 20:00:00 EDT 2015 / Thurs Sep 10 17:00:00 PDT 2015) > > > > > > > > > > Thanks! > > > > > > > > > > P.S. Hint: download the whole staging repo with wget > > > > > -erobots=off -r -l inf -np -nH \ > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapacheaccumulo-1 > > 039/ > > > > > # note the trailing slash is needed > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > > Sean > > > > > > > > > > >
