Hi all, The time has come to vote on releasing Ambari 1.7.0.
In the past couple of weeks, the Ambari 1.7.0 release branch has received a lot of bug fixes and finally reached 0 open Jiras; you should all be very proud of yourselves for resolving a grand total of 1565 Jiras in the 1.7.0 release! Total Jiras fixed <https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20AMBARI%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%201.7.0%20AND%20status%20%3D%20resolved%20AND%20resolution%20IN%20(Fixed%2C%20Done%2C%20Implemented)> Over the last week, the number of Blocker, Critical, Major issues created for the Ambari 1.7.0 branch has steadily decreased from 23 to 0, so I'm confident that the branch is stable as a result of testing and finding fewer issues every day. Jiras created in past x days <https://issues.apache.org/jira/issues/?jql=project%20%3D%20AMBARI%20AND%20fixVersion%20%3D%201.7.0%20AND%20priority%20in%20(Blocker%2C%20Critical%2C%20Major)%20and%20created%20%3E%3D%20startOfDay(-1)> (8 days ago = 23, 4 days ago = 7, 3 days ago = 6, 2 days ago = 5, 1 day ago = 3, today = 0) What is the proposed release candidate? branch-1.7.0 at commit *https://github.com/apache/ambari/commit/ff850fc06b23d8ab1b62ccd10265d15c7a27d465 <https://github.com/apache/ambari/commit/ff850fc06b23d8ab1b62ccd10265d15c7a27d465>* Git source tag: release-1.7.0-rc0 https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/ambari/repo?p=ambari.git;a=log;h=refs/tags/release-1.7.0-rc0 You can view all of the issues in the Ambari 1.7.0 release in https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/AMBARI/fixforversion/12326546 I've uploaded the tarball and artifacts here for review, http://people.apache.org/~alejandro/ambari-1.7.0-rc0 gpg --verify ambari-1.7.0.tar.gz.sig ambari-1.7.0.tar.gz PGP release keys (signed using 392F57AC), http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindex&search=0x392F57AC *Voting process:* - How long does the voting take? The voting starts immediately and will last 3 days to provide ample opportunity for committers in different timezones. It will end on Saturday 22 at 8 pm UTC (equivalent to Saturday noon Pacific Time), - Who can vote? Committers and Ambari PMC - What are the voting options? In order to cast your vote, you must reply-all with one of the following, - [ ] +1 approve - [ ] +0 no opinion - [ ] -1 disapprove (and reason why) - What are the requirements to make the release? After 3 days, we will tally the results; at least three +1s from PMCs, and more +1s than -1s from all voters. Thanks, Alejandro Fernandez Ambari 1.7.0 Release Manager
