Actually...we have *multiple* CI pipelines that run on every check-in across multiple versions of Erlang and multiple operating systems:
Travis CI: https://travis-ci.org/apache/couchdb Jenkins CI: https://builds.apache.org/blue/organizations/jenkins/CouchDB/branches/ Those CI pipelines also have status badges on our main GitHub repo: https://github.com/apache/couchdb So yes, we are doing lots of automated testing, and it is a Very Good Thing for our project. :D However, the Apache Software Foundation *official* release policy is more involved and *mandates* human involvement in the form of a vote: https://apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#approving-a-release Here are CouchDB's specific policies and procedures on releases, which outline the specific kinds of testing we require from our committers before voting on a release candidate: http://couchdb.apache.org/bylaws.html https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/COUCHDB/Release+Procedure Best, Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Geoffrey Cox" <redge...@gmail.com> To: dev@couchdb.apache.org, "Joan Touzet" <woh...@apache.org> Sent: Saturday, 4 November, 2017 3:39:43 PM Subject: Re: [VOTE] Release Apache CouchDB 2.1.1-RC2 Quick question: it looks like everyone is testing the release manually. Have you all considered setting up something like a CI env that uses vagrant to spin up different VMs and test everything in an automated fashion? Sorry, if I am oversimplifying this :) On Sat, Nov 4, 2017 at 10:33 AM Joan Touzet < woh...@apache.org > wrote: +1-ing my own nomination: Tested on Debian jessie, x86_64 - Erlang/JS test suites and Fauxton smoke tests pass. Will check Windows later today. -Joan ----- Original Message ----- From: "Joan Touzet" < woh...@apache.org > To: "CouchDB Developers" < dev@couchdb.apache.org > Sent: Wednesday, 1 November, 2017 6:21:32 PM Subject: [VOTE] Release Apache CouchDB 2.1.1-RC2 Dear community, I would like to release Apache CouchDB 2.1.1-RC2. Changes since 2.1.1-RC1 are here: https://github.com/apache/couchdb/compare/2.1.1-RC1...2.1.1-RC2 Human-readable change notes are here: http://docs.couchdb.org/en/latest/whatsnew/2.1.html#version-2-1-1 We encourage the whole community to download and test these release artefacts so that any critical issues can be resolved before the release is made. Everyone is free to vote on this release, so dig right in! The release artefacts we are voting on are available here: wget https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/couchdb/source/2.1.1/rc.2/apache-couchdb-2.1.1-RC2.tar.gz wget https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/couchdb/source/2.1.1/rc.2/apache-couchdb-2.1.1-RC2.tar.gz.asc wget https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/couchdb/source/2.1.1/rc.2/apache-couchdb-2.1.1-RC2.tar.gz.sha256 wget https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/couchdb/source/2.1.1/rc.2/apache-couchdb-2.1.1-RC2.tar.gz.sha512 Please follow the test procedure here: https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/COUCHDB/Testing+a+Source+Release Please remember that "rc.2" is an annotation. If the vote passes, these artefacts will be released as Apache CouchDB 2.1.1. Please cast your votes now. Thanks, Joan Touzet
