Wendy Smoak wrote: > On 12/22/06, Dan Fabulich <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > From: Kenney Westerhof [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > > > If I understand correctly, the problem is that a 'staged' release > > > still contains a SNAPSHOT keyword in the metadata/filename? > > > > Yes, that's the problem. > > I would agree, but that's not how I understand staging to work at all. > > The Apache projects I work on like to vote on the *exact* artifacts > that will be released to the public, so the staged release must not > have a -SNAPSHOT qualifier.
I realize now that I agreed with Kenney too soon. The problem is, really, the existence of a -SNAPSHOT qualifier at all, which, in turn, forces us to jump through hoops at the last second in the release process in order to remove that qualifier. (-SNAPSHOT has some advantages, but for many organizations, the disadvantages are considerably more significant.) The real point here is that the "staging" process (which creates non-SNAPSHOT binaries that have not yet been released) should be something that we could use throughout the development cycle, not some special last-minute thing that provides special last-minute binaries. The way to do that is to provide build numbers on non-SNAPSHOT releases, allowing us to bless a release binary without modifying it (for example, by moving it from one repository to another). -Dan _______________________________________________________________________ Notice: This email message, together with any attachments, may contain information of BEA Systems, Inc., its subsidiaries and affiliated entities, that may be confidential, proprietary, copyrighted and/or legally privileged, and is intended solely for the use of the individual or entity named in this message. If you are not the intended recipient, and have received this message in error, please immediately return this by email and then delete it. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
