Hi,
Am 07.05.2012 10:50, schrieb Timo Boehme:
Hi,
Am 06.05.2012 16:46, schrieb Andreas Lehmkuehler:
Am 04.05.2012 15:46, schrieb Timo Boehme:
Am 03.05.2012 21:04, schrieb Michael McCandless:
Any guestimates for a 1.7.0 release?
It's been a long time (9 months) since 1.6.0... and I count ~203
commits since 1.6.0.
There was already some discussion about it (see "Re: Next
release(s)?" dating from 2012-04-10) and it is clear that a new
version (probably 1.7.0) should be released soon.
IMHO there are some things which should be done before, integrate
Maruans latest patch (PDFBOX-1000), improve the TTF-Parser (PDFBOX-490)
In my opinion there are already a number of improvements in current trunk
compared to 1.6 and there is no reason to not release another 1.8 before
PDFBOX-1000 is really ready. As I see it we should bump the version to 2.0 if
PDFBOX-1000 finally lands.
I just thought about a kind of beta version of the new parser, so that one can
test ist without building its own version.
Thus I would vote for only adding stuff already in pipeline and bug fixes in
order to do a release in the next few weeks.
I fully agree.
However I think we will wait until the project lead is back online.
I guess you are adressing me as PMC Chair. I'm afraid there is a
misunderstanding I'd like to clarify.
There is no concept of leadership within the ASF. An apache project is
led by the PMC [1]. The PMC Chair [2] is just the speaker of the project
and acts as interface to the board of the foundation. All PMC members
[3] including the chair are equal and each of them has one vote.
Point taken.
I just wanted to avoid the misimpression that anyone else than the PMC rules the
project. :-)
Nevertheless I'd like to have your opinion on a release and expertise doing it
:-)
The release process uses the maven release plugin and therefore it is quite easy
to perform. If you are interested in acting as release manager you have to
provide a key which will be used to sign the release. This key should be signed
by at least one member of "The Apache Web of Trust", see [1] and [2].
I'll volunteer as RM for the next release. What do you think about cutting the
release in one week from now on 22th? As I won't be available in the first 2
weeks of june the next reasonable target date could be june 26th, if we need
some more time to include more stuff.
Best regards
Timo
BR
Andreas Lehmkühler
[1] http://www.apache.org/dev/release-signing.html
[2] http://www.apache.org/dev/release-signing.html#apache-wot
