> As of today we have 2 votes to release 0.6rc6. > > So the release does not have enough votes as is to be released. > > I note that there is concern over the comprehensive inclusion > of license headers in all our files.
Right. > My interpretation of the "ASF Source Header and Copyright > Notice Policy" ( http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html > ) is that not having them is not a blocker to a release: > > In para "Source File Headers for Code Developed at the ASF" > section 2. It says: "Each source file should include the > following license header". I interpret the use of the word > "should" to mean non mandatory, but strongly recommended. > > As a contrast "Applying the Apache License, Version > 2.0" ( http://apache.org/dev/apply-license.html ) says > "Apache projects MUST include correct NOTICE documents in > every distribution." I agree with you - thanks for digging this info out. > Given all this (and that I'm frankly getting fed up of being > responsible for a release that hasn't changed any functional > part in nearly 2 > months) I would like one more positive vote so we can release > 0.6 and get on with preparing for 0.8. > > I'm disappointed that more people haven't voted for the > release (even on the basis that they tested a functionally > equivalent previous candidate). Good point. I vote +1 and also opened QPID-2431 to note that this should be fixed by the next release. -Steve --------------------------------------------------------------------- Apache Qpid - AMQP Messaging Implementation Project: http://qpid.apache.org Use/Interact: mailto:[email protected]
