Thanks sebb and justin suggestion. I have looked at some other Apache TLPs, including justin’s link[1]. We will consider to polish quick-start guide using ASF proved release :-)
[1] http://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#host-rc <http://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#host-rc> Best Regards, Von Gosling > 在 2017年12月19日，08:06，sebb <seb...@gmail.com> 写道： > > On 18 December 2017 at 23:13, Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> Also, the quickstart page >> https://rocketmq.apache.org/docs/quick-start/ >> says to clone the development branch of the code. >> >> Only source that has been formally approved by the PMC should be advertised. >> >> >> I’m not sure that applies to source code just to unproved releases. i.e. you > > Source code is the primary output of ASF projects. > >> can’t post links to unproved releases like nightly builds and the like [1] >> (and even some projects do this) e.g. [3] but make it clear it’s not an >> official build. Many top level projects I’ve looked at include links to the >> work in progress repo and some projects have no distinction between master >> and develop. > > That does not make it right. > It also depends which part of the website has the links. > It's OK to link to the repo from pages intended for developers, but > not from pages intended for the general public. > >> Perhaps just change that page and suggest that people use the download page >> [2] to get an official release above where that the repo information is >> listed and note that the develop branch may contain code that is not in an >> official release? >> >> Thanks, >> Justin >> >> 1. http://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#host-rc >> 2. https://rocketmq.apache.org/dowloading/releases/ >> 3. https://ant.apache.org/nightlies.html
