Hey Bipin, think it is sufficient, if you put your own +1 to the original thread. Given that Alexandre has also accepted his invitation, we should be good now.
Thanks for doing the release! Gruß Richard Am 5. August 2023 19:09:40 MESZ schrieb Bipin Prasad <bipinpra...@apache.org>: >Richard, > Thanks for this note on the vote process. I will ask for further votes on > the to ensure compliance - even though RC4 was moved to release area. Will > send out an email with the new locations. Once an additional vote is > registered, I will send out the vote result email. > >--Bipin > >On 2023/08/04 20:05:35 Richard Zowalla wrote: >> Hi all, >> >> >> During the last release vote, I noticed the following things that we >> should do better next time to adhere to the ASF release guidelines >> [1,2,3]: >> >> - We need at least 3 (binding) votes for a release. A binding vote >> originates from PMC members only (although community is encouraged to >> also cast non-binding votes and test the binaries). For 2.5.0, we only >> had 2 (binding) votes for RC4 and an implicit one (at least I assume >> it) by our release manager, which would need to be cast next time, so >> we can formally do the release according to the foundation's policies. >> >> - A successful vote should be followed by a [VOTE] [RESULT] mail to >> indicate, that the vote was successful and the release process >> continues. >> >> - If multiple RC's are needed to do a release, we would need to sent a >> mail with [VOTE] [CANCELLED] to indicate the failed attempt and start a >> new mail thread with the next release candidate. This make the process >> more transparent to everyone. >> >> No blaming, just my observation. I think, that we can do better next >> time :) >> >> Gruß >> Richard >> >> [1] https://infra.apache.org/release-publishing.html >> [2] https://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html >> [3] https://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html >>
