On Wed, 20 Oct 2004 07:45:56 -0400, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Since I'm sure everyone is confused by now, here's the skinny: > > Tomcat: > > * Post test build > * Testing ensues ... > * Call a vote on the release, with the options to call it alpha, beta, stable, or > withdraw.
The options here are actually to either promote to one of alpha, beta or stable, or to not promote. It's not withdrawal, since it was only a test build in the first place. > * Announce to the world and do the usual process of distributing the bits. > > HTTPD: > > * Post alpha (build or release) > * Testing ensues ... > * Call a vote on the release, with the options to call it beta or general > availability Here, there *is* the notion of withdrawal, or what they call "revoking the release". This is one reason that I prefer the Tomcat process - we never need to revoke a release, we can simply not promote a test build. > * Announce to the world and do the usual process of distributing the bits. > > The procedural difference appears to be that Tomcat has a pre-Alpha test-build and > can reclassify something from "test" to "alpha". > Also that deciding that a build is a "dud", to use the HTTPD term, translates to "do nothing" in the Tomcat model, since it was only a test build anyway, but to "revoke the release" in the HTTPD model. The notion of having to revoke a release is a lot less appealing than simply not promoting one. > I don't see the technical difference between a "test" and an "alpha". The only > difference is political: whether there's been a PMC vote. > > Other than that, both distributions will be available from the location, and have > the same name, and from the user's perspective be the same thing. > > Right now, the website does not agree with what Martin and Craig are saying here. > I'd like to update it one way or the other. Personally, I'd like to go with the > original Apache HTTPD protocol, and if it makes people happy, just amend it to read > "test build" instead of "alpha release". I also like the idea of having a formal > "withdraw" option to order the distribution removed from Apache servers. (Which I'm > sure the HTTPD team would do anyway.) > > Could people please signify which approach they would like to use for our release > process, Tomcat or HTTPD? If we can get an actual majority vote on this, I'll shut > up. > As people might just about have guessed by now, I am +1 on the Tomcat approach. ;-) -- Martin Cooper > -Ted. > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
