On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 13:30:20 -0400, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On Mon, 25 Oct 2004 09:05:10 -0500, Joe Germuska wrote:
> >
> > What I do think we've been doing wrong is rushing to vote on a
> > release right after it is cut.  As I noted before, from the
> > framework we've laid out, I would consider it totally normal for us
> > to change (upward) the status of a release from test/alpha to beta
> > to GA.  In fact, I might even say that once we verify that a
> > release is not fundamentally flawed, we should have a mandatory
> > cooling off period before it would be appropriate to make a vote.
> 
> Something that is mentioned in the HTTP guidelines is that before certifying a 
> release GA, "... the group has liked to see approximately 48-72 hours of usage in 
> production to certify that the release is functional in the real world."
> 
> Personally, I think this would be a good guideline for PMC members to follow. If you 
> vote +1 for GA, it should imply that you are already using the distribution in 
> production yourself, and have done so for several business days. Of course, a +1 
> also implies that you will support the release, as always.
> 

So now I only get to vote if I have an app in production? Give me a
break, Ted. First you hijack the original intent to move to a Tomcat
release process and convert it to the HTTPD process instead, and now
you want to hijack the voting process as well?

--
Martin Cooper


> If we don't have the courage to use a distribution in our own work, then we should 
> not be advising others to do the same :)
> 
> -Ted.
> 
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