Remy Maucherat wrote: > Mladen Turk wrote: >> If you think its a PITA, don't do it. > > Apparently, it has to be done that way. I think it's a PITA because it > does take a lot of time (every vote needs a few days, etc).
The bit that has to be done (ie is mandated by Apache rules) is a vote by the PMC (three +1's required) to release a tarball. Given that a -1 vote is not valid for a release vote, as soon as we have 3 +1's from the PMC we can release. This means the release process can be: 1. RM creates tarball, puts it on people.a.o or tomcat.a.o/dev/dist 2. RM creates binaries but keeps them private for now 3. RM calls for alpha/beta/stable vote on tarball 4. 3 +1's later RM publishes previously created tarball and binaries 5. RM waits for mirrors to sync and then announces release 6. Some period later we have a stability vote if the release was alpha or beta Given that the RM can vote at stage 4, only two other PMC +1's are needed to release. There are usually enough PMC members around that this vote could be concluded in hours. Based on the above, I don't see why we couldn't turn around a release in a single day. Mark --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
