Jeremias Maerki schrieb: > On 15.11.2005 10:50:07 Christian Geisert wrote:
[..] >>I don't think we need to vote on alpha/preview release (preview release >>as in "will be available on cvs.apache.org/builds/fop and not on the >>official www.apache.org/dist") but should do it nevertheless. > > But that won't make infrastructure very happy because that will create a > lot of traffic on Apache infrastructure if the release isn't mirrored. > Furthermore, we want to give out a signal that we're back in the > business and that means an announcement through various channels. And > that in turn will create traffic. I would strongly suggest we send it > out through the distribution system, i.e. a vote is necessary. But an official release means it will be available "forever" on http://archive.apache.org/dist/xml/fop/ And http://www.apache.org/dev/mirrors.html says: "Essentially, any release that you do not consider ready for prime time should go here. [people.apache.org:/www/cvs.apache.org/]" I agree with you on the traffic issue. -- Christian
