Robert, this is great, thanks. I don't want to muddy the waters, but is it time to bring up the maven repo question again as well? If incubator releases *are* official releases, is there a reason not to upload maven artifacts to the central repository?
--Thilo Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: > infrastructure asks that all official releases are distributed from > subdirectories of /www.apache.org/dist. this means that infrastructure > team can gaurantee the availability and security of releases. podling > releases are official releases by the Incubator project. the > disclaimers we ask projects to include ensure that users understand > their status. > > therefore (as a matter of policy) these releases should be made > available from within http://www.apache.org/dist/incubator but this is > not made clear in Incubator policy. here is a policy patch that makes > this clear: > > https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INCUBATOR-62 > > AIUI most current releases are store elsewhere. i'm willing to perform > the necessary rationalisation work. > > moving releases into dist does highlight issues about long term > availability and security of releases but i think that these are best > discussed in separate threads. > > i'd like to ask the IPMC to approve this policy clarification. > > here's my +1 > > - robert > > --8<----------------------------------------------------------------------- > [ ] +1 Insist that releases are distributed within > http://www.apache.org/dist/incubator > [ ] +0 > [ ] -0 > [ ] -1 Do not apply this policy patch (reasons appreciated) > ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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]
