On 29 November 2011 16:59, Robert Burrell Donkin <robertburrelldon...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Nov 29, 2011 at 4:37 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz > <bdelacre...@apache.org> wrote: >> On Monday, November 28, 2011, Alan D. Cabrera >> wrote: >> >> ... It is not a requirement that the NOTICE file be minimal. Let's worry >> about this for the 0.7.x or 0.8.0 release.... >> >> It think it *is* a requirement, according to >> http://apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#notice which specifically refers >> to *required* third-party notices. > > Yes - but what's "required" is a complex subject > >> I agree that a non-minimal NOTICE might not warrant rejecting a podling >> release, but the next release should fix that. > > This is one of those areas that's difficult and time consuming for the > legal team to get right in enough detail to allow simple fixes. Unless > more volunteers step up to help, rejecting a release for minimality is > likely to mean a lengthy delay. In general, better to note points for > improvement and have the team fix them in trunk.
But if the team already agrees that the changes need to be made, why not do so and re-roll? > Robert > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
