Christian Grobmeier wrote on Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 00:22:19 +0200: > On Thu, Mar 29, 2012 at 12:06 AM, Daniel Shahaf <d...@daniel.shahaf.name> > wrote: > > Jukka Zitting wrote on Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 22:34:30 +0200: > >> Hi, > >> > >> On Wed, Mar 28, 2012 at 6:19 PM, Christian Grobmeier > >> <grobme...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > I will try to update this document now with the recommendation from > >> > infra: > >> > http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html#release-distribution > >> > >> While you're at it, can you please also (or rather instead) update the > >> ASF-wide documentation at http://www.apache.org/dev/#releases? > >> > >> This isn't particularly tied to the Incubator, so the primary place > >> for the relevant guidance shouldn't IMHO be incubator.apache.org. Most > >> notably the IPMC shouldn't be responsible for updating this > >> information in case the related infra policies change. > >> > > > > Yes it's on infra's radar to document the "some releases are large > > enough to need coordination with us" point. We've been busy so haven't > > got to it yet > > Please let us know if you have found some time, then we can point from > our release-docs to your document.
http://www.apache.org/dev/release#heads-up % $svn di Index: release.mdtext =================================================================== --- release.mdtext (revision 1311120) +++ release.mdtext (revision 1311121) @@ -222,6 +222,18 @@ their dist/ dir. To transition just open a Jira ticket and specify: (1) what mailing list commit mails should go to. +## Do I need to talk to Infrastructure before distributing a release? {#heads-up} + +Most projects can just distribute a release as described in the previous two +questions. However, releases that are likely to strain the mirroring and +download resources **must** be coordinated with infrastructure. + +Releases of more than 1GB of artifacts require a heads-up to Infrastructure in +advance. + +Specific exemptions from other dist policies (such as what may or must or must +not be distributed via the mirrors) also need to be coordinated with Infrastructure. + ## How Should Releases Be Announced? ## {#release-announcements} Please ensure that you wait at least 24 hours after uploading a new release --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
