On 27 July 2012 17:43, Franklin, Matthew B. <mfrank...@mitre.org> wrote: >>-----Original Message----- >>From: simone.trip...@gmail.com [mailto:simone.trip...@gmail.com] On >>Behalf Of Simone Tripodi >>Sent: Friday, July 27, 2012 6:23 AM >>To: general@incubator.apache.org; elecha...@apache.org >>Subject: Re: Fwd: [ANN] Apache Syncope 1.0.0-RC3-incubating released >> >>Aplogize for joining the discussion late, but >> >>> Here, I would argue that unless we have some written direction about what >>> release numbering scheme the incubating should use at The ASF, then >>> whatever a project decides to use is fine. >> >>+1 > > +1. Designating a release 'RC' is common enough in industry that I don't > think we should arbitrarily restrict it just because we refer to releases > undergoing a VOTE as 'release candidates'.
And it's very commonly used in the ASF when voting on releases. So you may find there are ongoing questions about why such artifacts are being announced. >> >>nothing to add :) >>-Simo >> >>http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ >>http://simonetripodi.livejournal.com/ >>http://twitter.com/simonetripodi >>http://www.99soft.org/ >> >> >>On Fri, Jul 27, 2012 at 11:55 AM, Emmanuel Lécharny <elecha...@gmail.com> >>wrote: >> >>> >>> I wish the proposal made my Jukka includes this matter. >>> >>> >>> Le 7/27/12 11:32 AM, sebb a écrit : >>> >>>> On 27 July 2012 08:22, Francesco Chicchiriccò <ilgro...@apache.org> >>wrote: >>>>> >>>>> On 27/07/2012 08:13, Emmanuel Lécharny wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Le 7/27/12 1:02 AM, Joe Schaefer a écrit : >>>>>>> >>>>>>> I believe Bill is complaining not about the venue, >>>>>>> but the choice of referring to this package as >>>>>>> a "release candidate" instead of simply dropping >>>>>>> the "RC" portion of the package name like other >>>>>>> projects typically do with approved candidates. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> Ah, ok. Makes sense then. >>>>>> >>>>>> My perception is that the Syncope guys are trying to cut a 1.0.0, >>>>>> instead >>>>>> of going through many 0.x.0 before, therefore they are iterating on RC >>>>>> atm. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> Indeed, yes. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> It's pretty much semantic, IMHO. >>>> >>>> In other ASF projects I've seen, the convention is to use -alpha1 or >>>> -beta2 etc. to designate such stages. >>>> >>>> Release Candidate (RC) has a specific meaning in the ASF, as it is >>>> what is voted on before release. >>>> >>>> So one would vote on >>>> >>>> 1.0.0-beta3-incubating-RCn >>>> >>>> and a successful vote would result in the release of >>>> >>>> 1.0.0-beta3-incubating >>>> >>>> A failed vote for RCn would normally result in trying again with RCn+1 >>>> to address the cause of the failure. >>>> >>>>> Thanks! >>>>> >>>>> >>>>>> Do incubator peeps think it's a wrong approach? >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> I hope it's not: anyway, this RC3 should be the last one before actual >>>>> 1.0.0-incubating. >>>>> >>>>> Regards. >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Francesco Chicchiriccò >>>>> >>>>> ASF Member, Apache Cocoon PMC and Apache Syncope PPMC Member >>>>> http://people.apache.org/~ilgrosso/ >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>>> 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 >>>> >>> >>> >>> -- >>> Regards, >>> Cordialement, >>> Emmanuel Lécharny >>> www.iktek.com >>> >>> >>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>> 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
