I agree with sebb and David that it's a good idea to remove links to SVN from the download page and I propose that the Celix community changes this on their website.
At the same time I think this should be a separate discussion, as this thread is about voting about the Celix release itself. Alexander has addressed some of the issues raised here, so I would like to ask everybody to focus on that. The Celix community has been working hard over the years to show that they get the Apache way, and you would really help them by reviewing and voting on the release. Greetings, Marcel On 16 Feb 2014, at 17:30 pm, David Nalley <da...@gnsa.us> wrote: >>> There is a further issue with the download page. >>> It currently contains links for SVN. I think those don't belong on a >>> public download page. >>> SVN links should be restricted to pages intended for developers, not >>> the general public. >>> >> >> Is this common Apache policy? There are more projects who do this. Besides >> the website states that the SVN version is a development version, and >> explicitly mentions releases. >> > > What matters is how its advertised. By putting a link to SVN on a > 'Downloads' page (and both above the fold and above the releases that > have been voted on) you seem to be encouraging normal users to consume > from SVN. Your releases (that have been voted on and approved by the > IPMC) are what you should be pointing the public to. > > To quote http://apache.org/dev/release.html#what > > "In our case, that means any publication outside the group of people > on the product dev list. If the general public is being instructed to > download a package, then that package has been released." > > The entire release page is a good read and instructive. > > --David > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
