On 7 September 2014 21:31, Jacques Nadeau <jacq...@apache.org> wrote:
> As I understand the release guidelines, one is not allowed to put something > on dist.apache.org until after a release vote by the Incubator PMC > approves > that release: > > "Only formally-approved releases may be distributed from the main > directories" [1] > > For this candidate, as with our last two releases, we followed this piece > of information: > > "It is traditional that release managers use their Apache home space to > make available release candidates. " [1] > I do agree with your POW. Important is: - The release bits are in SVN - The PMC vote is based on the same location presented for IPMC vote. dist.a.o is for approved releases, and I have found no "rule" stating a mandatory location to use for the vote itself. rgds jan i. > > To date, we only push to dist.apache.org once we have received approval > here. Can you point me to the guidelines that lead you to believe that > this must be staged on dist.apache.org? > > Thanks, > Jacques > > [1] > > http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html#best-practice-incubator-release-vote > > > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 11:48 AM, John D. Ament <john.d.am...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Sorry, I have to vote -1 > > > > The release is not staged in the proper place (e.g. > > https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/ ) > > > > If this gets moved, I can vote +1 > > > > On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 11:29 AM, Jacques Nadeau <jacq...@apache.org> > > wrote: > > > > > Hi John, > > > > > > Thanks for the feedback. I'd like to respond to each of your concerns: > > > > > > >>Your NOTICE file is missing MIT license. > > > > > > The notice file states: "Please see LICENSE for additional copyright > and > > > licensing information." The LICENSE file contains the MIT license. > > > > > > >>Your source file includes binaries in the sample-data directory. > > > > > > These are small sample data files that are used to do various unit > tests. > > > They have been approved on both of our previous releases because of > > their > > > small size (<24k combined) and the fact that they are not source code. > > > These are raw data files that happen to be binary in nature but are > for > > > all purposes the same as example json files we include for testing > > > purposes. > > > > > > >> Ideally, your directory name should match the release version > > (0.5.0.rc2 > > > vs 0.5.0) > > > > > > The name of the release candidate directory is due to the nature of the > > > Apache voting process. Each time we have a release candidate in the > > > community, we hold a vote. We always maintain past release candidates > so > > > that we can refer back to them. All artifacts in the release candidate > > > hold the release/public names and will ultimately be hosted on the > Apache > > > distribution servers at the appropriately named release directory. For > > > historical perspective on this, see the following that has been our > > > strategy thus far: > > > > > > our m1 release: > > > http://people.apache.org/~jacques/apache-drill-1.0.0-m1 (fail) > > > http://people.apache.org/~jacques/apache-drill-1.0.0-m1.rc2 (fail) > > > http://people.apache.org/~jacques/apache-drill-1.0.0-m1.rc3 (fail) > > > http://people.apache.org/~jacques/apache-drill-1.0.0-m1.rc4 (approved) > > --> > > > and distributed as > > > > > > https://archive.apache.org/dist/incubator/drill/drill-1.0.0-m1-incubating/ > > > > > > our 0.4.0 release: > > > http://people.apache.org/~jacques/apache-drill-0.4.0.rc0 (fail) > > > http://people.apache.org/~jacques/apache-drill-0.4.0.rc1 (approved) > --> > > > distributed as > > > > https://archive.apache.org/dist/incubator/drill/drill-0.4.0-incubating/ > > > > > > our 0.5.0 release: > > > http://people.apache.org/~jacques/apache-drill-0.5.0.rc0 (fail) > > > http://people.apache.org/~jacques/apache-drill-0.5.0.rc1 (fail) > > > http://people.apache.org/~jacques/apache-drill-0.5.0.rc2 (pending) > > > > > > > > > As you can see, the rc numbers are only used during the voting process. > > > Once we get approval from the incubator, we drop the rc so that > external > > > consumers aren't confused by failed released candidates. > > > > > > Hopefully this satisfies your concerns and you can vote +1 for our > > release. > > > > > > thanks again for your feedback, > > > Jacques > > > > > > > > > On Sun, Sep 7, 2014 at 5:09 AM, John D. Ament <john.d.am...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > Your NOTICE file is missing MIT license. > > > > Your source file includes binaries in the sample-data directory. > > > > Ideally, your directory name should match the release version > > (0.5.0.rc2 > > > vs > > > > 0.5.0) > > > > > > > > John > > > > > > > > > > > > On Sat, Sep 6, 2014 at 11:36 PM, Jacques Nadeau <jacq...@apache.org> > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > > > It is my pleasure to present the Apache Drill 0.5.0-incubating > > release > > > to > > > > > the general incubator list for a vote. This set of artifacts have > > > passed > > > > > our drill-dev vote and incorporate a number of improvements with > over > > > 100 > > > > > JIRAs closed in the last month. > > > > > > > > > > As part of this release, we looked to address the feedback in our > > > > previous > > > > > release from the general list. This included enhancing our license > > and > > > > > notice files as well as clearly delineating binary dependencies > that > > > are > > > > > distributed as part of our convenience binary. > > > > > > > > > > The vote thread can be found here: > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-drill-dev/201409.mbox/%3CCAKa9qD=L9KLQbNe2BKXKn=H34r0=3boobbd_3uhzeojc9k8...@mail.gmail.com%3E > > > > > > > > > > The vote passed with: > > > > > +5 binding > > > > > +6 non-binding > > > > > > > > > > You can find the artifacts for the release at this location: > > > > > http://people.apache.org/~jacques/apache-drill-0.5.0.rc2/ > > > > > > > > > > I look forward to your feedback. > > > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > > Jacques > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >
