The discussion has moved to legal-discuss. I would encourage everyone to join the discussion there
https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/db78e1f8fc121d8e6b016d2f61d06ccafebf9fd30b4ec00883c78557@%3Clegal-discuss.apache.org%3E On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 3:11 PM Tom Barber <t...@spicule.co.uk> wrote: > Yeah but the problem there harks back to SVN-land where you'd push a tag to > run the builds and tests from for VOTE acceptance. Of course a tag in Git > is just a hash, so you could just quote a hash instead, but still, > personally I think its easier for users to have the tag in place to grab > and build against when signing off code. > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 8:08 PM, Emilian Bold <emilian.b...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > The subject is a bit odd, but isn't https://github.com/apache an > official > > Apache Software Foundation repository? > > > > And https://github.com/apache/incubator-joshua/releases with the big > blue > > Releases button seems suggestive (or confusing) to downstream users. > > > > The solution, due to GitHub's quirk, is to put tags after the vote. > Doesn't > > seem that much of a trouble. > > > > > > --emi > > > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 10:02 PM, Tom Barber <t...@spicule.co.uk> wrote: > > > > > Personally I think thats over doing it a bit on the T&C's, the PPMC > > hasn't > > > created the artifact, I could create a release of any project and slap > it > > > on github and people could download it, doesn't make it "official" > > though, > > > its just those faux-releases are generated by github themselves not a > > user. > > > > > > On Tue, Nov 29, 2016 at 7:55 PM, Justin Mclean < > jus...@classsoftware.com > > > > > > wrote: > > > > > > > Hi, > > > > > > > > > IMHO, the tags on github are not formal releases. > > > > > > > > The tags may not be but it does creates a release artefact that > someone > > > > can download. > > > > > > > > > So its not a violation of ASF release process. > > > > > > > > How so? It’s creating an artefact that the general public can access > > and > > > > download before the vote is over. [1] [2] seems quite clear on this. > > > > > > > > > Some projects have handled this by moving release votes to a > > different > > > > > (mirror/fork) of the project. > > > > > > > > You can just make the release on a branch rather than in a > fork/mirror. > > > > > > > > Anyway I'll raise it on legal discuss. > > > > > > > > Thanks, > > > > Justin > > > > > > > > 1. https://www.apache.org/dev/release-distribution.html#unreleased > > > > 2. http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html#what > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > > > > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > > > Tom Barber > > > CTO Spicule LTD > > > t...@spicule.co.uk > > > > > > http://spicule.co.uk > > > > > > GB: +44(0)5603641316 <+44%2056%200364%201316> > > > US: +18448141689 <(844)%20814-1689> > > > > > > > > > -- > Tom Barber > CTO Spicule LTD > t...@spicule.co.uk > > http://spicule.co.uk > > GB: +44(0)5603641316 <+44%2056%200364%201316> > US: +18448141689 <(844)%20814-1689> >
