Just to level set. I don't think its fair to expect a special policy for a single podling.
On Sat, Dec 31, 2016 at 9:40 AM Daniel Dekany <ddek...@freemail.hu> wrote: > The original question in this thread is much less generic than in the > linked one though, so it's certainly easier to answer. Just as a > reminder, the specialities are these: > > - This project already have suffixless releases from before > incubation, which are widely used. If the incubation fails, those > versions won't be any better that the incubating ones. After all, ASF > won't go around and delete those releases from the Maven Central, > from SF.net, etc. > > - The project doesn't have an org.apache.* Maven groupId, nor a such > Java package (in 2.x.x, because of backward compatibility, and we > are talking about 2.x.x only here). So as far as I see it's quite > unlikely that the user will see "Apache" without "incubating" > because we have removed it from the *Maven* version number, at least > if we change <name>Apache FreeMarker</name> in the POM to > <name>Apache FreeMarker (incubating)</name>. > > -- > Thanks, > Daniel Dekany > > > Saturday, December 31, 2016, 1:50:02 PM, Martijn Dashorst wrote: > > > For reference, please read this thread from 2008: > > > > > https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/0b6c065a908c5f9ec39fa78c31b39c83a6fea29eb34fada0ee070413@1222432864@%3Cgeneral.incubator.apache.org%3E > > > > It has all the arguments for and against the -incubating versioning > > label, and why the disclaimer exists. Warning: it is long (I haven't > > even reached the conclusion after about an hour of reading). > > > > It goes of a bit about releasing through Maven, and some quibles with > > central repository management and releases and other politics, but it > > should be enlightening to see all positions. Read it with an open mind > > and don't look only for the bits that support your position, but try > > to understand the other side as well. > > > > Martijn > > > > > > On Fri, Dec 30, 2016 at 6:54 PM, Jacopo Cappellato > > <jacopo.cappell...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> On Thu, Dec 29, 2016 at 8:44 PM, Martijn Dashorst < > >> martijn.dasho...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> > >>> [...] > >>> Freemarker has been in incubation for 17 months. What do you need to > >>> learn and do before you will start your graduation vote? > >>> > >> > >> In my opinion the Freemarker project would be ready to successfully > pass a > >> graduation vote and a discussion thread is going on in the project's > >> mailing list; based on how the conversation is going the community may > >> decide to wait a few more weeks in order to try to attract some > committers. > >> However I think that the topic discussed in this thread (about the > concern > >> that the "-incubating" suffix may mislead the consumers about the > stability > >> of a software product) is a valid one; even if its output will not > probably > >> affect Freemarker (that could be a TLP by then). > >> > >> Jacopo > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
