All, Based on the current discussions I'm canceling this vote.. we can follow up in a coming discussion thread. The hope is that we can reach better consensus.
John On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 12:22 PM John D. Ament <johndam...@apache.org> wrote: > All, > > I'm calling to vote on a proposed policy change. Current guide at [1] > indicates that maven artifacts should include incubator (or incubating) in > the version string of maven artifacts. Its labeled as a best practice, not > a requirement and is not a policy followed on other repository management > tools (e.g. PyPi). > > I therefore push forward that the incubator will cease expecting > java-based projects to publish artifacts with "-incubating" in the version > string, with the understanding that: > > - Incubating is a term used to refer to a project's stability, not a > release's stability. It is generally understood that incubating projects > are not necessarily immature, but may have a potential of failing to become > a TLP. > - Podling releases are endorsed, the podling itself is not endorsed. We > will not approve releases that are blatantly against ASF policies. > > > [ ] +1 Drop the -incubator/-incubating expectation of maven projects > [ ] +/0 > [ ] -1 Don't drop because.... > > > [1]: > http://incubator.apache.org/guides/release-java.html#best-practice-maven > >
