Hi Justin, > On Mar 29, 2019, at 7:24 PM, Justin Mclean <jus...@classsoftware.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > The Netbeans RC is an interesting one as they: > - Have made several releases before. > - Have been given advice from the IPMC on serious issues and what to fix. > - Looks like nothing has been done to correct those issues.
I think this in incorrect. There is only one issue that I know of that seems to have been closed before being resolved https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/NETBEANS-1820 While this issue is only three months old, it should not have been closed. > > Now I know we’re trying to be more lenient on releases but we still have to > draw the line somewhere and this is not their first release. The the binary > in source code, The binaries have been discussed in detail and from my read of their analysis, there is good reason to include them. > license issues The license issues have been discussed in detail and from my read, there is good reason to include them. > copyright issues on the cute cat and rabbit photos [1] probably mean that > they cannot put that release in the ASF distribution area even if they do get > 3 +1s without legal and infra approval. We have to look at risk here. Is there a risk that the owner of the images is going to make trouble? > > What do other IPMC members think? I think that if others want to dig into the details, I would encourage them to do so. But at this point, I do not believe that the issues you raised warrant a -1 on the release. Craig > > Thanks, > Justin > > 1. Curiously this is the second time I’ve vote -1 because of a cat photo > taken by a professional photographer has been included in a source release > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > Craig L Russell Secretary, Apache Software Foundation c...@apache.org <mailto:c...@apache.org> http://db.apache.org/jdo <http://db.apache.org/jdo>