I think an 0.7.1 release would be suitable in any case given that there are few additional features and API changes since 0.7.0 - I can drive that, although an 0.7.1 release need not necessarily hold up pursuing graduation if people prefer (1).
Joel On Wed, Jun 6, 2012 at 12:51 PM, Jay Kreps <jay.kr...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is a fair point. I am not sure of the best practices on the number of > releases to do before graduation. The Incubator docs imply a fairly low > bar: > "Projects need to cut releases. Apache projects need to understand how to > cut Apache releases. Therefore it is an important step during your stay in > the incubator to demonstrate the ability to create an Apache Release. > Podlings > do not need to actually *publish* a release to demonstrate that they > understand how to accomplish such a feat. However, creating a release that > is approved by the incubator project management > committee< > http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Roles_and_Responsibilities.html#Incubator+Project+Management+Committee+%28PMC%29 > > > is usually the simplest way to do this." > (http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html#releases) > > They refer to "a release" not "releases", and mention that they don't > particularly care if you publish it or not. We might want to set a higher > bar for ourselves, though. > > We had planned on having 0.8 be the next release, and that is still a few > months out I suspect. However we did take a number of minor features and > fixes post 0.7 that are only on trunk it would probably be possible to do a > 0.7.1 without too much drama and that would make that work available to > people in a more easily consumable form . On the other hand it would be > nice to just be heads down and focus on 0.8 too. So if people agree with > Chris's feedback there are three options: > > 1. Pursue graduation now > 2. Do a 0.7.1 release, pursue graduation when that is completed > 3. Wait until 0.8 is out, pursue graduation after that > > Anyone have a strong preference for one of these options? > > -Jay > > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 7:17 PM, Chris Burroughs > <chris.burrou...@gmail.com>wrote: > > > On 2012-05-23 23:32, Alan D. Cabrera wrote: > > >> We struggled a bit with licensing and packaging issues but we got > those > > >> issues resolved and did a release and this should be pretty easy going > > >> forward. > > > > This is the one point I am hesitant about. I think it would be > > reasonable to ask us for a history of more than a single release (and > > I'm not sure we got the mirror situation 100% right yet). We sure we > > got this one? > > > > For the more important parts, It's exciting to see the community grow > > (particular the diversity part, that's a great accomplishment and I know > > takes significant commitment). On that note I would be interested in > > hearing from other committers about graduation. > > >
