On 17 June 2011 14:01, Stefan Bodewig <bode...@apache.org> wrote: > On 2011-06-15, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: > >> (My recovery has progressed, and I have now enough computer time - >> around 4 hours per day but not continuous - to start some coding and >> Apache stuff again :-) > > Good to hear that.
+1 >> I'm involved with some release and build wrangling over at James (and >> probably in the OO.o podling as well). I'm likely to need to start on >> some new tools related to Rat (similar to tools they have over in >> Lucene-land which might come this way). > > What kind of tools are these and how do they relate to Rat? I still > have difficulties seeing what sort of TLP that could be. There are other possible release-related tools. For example, checking hashes and sigs. Checking source archive content against SVN. Checking jars contain N &L files, and that the manifest has suitable Specification and/or Implementation entries Also, checking SVN properties (eol-style etc). >> TLP? Opinions? > >> And how close is Rat to being able to graduate? > > Rat has been in bugfix-only (if anything at all) mode for quite some > time now and to me it oscilates between being ready to graduate and > being ready to go to the Attic. > > Stefan >
