release signing policy?

2002-01-10 Thread Conor MacNeill
Hi, Having read all this stuff about what is Jakarta, what is the PMC's role, etc reminded me of something which I think should be addressed at PMC level, if not higher - the policy of signing releases. We have put something in place at a subproject level for Ant but I think an overall

Re: release signing policy?

2002-01-10 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On 1/10/02 8:03 AM, Conor MacNeill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi, Having read all this stuff about what is Jakarta, what is the PMC's role, etc reminded me of something which I think should be addressed at PMC level, if not higher - the policy of signing releases. We have put something in

Re: release signing policy?

2002-01-10 Thread Ted Husted
This has come up before. Would anyone be interesting in reviewing the archives, and summarizing the past threads? At which point, we can come to decision, or validate whatever we decided before, and post it as a FAQ. Here's one for starters, but there's more:

Re: release signing policy?

2002-01-10 Thread Ted Husted
Conor MacNeill wrote: Perhaps it could be part of a committer howto page dealing with how to put together a release. I can take the lead on this part. I have some notes, and if anyone want to send along anything pertinent that they already have, please feel free. -Ted. -- To unsubscribe,

Re: release signing policy?

2002-01-10 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr.
On 1/10/02 8:18 AM, Ted Husted [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Conor MacNeill wrote: Perhaps it could be part of a committer howto page dealing with how to put together a release. I can take the lead on this part. I have some notes, and if anyone want to send along anything pertinent that they

Re: release signing policy?

2002-01-10 Thread Ted Husted
Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: On 1/10/02 8:18 AM, Ted Husted [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Conor MacNeill wrote: Perhaps it could be part of a committer howto page dealing with how to put together a release. I can take the lead on this part. I have some notes, and if anyone want to send

Re: release signing policy?

2002-01-10 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On Thu, 10 Jan 2002, Ted Husted [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: then I was volunteering to draft the general Release HOWTO, and asking if anyone had any existing documentation about this that they wanted to share. I'd start with this one http://dev.apache.org/how-to-release.html. Stefan -- To

Re: release signing policy?

2002-01-10 Thread Shane Curcuru
Great! I'll keep an eye out so we can propose stealing what you come up with for xml.apache.org as well... 8-) Suggestions/comments/questions: -- Focus on overall how-to steps for the release process and signing 'public' distribution units; I can volunteer to do QA on any instructions you come