I'm curious why you wouldn't do release candidates, such as 1.0.0-RC1, 1.0.0-RC2 and have 1.0.0 GA be the final accepted release. This isn't a complaint, do it however you wish, I'm just interested to know the reasoning.
Tauren On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Kalle Korhonen <[email protected] > wrote: > On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 10:43 AM, Craig L Russell > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Great to hear that you're ready to "crack off" a release. You need to > > decide: > > Is this a final release or some early access or beta thing? > > What tools will you use to create the release artifacts? > > Will you release binaries or just sources (most Java projects release > both > > binary and source). > > Who is going to be the release manager? > > I'll take this. Assuming Les is fine it, I'll be the release manager. > This is a 1.0.0 GA release. We are going to release with Maven using > the staged release process so we'll have some time to test the final > artifact before its being released publicly and while it's being vote > upon. If we find blockers, we'll abandon the release and do a new > point release - 1.0.1 etc. until the staged release is accepted. While > I haven't cut any Apache releases before, I'm fairly familiar with > Tapestry's releases which use the same process and I've done staged > releases with Maven/Nexus before. > > Kalle > > > > After you know what to release and who is going to create the release > > artifacts, you can proceed to step 2: creating the release artifacts. > There > > are many examples of releases from incubation that you should probably > study > > and then volunteer to cut the release(s). > > > > The first release of a podling is normally reviewed by a small number of > > really dedicated volunteers who find many trivial-sounding problems that > in > > fact are very important. But whoever volunteers to be the release manager > > should expect between two and five attempts before passing muster for an > > official Apache incubating release. > > > > Craig > > > > On May 13, 2010, at 9:47 AM, Les Hazlewood wrote: > > > >> We're working on it! :) > >> > >> Seriously though - I think we can be code complete today. After that > >> is finished, I was going to ping the list to ask the Mentors how we go > >> about starting the voting process. Since we might be able to start > >> this tomorrow, could you fill us in a bit on how this works? > >> > >> Thanks! > >> > >> Les > >> > >> On Thu, May 13, 2010 at 8:28 AM, Alan D. Cabrera <[email protected]> > >> wrote: > >>> > >>> :) > >>> > >>> We've been at this for quite some time. I've been approached by people > >>> wondering when this is going to happen. > >>> > >>> I think that a release would be a good idea. Thoughts? > >>> > >>> > >>> Regards, > >>> Alan > >>> > >>> > > > > Craig L Russell > > Architect, Oracle > > http://db.apache.org/jdo > > 408 276-5638 mailto:[email protected] > > P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp! > > > > >
