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Date: Thu, 29 Mar 2012 22:42:12 +0200
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Subject: Re: [VOTE] Apache CouchDB 1.2.0 -- Windows Binaries, round 3
From: Dave Cottlehuber <dave@muse.net.nz>
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On 28 March 2012 19:27, Noah Slater <nslater@tumbolia.org> wrote:
> Hello,
>
> This is an important note from the PMC.
>
> We were in error to call this thread a vote, and this is my fault.
>
> To get things clear:
>
> =A0 - The PMC does not vote on binary packages. The PMC only votes on
> =A0 release artefacts, which are always source packages.
> =A0 - The Windows binaries are being provided by Dave Cottlehuber for
> =A0 convenience only, and do not constitute a release by the PMC.
> =A0 - We will host the Windows binaries in our project distribution
> =A0 directory, but we will add a note to inform users that any binary pac=
kages
> =A0 are not official releases and are provided for convenience only.
> =A0 - Binary packages which are referenced by the project (from the websi=
te,
> =A0 for instance) will always be built from a corresponding source releas=
e.
> =A0 - Dave Cottlehuber has done astounding work getting us to this point,
> =A0 and I am very pleased that so many people have provided feedback. In
> =A0 future, Dave will be asking for testers, but we will not be referring=
 to
> =A0 this as a vote.
> =A0 - With my PMC hat on, and my Release Team hat on, I can tell you that=
 we
> =A0 will try to run the release in parallel with any binary package testi=
ng. If
> =A0 there are significant problems in either, we will abort both. We will=
 also
> =A0 try to announce the availability of binary packages along with the so=
urce
> =A0 release announcement.
>
> Apologies that this has come so late in the thread. Be assured that it do=
es
> not change anything, and we are still moving forward as planned. But it i=
s
> important, as a PMC, that we get our terminology right, and set
> expectations appropriately.
>
> Thank you,
>
> N

Firstly thanks everybody for the efforts in testing this - it gives me a mu=
ch
greater level of comfort than a year or so ago when I had the first few tes=
t
runs. Windows CouchDB gets over 1000 downloads a month so it's great
to have a few more eyes onboard!

Noah no worries about the paperwork, we need to keep things clean & tidy.

Given that the 1.2.0 source release has been aborted, let's wrap this
(don't mention the V-word or the R-word) & have another run at testing
binaries for the next source round. I'm looking forwards to seeing 1.2.0
roll in the very near future.

Thanks again!

A+
Dave