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Date: Wed, 04 Aug 1999 13:21:21 -0400
From: Rodent of Unusual Size <Ken.Coar@Golux.Com>
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Roy T. Fielding wrote:
> 
> >[freeze on 6th, release on 16th]
> >
> >How does that sound?
> 
> Too long.  The tarball should be done roughly 24 hours after
> committing is stopped, to give time for us to test compile our own
> development servers.  After the tarball it takes about 36 hours to
> find out if there are any problems.  If none are reported within those
> 36 hours, and at least three of us have given a +1 to the release,
> then it gets copied to the main sites at that point.  The release
> announcement can occur 24 hours after that.

I disagree.  How many of us can commit to doing the test compilation
within an arbitrary 24-hour window?  I'm also trying to seriously
involve the people on the -testers lists this time, and giving
*them* a 36-hour window doesn't seem very realistic, either;
I don't think it's even very realistic for those of us who
are heavily involved with the project.

> Unless a problem is identified, it will be released on August 9th.

If enough people agree with that, then okey -- but I'd like to see
some agreement, not a fiat statement like that.
-- 
#ken    P-)}

Ken Coar                    <http://Web.Golux.Com/coar/>
Apache Software Foundation  <http://www.apache.org/>
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