Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id B776991D1 for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:23:49 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 12136 invoked by uid 500); 21 Apr 2012 11:23:49 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-flex-dev-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 11929 invoked by uid 500); 21 Apr 2012 11:23:47 -0000 Mailing-List: contact flex-dev-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 11907 invoked by uid 99); 21 Apr 2012 11:23:46 -0000 Received: from minotaur.apache.org (HELO minotaur.apache.org) (140.211.11.9) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:23:46 +0000 Received: from localhost (HELO mail-ey0-f175.google.com) (127.0.0.1) (smtp-auth username bdelacretaz, mechanism plain) by minotaur.apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 11:23:46 +0000 Received: by eaae1 with SMTP id e1so2205832eaa.6 for ; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 04:23:44 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.14.95.136 with SMTP id p8mr1612492eef.125.1335007424572; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 04:23:44 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.213.5.15 with HTTP; Sat, 21 Apr 2012 04:23:44 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: Date: Sat, 21 Apr 2012 13:23:44 +0200 Message-ID: Subject: Re: [MENTOR] release candidate From: Bertrand Delacretaz To: flex-dev@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Fri, Apr 20, 2012 at 10:27 PM, Dave Fisher wrote: > On Apr 20, 2012, at 1:13 PM, Carol Frampton wrote: > >>... The Apache release docs specify where to upload an actual release > but there is no mention of where a release candidate should be put so > that developers can access it... > > A common way would be for the "Release Manager" to put the candidates > into their people.apache.org account's public_html folder and then have > an email, wiki and/or site page link to the RC.... IMO release candidates should be announced here only, not on websites. As the "what is a release" section at http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html says, the project is not suppose to publicize its releases beyond this list until they've been voted on. -Bertrand