From general-return-22645-apmail-incubator-general-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Tue Aug 04 23:30:39 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 35117 invoked from network); 4 Aug 2009 23:30:32 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 4 Aug 2009 23:30:32 -0000 Received: (qmail 84398 invoked by uid 500); 4 Aug 2009 23:30:34 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 84175 invoked by uid 500); 4 Aug 2009 23:30:33 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 84163 invoked by uid 99); 4 Aug 2009 23:30:33 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:30:33 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=10.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [209.85.220.224] (HELO mail-fx0-f224.google.com) (209.85.220.224) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 23:30:24 +0000 Received: by fxm24 with SMTP id 24so3312959fxm.12 for ; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:30:04 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.239.131.17 with SMTP id 17mr784073hbl.66.1249428603999; Tue, 04 Aug 2009 16:30:03 -0700 (PDT) Date: Wed, 5 Aug 2009 00:30:03 +0100 Message-ID: <30b2aef60908041630g78eb7efu6d8dff351090b648@mail.gmail.com> Subject: Making some thrift releases From: Leo Simons To: thrift-dev@incubator.apache.org Cc: general@incubator.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Hey thrift folks, Someone just pointed out http://incubator.apache.org/thrift/download/ ....I'm afraid that's not exactly what we'd like to see. Can you please spend some time reviewing the pages at http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html ? It would be really good if y'all could expend the effort to make a release [1]. ((A release in the apache sense is an important milestone. Among other things it implies a whole bunch of legal checking has been done, i's are dotted and t's are crossed. The apache thrift project and the responsible PMC (until you graduate, that's the incubator PMC) make an explicit decision (through voting) to release a piece of software to the "general" public. Its a vital step in the lifecycle of any apache project. "check out from SVN here" is not really what we're looking for, and "clone this non-ASF-hosted git repository" is a bit worse than that.)) Please check in with your incubator mentors if you need any more help figuring out what to do. Thanks!! cheers, - Leo PS: I'm not on thrift-dev@; feel free to CC general@incubator if you want a response from me! :) [1] at a very minimum you really need appropriate disclaimers, i.e. stuff like "Apache Thrift is an effort undergoing incubation at The Apache Software Foundation (ASF). Incubation is required of all newly accepted projects until a further review indicates that the infrastructure, communications, and decision making process have stabilized in a manner consistent with other successful ASF projects. While incubation status is not necessarily a reflection of the completeness or stability of the code, it does indicate that the project has yet to be fully endorsed by the ASF." on the download page and the home page --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org