Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 46656 invoked from network); 23 Nov 2009 17:17:52 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 23 Nov 2009 17:17:52 -0000 Received: (qmail 18076 invoked by uid 500); 23 Nov 2009 17:17:51 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 17882 invoked by uid 500); 23 Nov 2009 17:17:51 -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 17781 invoked by uid 99); 23 Nov 2009 17:17:51 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:17:50 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-3.0 required=5.0 tests=AWL,BAYES_00 X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [209.85.218.219] (HELO mail-bw0-f219.google.com) (209.85.218.219) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 17:17:48 +0000 Received: by bwz19 with SMTP id 19so5272736bwz.28 for ; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:17:27 -0800 (PST) Received: by 10.204.153.27 with SMTP id i27mr5014219bkw.155.1258996647166; Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:17:27 -0800 (PST) Received: from ?172.31.13.157? (cpe-90-157-173-58.dynamic.amis.net [90.157.173.58]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id g28sm5995840fkg.8.2009.11.23.09.17.25 (version=SSLv3 cipher=RC4-MD5); Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:17:25 -0800 (PST) Message-ID: <4B0AC3A4.7070109@xbc.nu> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 2009 18:17:24 +0100 From: =?UTF-8?B?QnJhbmtvIMSMaWJlag==?= User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.23 (X11/20090817) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [VOTE] release Apache VCL 2.1 References: <200911181542.39471.josh_thompson@ncsu.edu> <25aac9fc0911230749kb2a51dcp850c90bf8be81675@mail.gmail.com> <2010C4EA-1DD8-46D4-AD8D-262F5B587DAB@objectstyle.org> <25aac9fc0911230810n21a8af9ak8f453e4db2c13e0d@mail.gmail.com> <4B0ABB2D.3060108@xbc.nu> <25aac9fc0911230851n4ad67228y8b28e8c49d9dec34@mail.gmail.com> In-Reply-To: <25aac9fc0911230851n4ad67228y8b28e8c49d9dec34@mail.gmail.com> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.96.0 Face: iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAADAAAAAwBAMAAAClLOS0AAAAAXNSR0IArs4c6QAAADBQTFRF IhsbCy0qZjoVOVRoeFxSAIKBzXQiAKaibYiewnk7nn9z0qCTgL3i87Ep6Kx/+tHBsrE+zgAAAjZJ REFUOMvF0jFoE1EYB/CzjWlqIzaTjqVIBifRRWyG0t5iUqlLyFpCeXBgKg5yq6A4degUDJjoUDpc 1Qt4Ux94B11SOLB0KGS4discpbkORTCn9/m9d3fvLhXnvuHu3f+Xx/veyyfZfLSdZHzgicSfeyw4 JISwdz8FT6M8lM8Ceg385Dlhs+cC9sQCDn0B78QCogzwN+sxfHGOIXBbRGkNAM4cZymGtgNsDPgz cByxon3EEm1TLmvAlghoHOO3CZSa+IQ/vF6JV8tgKOMow78gRgL2/+EIvATOUtB3SSdMg4GXgrbn uk0uLiGdoCHKbX4E+t1FUTqn1AtIdPJebssDQ64YANSQyyaQNyUOFs0ijMsMFnOPTahPLXKYowtY 08MfCP7vR7hRnc5zmPK7CDYYbHcbC7tHuyFA94U/1LYZaJpu/sxACHMwvwZljTLY0TbNk4x+zuEt yC3MfCM6uSIvfwur0itFL4FA2Yal8BzLfnYV4EIGwEPAk7o5zIcnvzHMEjwJrrhAKK7on6IrsfRJ 7A53BhaK+CL7fj6+q/sPeOvcDTtoZTxpUYsFeIknrOXep3p3l7Ua+8sZ5FPQKyKwWi+DfROTU7ny C1/9UhpeY7K287WJCzbsNPQm2S6Yk4PSCNhWM2r3nD0K9liYb6yPgCRJhSzPrxUK0yUBVk1VX0lj s7MzGZyp0wImMK/e8rHbz2soL+O+2r1dxfGsAmBcx0lNjS/RUhlUC7gRn1wGMdQ7Vw1/AReW/RN3 xFWdAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit sebb wrote: > Not relevant - the discussion is about what archives are supported by > the OS, not the development process. > I thought it was about which archive formats an ASF release should be distributed in. All I ever recall reading in policy documents are requirements about the /contents/ of the release. For all I care it can be .shar.Z, if the project team feels that is what serves their users best. > Even Apache httpd (which is written in C) releases Windows archives in > Zip (and MSI) format. > Yup, so does APR, so does Subversion (but careful, the MSIs are not considered part of the official release in any of these projects). It just happens that (we) the developers decided that was best. -- Brane --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org