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Subject: [CANCEL][VOTE] Release of Apache Phoenix 2.2.3 incubating
From: James Taylor <jamestaylor@apache.org>
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Cancelling this vote due to mistakes in the LICENSE and NOTICE files. Will
start a new vote shortly.
Thanks,
James

On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 11:08 AM, David Nalley <david@gnsa.us> wrote:

> On Wed, Feb 26, 2014 at 1:43 PM, James Taylor <jamestaylor@apache.org>
> wrote:
> > Thanks so much, David for the review and words of encouragement. Don't
> > worry, we won't get discouraged - we just want to get this right.
> >
> > See below for more questions/comments.
> >
> > Regards,
> > James
> >
> > On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 9:26 PM, David Nalley <david@gnsa.us> wrote:
> >
> >> On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 9:37 PM, James Taylor <jamestaylor@apache.org>
> >> wrote:
> >> > Hello everyone,
> >> >
> >> > This is a call for a vote on Apache Phoenix 2.2.3 incubating. Phoenix
> is
> >> a
> >> > SQL query engine for Apache HBase, a NoSQL data store.  It is accessed
> >> as a
> >> > JDBC driver and enables querying and managing HBase tables using SQL.
> >> This
> >> > will be our first release in the incubator.
> >> >
> >> > The RC is available for download at
> >> > http://people.apache.org/~jamestaylor/phoenix-2.2.3-incubating-RC3/and
> >> is
> >> > signed with my code signing key 5F5F3233. The source code may be
> found in
> >> >
> >>
> http://people.apache.org/~jamestaylor/phoenix-2.2.3-incubating-RC3/phoenix-2.2.3-incubating-src.tar.gzwhile
> >> > a convenience, pre-built binary may be found in
> >> >
> >>
> http://people.apache.org/~jamestaylor/phoenix-2.2.3-incubating-RC3/phoenix-2.2.3-incubating.tar.gz
> >> > .
> >> >
> >> > GIT source tag:
> >> >
> >>
> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=incubator-phoenix.git;a=log;h=refs/tags/v2.2.3
> >> > GIT commit:
> >> >
> >>
> https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=incubator-phoenix.git;a=commit;h=5e7d071693b6ad4adb758b94d53808a75feeae26
> >> >
> >>
> >> Hi James:
> >>
> >> Nice to see phoenix working on a release so rapidly.
> >> This vote is missing a lot of information that makes it much harder to
> >> work with.
> >> Has your dev list seen this vote? If so a link to the [RESULT] of that
> >> vote would be nice. If not, why not? (I couldn't find an RC3 vote in
> >> my hasty look at your archives)
> >>
> >
> > A vote was held on developer mailing list  for the previous release
> > candidate, RC2, and it passed with 4 +1's, and no -1's or +0's (2 votes
> > were from IPMC members). The thread is here:
> >
> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-phoenix-dev/201402.mbox/%3CCAAF1JdjsiHGFYQjkMVSWJmGaRJQd0fJJRVAB7J70-i2tLR2UkA%40mail.gmail.com%3E
> >
> > This release candidate, RC3, has one additional bug fix and a separate
> > source-only tar ball. I proposed on our dev list not to hold a new vote,
> > but rather start a vote on the general list instead, since the changes
> were
> > minimal and no one objected.
> >
> > Is that ok?
> >
>
> It is probably technically acceptable from a very strict
> interpretation of the release guidelines since it's a release of the
> incubator. I think socially and from a incubator learning process that
> you are shortchanging yourself. Keep in mind the IPMC wants to see
> that the community can function on its own, and iterating over RCs is
> just part of the process.
>
> >  How many binding IPMC votes did you get on your dev list vote? (If you
> >> have enough binding votes, I might not expend the time, while if you
> >> are lacking votes I might be willing to invest the time to help)
> >> The RC2 vote email was a bit better in the last two regards.
> >> Please put the RC# in the subject - this was threaded in my mail
> >> client under an RC2 mail.
> >>
> >
> > I'll make sure to include the RC# in the subject next time.
> >
> >
>
> Thanks - that dramatically improves readability.
>
> >>
> >> Where is your KEYS file? (does phoenix have a space on dist.a.o?) Even
> >> having your key in your LDAP profile would be ok, but you don't link
> >> to the key, which is extra work. You'll need a KEYS file when you
> >> publish anyway.
> >>
> >
> > I will generate the KEYS file and include in the same directory. We'll
> put
> > our next release/release candidate in dist.a.o, as that seems the norm.
> >
> >
>
> Good.
>
>
> >>
> >> The NOTICE and LICENSE files are problematic. NOTICE in the source
> >> tarball contains notices for software that simply doesn't exist in the
> >> source tarball. And LICENSE in the convenience binary seems to be
> >> missing licenses for software that is included.
> >> Have a look here:
> >> http://www.apache.org/dev/licensing-howto.html#mod-notice for more
> >> details.
> >>
> >
> > The NOTICE file of our source-only distribution matches the one from our
> > binary distribution which is a mistake. Our source-only distribution does
> > not include source from any other projects. Does that mean we don't need
> a
> > NOTICE file for our source-only distribution?
>
> You need a NOTICE file, but it only need contain the notice for the
> ASF (in the source distribution)
> http://www.apache.org/legal/src-headers.html#notice
>
> >
> > For our binary distribution, we'll make another pass through our indirect
> > dependencies and update the NOTICE and LICENSE as needed.
> >
> > Should we roll a new RC and start a new thread after these changes?
>
> Yep, I'd roll a new RC, kick a vote off on your dev list and bring it
> back here when done.
>
> --David
>
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