Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-maven-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 43746 invoked from network); 13 Aug 2007 02:31:08 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 13 Aug 2007 02:31:08 -0000 Received: (qmail 21756 invoked by uid 500); 13 Aug 2007 02:31:04 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-maven-dev-archive@maven.apache.org Received: (qmail 21690 invoked by uid 500); 13 Aug 2007 02:31:04 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@maven.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: List-Help: List-Post: List-Id: "Maven Developers List" Reply-To: "Maven Developers List" Delivered-To: mailing list dev@maven.apache.org Received: (qmail 21679 invoked by uid 99); 13 Aug 2007 02:31:04 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sun, 12 Aug 2007 19:31:04 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=10.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [210.50.76.235] (HELO mx06.syd.iprimus.net.au) (210.50.76.235) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 13 Aug 2007 02:31:02 +0000 X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Filtered: true X-IronPort-Anti-Spam-Result: AgAAAI5ev0bTGwYI/2dsb2JhbAAN X-IronPort-AV: E=Sophos;i="4.19,252,1183298400"; d="scan'208";a="60953453" Received: from 8.d.001.ham.iprimus.net.au (HELO [192.168.237.213]) ([211.27.6.8]) by smtp06.syd.iprimus.net.au with ESMTP; 13 Aug 2007 12:30:38 +1000 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v752.3) In-Reply-To: <48E55159-D23D-48C9-9227-CB0C332A0C49@maven.org> References: <20070810062614.4F7D51A981A@eris.apache.org> <46BF7F34.5000202@mvdb.net> <48E55159-D23D-48C9-9227-CB0C332A0C49@maven.org> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII; delsp=yes; format=flowed Message-Id: <6B822ED0-512F-4800-81DF-C910440A2CF1@apache.org> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit From: Brett Porter Subject: Re: svn commit: r564483 - /maven/project/KEYS Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2007 12:30:35 +1000 To: "Maven Developers List" X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.752.3) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On 13/08/2007, at 8:21 AM, Jason van Zyl wrote: >> Only PMC Members decide if it is going to be an official Apache >> release, creating the release itself >> can be done by any committer. >> > > That's news to me. > > There's no reference to who can do it here: > > http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html Like most things, if it's unsaid then it's up to each project to decide. Releases in general are listed as a committer responsibility here: http://www.apache.org/dev/committers.html#committer-responsibilities With the votes being cast by PMC members. So we don't currently have a rule for it, but the precedent is that it's fine (eg, Brian was releasing the dependency plugin this year before being on the PMC, and I'm sure we could find a stack of other examples). I've seen this happen in other projects before (IIRC, Matt Hogstrom was the Geronimo RM before he was on the PMC, and he's now the chair). FWIW, the release went exceptionally well... Cheers, Brett --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscribe@maven.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-help@maven.apache.org