Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 69879 invoked from network); 3 Aug 2010 23:50:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by 140.211.11.9 with SMTP; 3 Aug 2010 23:50:40 -0000 Received: (qmail 74699 invoked by uid 500); 3 Aug 2010 23:50:40 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-couchdb-dev-archive@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 74493 invoked by uid 500); 3 Aug 2010 23:50:39 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@couchdb.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: dev@couchdb.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list dev@couchdb.apache.org Received: (qmail 74485 invoked by uid 99); 3 Aug 2010 23:50:39 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:50:39 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received: from [140.211.11.9] (HELO minotaur.apache.org) (140.211.11.9) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with SMTP; Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:50:38 +0000 Received: (qmail 69854 invoked by uid 99); 3 Aug 2010 23:50:18 -0000 Received: from localhost.apache.org (HELO [192.168.0.7]) (127.0.0.1) (smtp-auth username nslater, mechanism plain) by minotaur.apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Tue, 03 Aug 2010 23:50:18 +0000 Subject: Re: RFC: Releasing 1.0.1 Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1081) Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii From: Noah Slater In-Reply-To: <275E1107-5A6A-464D-9FCA-138A54C1482D@apache.org> X-Noah: Awesome Date: Wed, 4 Aug 2010 00:50:15 +0100 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Message-Id: <8FA99638-D1EC-42E2-9D65-E60C359F9ABD@apache.org> References: <917133A8-7174-4245-92F3-6D65C6904C87@apache.org> <62A06786-3199-4889-8BB0-D543F21CE715@apache.org> <6AF06E19-7B74-4881-864D-D59BFC9835D1@gmail.com> <82D65CA6-40AF-431B-9242-4CAC08CAE8B0@apache.org> <2B6E17BE-0ECA-4901-A3FA-5F8F88DBF8DB@apache.org> <50C9C524-6B6E-455D-A945-E14ED2CEEEFD@apache.org> <61211D5A-EC75-472D-BDE4-98F9B62C0F77@apache.org> <275E1107-5A6A-464D-9FCA-138A54C1482D@apache.org> To: dev@couchdb.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1081) On 4 Aug 2010, at 00:30, J Chris Anderson wrote: > Generally, we are now in the pink part of the chart. Ubuntu would be = happiest if we gave them releases in the yellow part of the chart. The = closer it gets to the red part of the chart, the more likely they are to = say it's not worth the trouble to do the work to vet / package 1.0.1. = The vagueness of their schedule is part of the reason I'm suddenly = feeling the rush. I'd like to see a bit more involvement from them then. If Ubuntu wanted to ship a copy of CouchDB taken from trunk, that had = not been released yet, they could do that pretty easily. If it was that = important to them, that would certainly be an option. If it is important = to Ubuntu to get a specific official version of CouchDB packaged, then = they need to tell us what, and by what dates it is important. If, on the = other hand, it is not important to them, then it is surely not important = to us either? Either way, if Ubuntu is to be a consideration, I think we need more = involvement from the Ubuntu developers. I'm not planning to delay the = release any more than it is usually delayed due to procedure, but I'm = not going to have a hernia trying to rush it out because of some vague = idea about Ubuntu needing something soon. If down-stream groups need = release co-ordination, they need to get actively involved in that.=