Benson, read the rules:

http://httpd.apache.org/dev/voting.html

"*-1 *No, I *veto* this action."

+1 + -1 != 0

On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 8:55 PM, Benson Margulies <[email protected]>wrote:

> On Sun, Jun 2, 2013 at 2:42 PM, Fred Cooke <[email protected]> wrote:
> >> from my experience, even if this question is not absolutely
> scm-specific,
> >> git
> >> brings us a new problem we didn't have with svn: once a tag is set on
> the
> >> canonical repo and replicated on developers' repos, it is not
> automatically
> >> updated if updated in the canonical
> >>
> >
> > Git brings you no such "problem", it simply exposes your extremely poor
> > practices... A tag should, and in any sane place is, permanent and
> > irrevocable.
> >
> > On another note, the veto by -1 vote mechanism is a great idea for a
> > release, but a terrible idea for a principle like this. For a release it
> > requires a justification, for this it's just "my opinion" overriding one
> of
> > Maven's core principals.
>
>
> Fred,
>
> Who says that anyone has a veto? As a principle of Apache, very few
> things are subject to veto, and I can't see how this would be one. If
> there's a clear majority of opinion in favor of burning versions,
> we'll start burning versions. I voted -1. I'll live with whatever
> outcome, but I'd live more happily with a more elaborated description
> of the resulting procedure. Like, where and how do we document these
> never-born releases, etc, etc.
>
> --benson
>
>
> >
> > Stagnation wins.
> >
> > Fred.
> >
> >
> >>
> >> but I may miss some git-fu once again...
> >>
> >> Regards,
> >>
> >> Hervé
> >>
> >> Le samedi 1 juin 2013 20:47:36 Chris Graham a écrit :
> >> > >but as I see, there seems to be a consensus around a 2-sided rule:
> >> > >- don't reuse version number for pre-releases (RC, etc)
> >> > >- reuse version number for actual releases
> >> >
> >> > Not sure how I feel about that.
> >> >
> >> > alpha/beta/RCx etc, they are all still valid version nos, so I think
> that
> >> > the no re-spin rule should still apply in the same manner.
> >> >
> >> > -Chris
> >> >
> >> > On Sat, Jun 1, 2013 at 8:41 PM, Hervé BOUTEMY <[email protected]>
> >> wrote:
> >> > > yes, the vote for one unique rule is clearly "-1"
> >> > >
> >> > > but as I see, there seems to be a consensus around a 2-sided rule:
> >> > > - don't reuse version number for pre-releases (RC, etc)
> >> > > - reuse version number for actual releases
> >> > >
> >> > > Regards,
> >> > >
> >> > > Hervé
> >> > >
> >> > > Le samedi 1 juin 2013 08:27:38 Stephen Connolly a écrit :
> >> > > > I will need to recheck the tally, but I think the result is -3
> >> > > >
> >> > > > So looks like we will be reusing version numbers on respins
> >> > > >
> >> > > > On Wednesday, 29 May 2013, Stephen Connolly wrote:
> >> > > > > We have been using a policy of only making releases without
> >> skipping
> >> > > > > version numbers, e.g.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > 3.0.0, 3.0.1, 3.0.2, 3.0.3, 3.0.4, 3.0.5, etc
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Whereby if there is something wrong with the artifacts staged
> for
> >> > >
> >> > > release,
> >> > >
> >> > > > > we drop the staging repo, delete the tag, roll back the version,
> >> and
> >> > >
> >> > > run
> >> > >
> >> > > > > again.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > This vote is to change the policy to:
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > drop the staging repo, document the release as not released, and
> >> run
> >> > >
> >> > > with
> >> > >
> >> > > > > the next version.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > Under this new proposal, if the staged artifacts for 3.1.0 fail
> to
> >> > > > > meet
> >> > > > > the release criteria, then the artifacts would be dropped from
> the
> >> > >
> >> > > staging
> >> > >
> >> > > > > repository and never see the light of day. The tag would remain
> in
> >> > > > > SCM,
> >> > > > > and
> >> > > > > we would document (somewhere) that the release was cancelled.
> The
> >> > >
> >> > > "respin"
> >> > >
> >> > > > > would have version number 3.1.1 and there would never be a
> 3.1.0.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > This change could mean that the first actual release of 3.1.x
> might
> >> > >
> >> > > end up
> >> > >
> >> > > > > being 3.1.67 (though I personally view that as unlikely, and in
> the
> >> > > > > context
> >> > > > > of 3.1.x I think we are very nearly there)
> >> > >
> >> > > > > Please Note:
> >> > >
> >>
> http://maven.apache.org/developers/release/maven-project-release-procedure
> >> > >
> >> > > > > .html#Check_the_vote_resultsdoes not actually specify what it
> >> means by
> >> > > > > "the process will need to be restarted" so this vote will
> effect a
> >> > >
> >> > > change
> >> > >
> >> > > > > either outcome
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > +1: Never respin with the same version number, always increment
> the
> >> > > > > version for a respin
> >> > > > > 0: Don't care
> >> > > > > -1: Always respin with the same version number until that
> version
> >> > >
> >> > > number
> >> > >
> >> > > > > gets released
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > This vote will be open for 72 hours. A Majority of PMC votes
> >> greater
> >> > >
> >> > > that
> >> > >
> >> > > > > 3 will be deemed as decisive in either direction (i.e. if the
> sum
> >> is <
> >> > >
> >> > > -3
> >> > >
> >> > > > > or > +3 then there is a documented result)
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > For any releases in progress at this point in time, it is up to
> the
> >> > > > > release manager to decide what to do if they need to do a
> respin.
> >> > > > >
> >> > > > > -Stephen
> >>
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