On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 9:14 AM, Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote:
> On Sat, Aug 2, 2008 at 4:09 PM, simon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Fri, 2008-08-01 at 19:00 -0500, Leonardo Uribe wrote: > >> Hi > >> > >> The release candidate for MyFaces Core 1.1.6-rc1-SNAPSHOT can be found > >> here > >> > >> > http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/org/apache/myfaces/core/myfaces-api/1.1.6-rc1-SNAPSHOT/ > >> > http://people.apache.org/repo/m2-snapshot-repository/org/apache/myfaces/core/myfaces-impl/1.1.6-rc1-SNAPSHOT/ > > > > Just to clarify: > > > > The last release of Myfaces Core (1.1.5) was in Feb 2007. Since then a > > lot of changes have been made. > > > > Therefore for the upcoming 1.1.6 release we have decided to build a > > "release candidate" with version number 1.1.6-rc1 for wider testing. > > a very good idea! > > > > > We would very much appreciate people testing this *release candidate* > > and reporting any *regressions* since the 1.1.5 release. Please do NOT > > point out any bugs that also exist in the 1.1.5 release; it has been far > > too long since the last release of Core 1.1.x and we need to get things > > "rolling" again, so only regressions will be dealt with at this time. > > > > Regressions should be discussed on the dev or user list, so they get > > immediate attention. > > perhaps some indicator such as > [core 1.1.6] may help to find those regressions. > > > > > If you are using myfaces 1.1.x in production, then you really should > > test this new artifact. Those who report problems *after* the release is > > out may not get a lot of sympathy! > > > > As the rc1 artifacts are in the standard apache snapshot repository, > > maven users can test them by defining the apache snapshot repo in an > > active profile in their settings.xml file then just referencing the > > artifact from the pom.xml of their projects. Or the jars can be > > downloaded manually from the above locations. > > > > If there are no significant regressions reported in the next couple of > > weeks against 1.1.6-rc1, then the final artifacts for a 1.1.6 release > > will be built and a release vote called. You can "vote" on this thread > > if you like, but these "-rc1" artifacts are not intended for release; > > the "real" vote will be later. > > > > Leonardo, I think an email should go to the user list too. Will you send > > it, or should I? > You have more clear the objectives and intention of made a rc, So I prefer if you send the email please. > > +1 for users list for testing. > > Thanks guys for putting this together! It has been a while since Feb. 2007 > ;-) > > Greetings, > Matthias > > > > Regards, > > Simon > >> > > > > > > > > -- > Matthias Wessendorf > > further stuff: > blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ > sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf > mail: matzew-at-apache-dot-org >
