Mark Thomas wrote:
The bit that has to be done (ie is mandated by Apache rules) is a vote
by the PMC (three +1's required) to release a tarball.
Given that a -1 vote is not valid for a release vote, as soon as we
have 3 +1's from the PMC we can release. This means the release
process can be:
1. RM creates tarball, puts it on people.a.o or tomcat.a.o/dev/dist
2. RM creates binaries but keeps them private for now
3. RM calls for alpha/beta/stable vote on tarball
4. 3 +1's later RM publishes previously created tarball and binaries
5. RM waits for mirrors to sync and then announces release
6. Some period later we have a stability vote if the release was alpha
or beta
Given that the RM can vote at stage 4, only two other PMC +1's are
needed to release. There are usually enough PMC members around that
this vote could be concluded in hours.
Based on the above, I don't see why we couldn't turn around a release
in a single day.
I am ok with changing the release process if something simpler is
possible. I am interested in speeding up the process by cutting back on
the number of votes.
The process would be:
1. create tarball and unofficial binaries, put them on
people.apache.org/~remm/tomcat-6
2. wait 4-5 days
3. call for alpha/beta/stable vote on build
4. 3 +1's later publish previously created tarball and binaries to
www.apache.org/dist/tomcat/tomcat-6
5. announce release after sync of the website
Rémy
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