Hi, > IMHO, the tags on github are not formal releases.
The tags may not be but it does creates a release artefact that someone can download. > So its not a violation of ASF release process. How so? It’s creating an artefact that the general public can access and download before the vote is over. [1] [2] seems quite clear on this. > Some projects have handled this by moving release votes to a different > (mirror/fork) of the project. You can just make the release on a branch rather than in a fork/mirror. Anyway I'll raise it on legal discuss. Thanks, Justin 1. https://www.apache.org/dev/release-distribution.html#unreleased 2. http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html#what --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org