Thanks for John and Sheng pointed out these statements can be treated equally. If so, I can do a paraphrase instead of a direct translation.
-- Zhang Yonglun Apache ShenYu (Incubating) Apache ShardingSphere Sheng Wu <wu.sheng.841...@gmail.com> 于2021年5月17日周一 下午11:20写道： > I think this is better to explain from English native speakers. :) > > From my understanding, cut sometimes is about having the commit id(point) > to begin the release process. publish is more closing to release done. > But from translating perspective, such as in the Chinese perspective, there > is no much difference, even they are even truly having the above > difference(maybe not). > > Sheng Wu 吴晟 > Twitter, wusheng1108 > > > Zhang Yonglun <zhangyong...@apache.org> 于2021年5月17日周一 下午11:10写道： > > > Hi, > > > > In the 'Creating an Apache Release' section of the graduation guide [1], > I > > am a little confused by the statements of 'cut a release', 'publish a > > release' and 'create a release'. What's the difference between them? > > I really know what this section means generally, but when I tried to > > translate I met difficult. > > I thought these three statements are equal previous, but I'm not sure > now. > > > > > Podlings do not need to actually *publish *a release to demonstrate > that > > they understand how to accomplish such a feat. However, creating a > release > > that is approved by the incubator project management committee is usually > > the simplest way to do this. > > > > What does the highlight *publish* imply? Anyway, I get 'create a release' > > is better. > > > > > If you are going to cut a release (which is highly recommended), then > > please read the Incubator Release Management Guide for hints, tips and > > guidelines for cutting a release that will get approved by the IPMC > without > > problems. > > > > Why recommend 'cut a release' this time instead of 'create a release'? > > > > I am trying to translate this guide to local language, it's very > appreciate > > if anyone could help. > > > > > > [1] > http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html#creating_an_apache > > _release > > > > -- > > > > Zhang Yonglun > > Apache ShenYu (Incubating) > > Apache ShardingSphere > > >
