Re: apache binary distributions

2015-08-18 Thread Ted Dunning
On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 10:15 PM, Marvin Humphrey wrote: > However, if "Steve&Nick" are Apache project contributors publishing > unreleased > code and making an end run around Apache release policy, there's greater > cause > for concern. > On the other hand, if Steve&Nick are contributors publis

Re: apache binary distributions

2015-08-18 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 6:46 PM, Niclas Hedhman wrote: > Well, if "Debian" can publish their built Apache Maven as "maven" and > "Steve&Nick" can't publish their built Apache Maven as "maven", then the > inescapable question is; On what non-arbitrary grounds is one acceptable > and the other is

Re: apache binary distributions

2015-08-18 Thread Niclas Hedhman
On Wed, Aug 19, 2015 at 3:40 AM, Stephen Connolly < stephen.alan.conno...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Yes that was my analysis of the question: If I decide to produce an > unofficial binary release of Maven without the approval of the rest of the > PMC, I may not call it Maven. If I did call it Maven th

Re: apache binary distributions

2015-08-18 Thread Stephen Connolly
On 18 August 2015 at 18:35, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > Marvin's comprehensive response is very helpful. > > However, the first described case is about a third-party distribution of > binaries, even though some or all of the third parties are participants on > the project. (I assume the executab

RE: apache binary distributions

2015-08-18 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Marvin's comprehensive response is very helpful. However, the first described case is about a third-party distribution of binaries, even though some or all of the third parties are participants on the project. (I assume the executable was not produced by the project in a manner that constitute

Re: apache binary distributions

2015-08-18 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Tue, Aug 18, 2015 at 2:02 AM, Kalle Korhonen > So what if a project (members) does not vote but unofficially > releases binary executable packages, perhaps along with source to some > other location than /dist/? Clearly, it's not an official release by Apache > policy but there the bits are in

Re: apache binary distributions

2015-08-18 Thread Kalle Korhonen
On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 8:58 PM, Marvin Humphrey wrote: > On Thu, Aug 13, 2015 at 8:35 PM, Luke Han wrote: > > There's one discussion in Kylin community about to add binary > > package in release, people are really would like to have one: > > > http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-