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Posted to dev@poi.apache.org by "Andrew C. Oliver" <ac...@apache.org> on 2003/05/08 17:22:51 UTC
Question Re: [VOTE] 2.0-pre1 release (results/Status)
Doh. Glen beat me to it. Constitutional issue here. Is the PMC to ratify
releases yet? I heard Sam whisper something to that effect and I vaguely
remember not dissenting on the issue, but I don¹t recall ratifying any...
-Andy
On 5/8/03 11:17 AM, "Andrew C. Oliver" <ac...@apache.org> wrote:
> With several +1 votes and no dissents we're moving ahead with the release
> plan for 2.0-pre1 and branch merge. I'll sum it up here...
>
> Essentially:
>
> We have 3 active branches:
>
> 1. HEAD
> 2. 1.5x (last release)
> 3. poi-performance - a refactoring of the HEAD to suck down less memory
>
> We're going to close the 1.5 series. Release 2.0-pre and branch that from
> the head. Then we'll merge poi-performance into the HEAD.
>
> 2.0 will continue to stabilize in its own branch. And we'll work on making
> the more courageous changes to the head and start releasing dev builds again
> from there.
>
> 2.0 will be released with a slightly less ambitious feature set than
> originally envisioned; however, having a stable release more modern than the
> nearly year old 1.5.1 is seen as far more healthy for the project.
>
> In the future I plan to push for more frequent releases with slightly less
> ambitious goals as I think that will be better for project health. I
> suspect this vote nods heads at this.
>
> Progress:
>
> We've now migrated to an ant/forrest based build/documentation system which
> is successfully working. There are some hiccups yet to be resolved in the
> gump descriptor, but I've full confidence that these will be resolved
> shortly and certainly in time for the 2.0-final release.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Andy
>
--
Andrew C. Oliver
http://www.superlinksoftware.com/poi.jsp
Custom enhancements and Commercial Implementation for Jakarta POI
http://jakarta.apache.org/poi
For Java and Excel, Got POI?
Re: Question Re: [VOTE] 2.0-pre1 release (results/Status)
Posted by "Andrew C. Oliver" <ac...@apache.org>.
You're mail got there though.
On 5/8/03 5:22 PM, "Glen Stampoultzis" <gs...@iinet.net.au> wrote:
> I'm not getting mail from PMC. Looks like I need to resubscribe.
>
> At 01:22 AM 9/05/2003, you wrote:
>> Doh. Glen beat me to it. Constitutional issue here. Is the PMC to ratify
>> releases yet? I heard Sam whisper something to that effect and I vaguely
>> remember not dissenting on the issue, but I don¹t recall ratifying any...
>>
>> -Andy
>>
>>
>> On 5/8/03 11:17 AM, "Andrew C. Oliver" <ac...@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>>> With several +1 votes and no dissents we're moving ahead with the release
>>> plan for 2.0-pre1 and branch merge. I'll sum it up here...
>>>
>>> Essentially:
>>>
>>> We have 3 active branches:
>>>
>>> 1. HEAD
>>> 2. 1.5x (last release)
>>> 3. poi-performance - a refactoring of the HEAD to suck down less memory
>>>
>>> We're going to close the 1.5 series. Release 2.0-pre and branch that from
>>> the head. Then we'll merge poi-performance into the HEAD.
>>>
>>> 2.0 will continue to stabilize in its own branch. And we'll work on making
>>> the more courageous changes to the head and start releasing dev builds
>> again
>>> from there.
>>>
>>> 2.0 will be released with a slightly less ambitious feature set than
>>> originally envisioned; however, having a stable release more modern
>> than the
>>> nearly year old 1.5.1 is seen as far more healthy for the project.
>>>
>>> In the future I plan to push for more frequent releases with slightly less
>>> ambitious goals as I think that will be better for project health. I
>>> suspect this vote nods heads at this.
>>>
>>> Progress:
>>>
>>> We've now migrated to an ant/forrest based build/documentation system which
>>> is successfully working. There are some hiccups yet to be resolved in the
>>> gump descriptor, but I've full confidence that these will be resolved
>>> shortly and certainly in time for the 2.0-final release.
>>>
>>> Thanks,
>>>
>>> Andy
>>>
>>
>> --
>> Andrew C. Oliver
>> http://www.superlinksoftware.com/poi.jsp
>> Custom enhancements and Commercial Implementation for Jakarta POI
>>
>> http://jakarta.apache.org/poi
>> For Java and Excel, Got POI?
>>
>>
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>
>
> Glen Stampoultzis
> gstamp@iinet.net.au
> http://members.iinet.net.au/~gstamp/glen/
>
--
Andrew C. Oliver
http://www.superlinksoftware.com/poi.jsp
Custom enhancements and Commercial Implementation for Jakarta POI
http://jakarta.apache.org/poi
For Java and Excel, Got POI?
Re: Question Re: [VOTE] 2.0-pre1 release (results/Status)
Posted by Glen Stampoultzis <gs...@iinet.net.au>.
I'm not getting mail from PMC. Looks like I need to resubscribe.
At 01:22 AM 9/05/2003, you wrote:
>Doh. Glen beat me to it. Constitutional issue here. Is the PMC to ratify
>releases yet? I heard Sam whisper something to that effect and I vaguely
>remember not dissenting on the issue, but I don¹t recall ratifying any...
>
>-Andy
>
>
>On 5/8/03 11:17 AM, "Andrew C. Oliver" <ac...@apache.org> wrote:
>
> > With several +1 votes and no dissents we're moving ahead with the release
> > plan for 2.0-pre1 and branch merge. I'll sum it up here...
> >
> > Essentially:
> >
> > We have 3 active branches:
> >
> > 1. HEAD
> > 2. 1.5x (last release)
> > 3. poi-performance - a refactoring of the HEAD to suck down less memory
> >
> > We're going to close the 1.5 series. Release 2.0-pre and branch that from
> > the head. Then we'll merge poi-performance into the HEAD.
> >
> > 2.0 will continue to stabilize in its own branch. And we'll work on making
> > the more courageous changes to the head and start releasing dev builds
> again
> > from there.
> >
> > 2.0 will be released with a slightly less ambitious feature set than
> > originally envisioned; however, having a stable release more modern
> than the
> > nearly year old 1.5.1 is seen as far more healthy for the project.
> >
> > In the future I plan to push for more frequent releases with slightly less
> > ambitious goals as I think that will be better for project health. I
> > suspect this vote nods heads at this.
> >
> > Progress:
> >
> > We've now migrated to an ant/forrest based build/documentation system which
> > is successfully working. There are some hiccups yet to be resolved in the
> > gump descriptor, but I've full confidence that these will be resolved
> > shortly and certainly in time for the 2.0-final release.
> >
> > Thanks,
> >
> > Andy
> >
>
>--
>Andrew C. Oliver
>http://www.superlinksoftware.com/poi.jsp
>Custom enhancements and Commercial Implementation for Jakarta POI
>
>http://jakarta.apache.org/poi
>For Java and Excel, Got POI?
>
>
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>To unsubscribe, e-mail: poi-dev-unsubscribe@jakarta.apache.org
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Glen Stampoultzis
gstamp@iinet.net.au
http://members.iinet.net.au/~gstamp/glen/