[PMC:VOTE-RESULT] merlin, meta, framework, configuration and i18n

[Stephen McConnell <mc...@apache.org>]

I am please to announce that the simple majority PMC vote
for publication of the following products has established
quorum and that the vote has PASSED.

  Avalon Framework-4.1.5
  Excalibur Configuration 1.1
  Excalibur i18n 1.1
  Avalon-meta 1.1
  Merlin 3.0 b1

Member votes included in the count and contributing to quorum include:

  * Berin Loritsch                   +1
  * Stephen McConnell                +1
  * Leo Sutic                        +0
  * Leo Simons                       +0.4

Members not registering a vote include:

  * Marcus Crafter
  * Carsten Ziegeler
  * Pete Royal

Stephen.

Stephen McConnell wrote:

>
> Hi everyone:
>
> I'm calling for a vote for the PMC to publish the release candidates
> that have been available for review and comments at:
>
>  http://www.apache.org/~mcconnell/dist
>
> avalon-framework-4.1.5 (RC4)
> ----------------------------
> This release includes backward compatible updates to the Version class to
> provide support for the declaration of a "undefined" version, required 
> by the
> Avalon Meta package.  The distribution  also includes formal api/impl
> seperation together, a convinience composite jar file, and updated maven
> generated site documentation. Changes applied during the candidate review
> process include moving the AbstractLogEnabled class from impl to api.
>
> excalibur-configuration-1.1 (RC2)
> ---------------------------------
> Includes updates supporting configuration listing and confiuration 
> equality
> testing used within the Avalon Meta package. Updates during the candidate
> review process include addition of full site documentation.
>
> excalibur-i18n-1.1 (RC2)
> ------------------------
> Includes the addition of an operation to reset the locale to a 
> non-default value. 
> This update is required by the Merlin platform. Updates during the 
> candidate
> review process include addition of full site documentation.
>
> avalon-meta-1.1 (RC2)
> ---------------------
> Avalon meta-info model.  This is a new package containing a meta-info
> model for component type descriptors.  The package is intended to
> provide a container-neutral framework for the declaration of static
> information related to: component type dependencies; service publication;
> logging channel assumptions; context strategy, context casting 
> assumptions;
> context entry dependencies; context entry generation semantic; and
> configuration schema details. Updates during the candidate process 
> include
> numerouse documentation fixes, correction to the api dependencies
> (supporting jvm 1.3 usage),  and correction to javadoc links.
>
> merlin-3.0 b1 (RC4) composite
> -----------------------------
> The Merlin service management platform.  This package contains a set of
> facilities and frameworks dealing with component deployment and
> decommissioning on which the merlin platform is dependent.  Subsystem
> included in the composite release include:
>
>  avalon-activation 1.0b1 (api,spi,impl)
>  avalon-composition 1.0b1 (api,spi,impl)
>  avalon-extension 1.0 (spi,impl)
>  avalon-repository 1.0b1 (spi,impl)
>
> The Merlin containment system is included in the following packages:
>
>  merlin-kernel 1.0b1 (spi,impl)
>  merlin-bootstrap 1.0
>  merlin-plugin 1.0
>
> The merlin 3.0 distribution include consilidated api documetation for the
> above packages, tutorials covering the majority of container features,
> together with specifications of the system meta model.
>
> Changes to the platform during the candidature process have focusssed
> on cross-platform build and runtime issues - all of which have
> been resolved.  Updates were made to the working directory naming
> conventions, improvements to the repository management (including the
> seperation of system from user repositories), improvements to the
> download reporting messages, and enhancements supporting repository
> population.
>
> This vote is governed by the Avalon PMC voting guidelines and is
> decided by simple majority. Only PMC members can cast binding votes,
> but all others are encouraged to submit nonbinding votes. I will
> administer the vote and tally the results.
>
> [ ] yes
> [ ] abstain
> [ ] no
>

-- 

Stephen J. McConnell
mailto:mcconnell@apache.org




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