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Posted to dev@forrest.apache.org by David Crossley <cr...@apache.org> on 2012/04/19 05:04:11 UTC

[RESULT][VOTE] re-release version 0.9

There were 4 positive votes and no negative ones,
so the vote is affirmative.

I don't have much time, so will gradually move
through the steps to restore our downloads.

-David

David Crossley wrote:
> As explained in the Proposal [1] an issue was discovered with our
> release of Apache Forrest 0.9, in that our vote was conducted on
> a package that contained more than just our sources.
> 
> I have used the voted package from our 0.9 release, verified it,
> and split it into two separate packages for "sources" and "dependencies".
> 
> So please download the new release candidate and supporting files:                                               
> http://people.apache.org/~crossley/apache-forrest-0.9/
> 
> Get apache-forrest-0.9-sources.tar.gz (md5sum 2bc9e0b220f8ec5bc1f228dbc3023e0e)
> Get the *.asc and *.md5 files and follow verification notes at
> http://forrest.apache.org/mirrors.cgi#verify
> 
> Unpack those source and ensure that you are satisifed.
> 
> To test, download the dependencies apache-forrest-0.9-dependencies.tar.gz
> and follow the verification notes.
> Now unpack this directly over the top of the sources.
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> Java 1.5 or later is required.                                                                     
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> Testing and vote period concludes after 7 days on
> Wednesday 2012-04-18 at 22:00 UTC [2].                              
> Anyone can test and vote, not just PMC members.                                                    
> However only the Forrest PMC votes are binding [3].                                                        
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> When voting, quote the md5 to ensure that we are all                                            
> using the correct final release candidate sources package.
> The votes need to happen against the final source release package.
> 
> After a successful vote, i will put the files back on the distribution mirrors
> and adjust our download page to link to the new files and explain how to use it.
> 
> 
> [1] Subject: [Proposal] re-release 0.9 with proper source code package                                             
> http://s.apache.org/mCW 
> 
> [2] end of vote is Wednesday 2012-04-18 at 22:00 UTC
> http://www.timeanddate.com/worldclock/fixedtime.html?day=18&month=4&year=2012&hour=22&min=0&sec=0&p1=0 
> 
> [3] Guidelines for Voting                                                                          
> "A lazy majority vote requires 3 binding +1 votes                                                  
> and more binding +1 votes than -1 votes".                                                          
> http://forrest.apache.org/guidelines.html#actions                                                  
> http://forrest.apache.org/guidelines.html#voting