Re: [DISCUSS] What is holding back Release and graduation?

[Frank Greguska <fg...@apache.org>]

Trevor -

Yes it appears that going through the release process and addressing any
licensing concerns are the main thing preventing graduation. The only thing
I can say is that it hasn't been prioritized/defined when releases should
be executed/tagged.

- Frank

On Wed, Feb 3, 2021 at 2:26 PM Trevor Grant <tr...@gmail.com>
wrote:

> Hey-
>
> I'd like to start up another thread on what precisely is holding SDAP back
> from
>
> 1. Doing a release?
>
> It's my understanding (which is entirely possible it is wrong), that all
> that is required for an apache release is the code is created as an
> artifact some where (as well as checking licenses of dependencies, all the
> other checkboxes).  I know there were some issues about most of the release
> processes being Java specific, and this project is Python, but it's not
> like you have to release to PyPi for it to "count" as an apache release.
>
> Why not call a code freeze across all repos, create artifacts, upload them
> to nexus, PPMC votes, vote passes, IPMC votes, and boom SDAP 1.0.
>
> I ask this not as a rhetorical question- I am sure there are some reasons
> its not quite that simple- what are they?
>
> 2. graduation-
>
> Afaik - the major issue is no release. What aside from that is holding this
> project back?
>
> It can be hard to read tone in email, so please don't read this as "Why the
> heck haven't you graduated yet?!?!" but more as a "If graduation is the
> goal, and releases are holding us back from that- what is the shortest path
> to doing a release?"
>
> Just some thoughts I had to distract me from this other thing I was working
> on while reading the board report- respond as you like.
> tg
>