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[jira] [Closed] (LEGAL-612) Using the GitHub "Release" feature
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-612?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ]
Roman Shaposhnik closed LEGAL-612.
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> Using the GitHub "Release" feature
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> Key: LEGAL-612
> URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-612
> Project: Legal Discuss
> Issue Type: Question
> Reporter: Richard Eckart de Castilho
> Priority: Major
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> GitHub has a feature to attach release notes to a release tag.
> https://docs.github.com/en/repositories/releasing-projects-on-github/about-releases
> Now, it is always nice to have additional channels to publicize release notes and using this feature generates a notification to project watchers. Also, its nice to have the release notes in the same repo as the code.
> That said, creating a release on GitHub also automatically adds a "sources" ZIP to the release which includes the contents of the repo at the git tag of the release.
> Now, the [release policy|https://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#where-do-releases-go] is specific that releases must go to {{downloads.apache.org}} - but it also includes information on publishing release artifacts through {{repository.apache.org}} (even artifacts that are **not** otherwise released via {{downloads.apache.org}}).
> So... since GitHub these days is part of an "extended ASF development landscape", what about the "Releases" feature.
> Can it be used or is it off-limits?
> Maybe if the release notes include a warning about the GitHub-generated ZIP?
> In principle, the source release of the project is essentially an export of the repo at the tag - which is what GitHub also auto-generates... but the source ZIP build on the release managers' machine (which gets signed) and the one build by GitHub likely won't be exactly the same.
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