Re: Github: Delete v5_2_0_RC1

[Vladimir Sitnikov <si...@gmail.com>]

Technically speaking users should not use GitHub.

They should follow source releases only:
https://jmeter.apache.org/download_jmeter.cgi
Does it really cause confusion?

I've removed the tag just in case.

Vladimir

Re: Github: Delete v5_2_0_RC1

[Vladimir Sitnikov <si...@gmail.com>]

>Why not ?

http://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#publication

>PUBLICATION
>Projects MUST direct outsiders towards official releases rather than raw
source repositories, nightly builds, snapshots, release candidates, or any
other similar packages.

^^ the above line is in bold right in release-policy.html
What do you think of it?
Frankly speaking, I'm new to Apache, and don't quite get the intention
behind "trying to direct outsiders towards official releases" when
everybody uses "jmeter github" in Google nowadays. We can't really hide
GitHub from users even though we use it for development only (review, PR,
etc)

I wonder if sebb (or anybody else?) could shed some light on the policy as
they seem to be involved with ASF processes for much longer.

> The only people who are supposed to know about such developer resources
are individuals actively participating in development or following the dev
list and thus aware of the conditions placed on unreleased materials.

+

http://www.apache.org/legal/release-policy.html#host-GA

>WHERE CAN WE HOST PUBLIC (GA) RELEASES?
>source control repositories (svn.apache.org and Git repositories) may not
be used to distribute releases --- that is, releases should not be
downloaded from them


Vladimir

Re: Github: Delete v5_2_0_RC1

[Philippe Mouawad <p....@ubik-ingenierie.com>]

On Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 1:56 PM Vladimir Sitnikov <
sitnikov.vladimir@gmail.com> wrote:

> Technically speaking users should not use GitHub.
>

Why not ?
We could even put our binaries there, I'm pretty sure it would help extend
exposure

>
> They should follow source releases only:
> https://jmeter.apache.org/download_jmeter.cgi
> Does it really cause confusion?
>

I think it does, as of me, when I go on an open source library, I look at
releases and may want to check an RC if it fixes a bug I face and even use
it.
Most of our users know nothing about our ASF procedures, votes ...



> I've removed the tag just in case.
>
> Vladimir
>


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