[VOTE] Apache SystemML 1.0.0 (RC1)

[Berthold Reinwald <re...@us.ibm.com>]

Please vote on releasing the following candidate as Apache SystemML 
version 
1.0.0 

The vote is open for at least 72 hours and passes if a majority of at 
least 3 
+1 PMC votes are cast.

[ ] +1 Release this package as Apache SystemML 0.15.0
[ ] -1 Do not release this package because ...

To learn more about Apache SystemML, please see 
http://systemml.apache.org/

The tag to be voted on is v1.0.0-rc1 (
054b85efdec92b8f66a125e014798076843e3492)

https://github.com/apache/systemml/commit/054b85efdec92b8f66a125e014798076843e3492



The release artifacts can be found at :
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/systemml/1.0.0-rc1/


The maven release artifacts, including signatures, digests, etc. can 
be found 
at:
https://repository.apache.org/content/repositories/orgapachesystemml-1025/org/apache/systemml/systemml/1.0.0/


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== Apache Incubator release policy ==
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Please find below the guide to release management during incubation:
http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html

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== How can I help test this release? ==
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If you are a SystemML user, you can help us test this release by taking 
an 
existing Algorithm or workload and running on this release candidate, then
reporting any regressions.

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== What justifies a -1 vote for this release? ==
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-1 votes should only occur for significant stop-ship bugs or legal 
related 
issues (e.g. wrong license, missing header files, etc). Minor bugs or 
regressions should not block this release.


Regards,
Berthold Reinwald
IBM Almaden Research Center
office: (408) 927 2208; T/L: 457 2208
e-mail: reinwald@us.ibm.com