On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Andrus Adamchik
<andru..bjectstyle.org> wrote:
>> Does the code build: cayenne-3.0.1.tar.gz -- I found no instructions
>> on building the code from the source package we distribute. I don't
>> see any build files either.
>
> No it doesn't, and it has never been the goal (ok, not since 1.0 when we
> provided Ant buildfile). It is practically impossible to do that as the
> build system is ... well, complex. I am sure most non-C Apache projects
> won't let you build from sources in the distro.
My understanding is that we are required to release source packages that build:
http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html#what
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What Must Every ASF Release Contain?
Every ASF release must contain a source package, which must be
sufficient for a user to build and test the release provided they have
access to the appropriate platform and tools. The source package must
be cryptographically signed by the Release Manager with a detached
signature; and that package together with its signature must be tested
prior to voting +1 for release. Folks who vote +1 for release may
offer their own cryptographic signature to be concatenated with the
detached signature file (at the Release Manager's discretion) prior to
release.
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Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but if we haven't been doing this,
then we are not releasing legitimate ASF releases.
I know this is incredibly inconvenient and will probably require a
great deal of work to fix, but if we're going to be an apache project,
we have to follow the apache release rules.
I have to vote -1.
If I've somehow misinterpreted the release requirements, let me know.
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