[cross-project-issues-dev] Luna RC4 staging repo is complete

[David M Williams <david_williams@xxxxxxxxxx>]

http://download.eclipse.org/releases/staging/

As I am sure you all know, this is our
final aggregation build for Luna, unless a blocking issue is found. 

I always like to emphasize, that, at
this point, a "blocking issue" that would lead to a re-spin has
to be more than a typical "bad problem" for a one project ...
but more along the lines of something that "destroys all data in a
project or workspace" or "prevents installs or updates of other
projects from occurring" or that sort of thing. If you do find a bad
bug that effects just  your project's function, I encourage you to
a) look for and document "work arounds" and/or b) prepare a "project
level patch"  that you could make available by the time we release,
so users can take advantage of it immediately after they install the release.
This is purely for stability reasons ... that is, it is often better to
"ship" with a known bad bug, than to risk fixing one bug and
exposing something even worse (which would be hard to find in time, since
by then little time left for testing). And just so I don't seem negative
ALL the time ... if you sincerely believe you found a bug that really would
be bad for the reputation of Eclipse as a whole, or something, discuss
with your project and PMC and other Eclipse leaders and if they all believe
it worth mentioning here on cross-project list, then please do. Even if
the answer is "no, no re-build", it doesn't hurt to keep everyone
informed. 

Also important for you to know, this
"staging" repo is NOT moved to .../releases/luna on Friday, like
we normally do, since that is Friday the 13th [JUST KIDDING!]. The real
reason it just stays on staging is that would essentially be "pre-releasing"
the whole train. Instead we always have a "quiet week" for final
preparations, final adopter testing and builds, etc., and then formally
release it (make visible) on the long scheduled date of Wednesday, June
25th. 

I will be sending out a "what to
do during quiet week" note in the next day or two (some version of
"Kepler
Final Daze" document, updated
for Luna). 

Let us know if questions or issues,
by posting here to this cross-project list. 

And my personal thanks for those final
pushes for improvements in "repo
reports" -- no missing "about"
files, good improvements in unsigned bundles, and some improvement in making
feature licenses (SUA's) current. We'll continue to work towards perfection
for SR1 and Mars! 

Much thanks to you all,