Re: PouchDB website issues and release expectations during incubation

Jan Lehnardt <[email protected]>
Newsgroups gmane.comp.apache.incubator.general
Message-ID <[email protected]>

> On 21. Apr 2026, at 08:19, Justin Mclean <[email protected]> wrote:
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> Hi
> 
> 
> While reviewing Apache PouchDB (Incubating), I noticed something that likely needs attention.
> 
> 
> The project appears active and has made good progress in incubation. However, at around 12 months in, there is still no clear ASF release.
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> Looking at the project website at pouchdb.apache.org, obviously some work is needed, and pouchdb.com <http://pouchdb.com/> still exists where it shouldn't.

We are waiting for ASF Infra here: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INFRA-27787

> This creates a situation where:
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> - There is no visible ASF-distributed release
> - The Apache project site does not represent the current state of the project
> - The old project site should redirect to the ASF site
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> At this stage, the priority for PouchDB should be:
> - producing a first ASF release
> - ensuring releases are done through the ASF process
> - aligning the project website with the Apache distribution model
> Interested in thoughts from the project's mentors on how best to address this

We’ve had a bunch of dev work we wanted to get out of the way before a new release, which has now happened. I predict a release procedure attempt to start within the next couple of weeks.

Best
Jan
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