svn commit: r1059742 - /forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/test_and_vote_on_rel_cand.txt

Author: crossley
Date: Mon Jan 17 03:49:56 2011
New Revision: 1059742

URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc?rev=1059742&view=rev
Log:
Tidy and some improvements from last time.

Modified:
    forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/test_and_vote_on_rel_cand.txt

Modified: forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/test_and_vote_on_rel_cand.txt
URL: http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/test_and_vote_on_rel_cand.txt?rev=1059742&r1=1059741&r2=1059742&view=diff
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--- forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/test_and_vote_on_rel_cand.txt (original)
+++ forrest/trunk/site-author/content/xdocs/procedures/release/test_and_vote_on_rel_cand.txt Mon Jan 17 03:49:56 2011
@@ -1,15 +1,14 @@
-Subject: [Important] please test release candidate then vote
+Subject: [VOTE] please review release candidate then vote
 
-We need people to test the release candidate on your projects,
-especially on different operating systems and Java version.
-Just send a short reply to this thread that it works for you.
-See testing hints below.
+We need people to review the release candidate and to
+test it on your projects, especially on different operating
+systems and Java version. See testing hints below.
 
 Download the release candidate and supporting files:
 http://people.apache.org/~[### your apache ID ###]/temp/forrest-###08###-rc1/
 
-For Windows get *.zip md5sum ################################
-For UNIX get *.tar.gz md5sum ################################
+For Windows get *.zip (md5sum ################################)
+For UNIX get *.tar.gz (md5sum ################################)
 Get the *.asc and *.md5 that match your chosen download.
 
 Java [### JavaVersion ###] or later is required.
@@ -29,15 +28,15 @@ Please wait with voting until towards th
 week, as we may need to build a second release candidate
 if there are any changes to the code or documentation [1].
 
-During this week we do need to hear about successes
-or failures. Please report your operating system
+During this week we do need to hear about both successes
+and failures. Please report your operating system
 and Java versions and Jetty/Tomcat versions.
 
 So we have approximately 6 days.
 
-Here are some hints:
+Here are some hints for actual testing:
 
-  * Verfiy the release, especially if you are a committer.
+  * Verify the release, especially if you are a committer.
     Follow: http://forrest.apache.org/mirrors.cgi#verify
   * Ensure that the compressed archive will unpack properly.
   * Follow the README.txt and index.html