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. Note that the PMC is responsible for all artifacts in their distribution directory, which is a subdirectory of www.apache.org/dist/ ; and all artifacts placed in their directory must be signed by a committer, preferably by a PMC member. It is also necessary for the PMC to ensure that the source package is sufficient to build any binary artifacts associated with the release. Every ASF release must comply with ASF licensing policy. This requi
