On 23.01.2013 20:45, Joe Dreimann wrote: > I don't know if it's allowed to combine both votes, but I'm in favour of it > if it is.
It's not. IPMC procedures dictate that the project community shall do everything necessary to produce an Apache release, then the IPMC will review those results by means of a second release vote. The idea being that as long as the project is a podling, it's learning the ropes. Note that you wouldn't really gain much by going straight to the IPMC, since that vote thread is initialized with existing mentor votes. > In relation to the currently stalled voting, I'd like to propose Gary as a > future IPMC member. Is there a process for this? As soon as he becomes an ASF member, he can also become an IPMC member. > Also or alternatively, is there a process for recruiting further mentors? Or > is it "simply" a case of picking out potential mentors and asking them? It's more or less a matter of asking on the IPMC. Really, though, this project has enough active mentors, and relying on purely mentor votes sounds like "cheating". The proper way to avoid blocking on release votes is to graduate. :) Which I believe this community is ready for. Except for the community diversity issue, which you're all actively working on. I know it's frustrating, but even though I'm typically prepared to cut through a lot of red tape, I do feel that community diversity is important. And we all know exactly how diverse this particular community is. -- Brane -- Branko Čibej Director of Subversion | WANdisco | www.wandisco.com
