Forgot to say: Vote will close one week after it started, at 7:05pm PDT on Tuesday 28 May. Thanks, --Matt
On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 7:03 PM, Matt Foley <ma...@apache.org> wrote: > This was previously discussed in the thread "[PROPOSAL] change in bylaws > to remove Release Plan vote". 13 people explicitly cast "+1"s in that > thread. Absent objection I will count those as votes without requiring > them to (re-)respond to this VOTE thread. > > The following change is proposed in the > Bylaws<http://hadoop.apache.org/bylaws.html> > document: > > === > > 1. In the "Decision Making" : "Actions" section of the Bylaws, the > following text is removed: > > ** Release Plan* > > Defines the timetable and actions for a release. The plan also nominates a > Release Manager. > > Lazy majority of active committers > > > 2. In the "Roles and Responsibilities" section of the Bylaws, an > additional role is defined: > > ** Release Manager* > > A Release Manager (RM) is a committer who volunteers to produce a Release > Candidate according to > HowToRelease<https://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/HowToRelease>. > The RM shall publish a Release Plan on the *common-dev@* list stating > the branch from which they intend to make a Release Candidate, at least one > week before they do so. The RM is responsible for building consensus around > the content of the Release Candidate, in order to achieve a successful > Product Release vote. > > === > > Best regards, > --Matt (long-time release manager) > > >
