----- Original Message -----
From: "Sean Busbey" <bus...@cloudera.com>
To: "dev@accumulo apache. org" <dev@accumulo.apache.org>
Sent: Thursday, April 10, 2014 12:24:21 PM
Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Accumulo Blog
On Thu, Apr 10, 2014 at 9:12 AM, <dlmar...@comcast.net> wrote:
> I am proposing a blog for the project to be hosted on the
> blogs.apache.orgsite. There was a similar proposal last year on the dev list
> [1], but no
> vote or decision. Apache has a web page with setup instructions [2], which
> also states that the PMC is responsible for the blog content and for
> granting write access to the blog. The process for setting up a blog is
> easy and defined in [2].
>
>
yay!
>
> To move forward I think we need to resolve some items:
>
> 1. The bylaws don't define how to vote on blog content, but the default
> vote is in a Lazy Approval fashion, with no defined timeframe. I’m thinking
> 3 days. Since the PMC is responsible for the content, should we enforce
> something different, say, consensus or majority approval from active PMC
> members over 3 days?
>
>
Personally, I think Lazy Approval and 3 days is fine. Can PMC members see
posts that are in draft status? If so, I think a note that a given draft is
going to be published in {X | X > 3} days should be sufficient.
Yes - the setup page shows how to do this.
> 2. Guidelines for content. If we accept cross-posts from other sites or
> blog posts from guest writers (non-contributors, non-committers), what
> rules should be enforced (PMC is responsible for content)? For any author,
> can their employer or employer's products be mentioned?
>
I think so long as a PMC member is willing to act as reviewer (and it
follows the above lazy approval process), it should be fine.
Personally, I don't think something related to Accumulo being commercial
should preclude it from what we bring to the community's attention.
>
> 3. Do the articles need to be Apache licensed?
>
>
Related: what license do we want applied to the blog posts we author?
I don't see any obvious licensing info on the Apache hosted blog posts.
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Sean
