+1 for the community & committing rules.
On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:39 PM, Ufuk Celebi <u...@apache.org> wrote: > +1 but I would say not the Wiki, but the How To Contribute guide. > > @Marton: do you have a link for the mail vote befor major changes. In any > case, for me it doesn't matter whether it is a vote or a light weight mail > to the dev list. > > > On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 1:10 PM, Márton Balassi <balassi.mar...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > I'd prefer the mail vote before major changes (this is also the preferred > > Apache guideline if I'm not mistaken). > > > > Writing down the basics on a wiki makes it clearer and also easier for > new > > contributors to get involved. This page is somewhat related though (at > > least for voting): > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html > > > > > > On Fri, Sep 5, 2014 at 12:50 PM, Stephan Ewen <se...@apache.org> wrote: > > > > > Hi! > > > > > > I think part of the discussion that arose around the proposed > Java/Scala > > > and RPC/Akka changes comes from the fact that we have not clearly > written > > > down the community/committing rules anywhere yet. In particular, how do > > we > > > treat proposed major changes. > > > > > > Most of us (including me) worked under the assumption that committers > can > > > commit small fixes immediately, and those can be vetoed (reverted) in > > > hind-sight by others (has not yet happened, though). > > > > > > Anything that has impact on other people goes through pull requests, > and > > is > > > then discussed upon, revised, or rejected. This seems to be the model > > that > > > many other Apache projects use (like Mahout for example, Sebastian, > > correct > > > my if I am wrong there). > > > > > > That has seemed to work so far, and in that sense, the use of Akka for > > > example is still a proposal only. > > > > > > For major refactorings like the RPC/Actor one, it makes sense to try > and > > > reach consensus before the implementation effort, because it is too > much > > > work to do it without knowing that it will be accepted. This may be a > > vote, > > > but I would prefer it to be rather lightweight, like dropping a mail on > > the > > > dev list, giving people an early chance to voice concerns. > > > > > > Does it make sense to write these simple rules down somewhere (wiki?), > so > > > that it is transparent? > > > > > > Stephan > > > > > >
