Makes sense. I will close thus vote not earlier than Jan 5, if there is no further objections. Thanks for your input Tim
-- The Apache Software Foundation V.P., Data Privacy On Thu, Dec 30, 2021, at 01:56, Tim Perry wrote: > I propose that this vote should stay open longer than 72 hours given > that we are coming up on New Years and many people who would wish to > weigh in might be on vacation right now. > > Tim > >> On Dec 29, 2021, at 2:29 PM, Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Consistent contributors are frequently invited to be committers and later >> PMC members. Having at least three people maintaining anything is an Apache >> standard for maintaining vendor neutrality, ensuring a minimum number of >> people can verify release candidates to address security issues or any other >> releases. >> >> — >> Matt Sicker >> >>> On Dec 29, 2021, at 14:41, Vladimir Sitnikov <sitnikov.vladi...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>> >>>> >>>> Log4j is owned by the Logging Services PMC. You cannot incubate it without >>> this PMC’s approval. >>> >>> Exactly. As far as I understand, Logging pmc should accept patches and >>> release fixes or they should approve reincubating. >>> Of course, you can try rejecting patches and disapprove reincubation, >>> however, that won't hold water. >>> >>> Unfortunately, I have not seen the response from the logging pmc regarding >>> approve/disapprove re-incubating. There's a pending question to Ron still. >>> >>> I do not consider forks outside of the ASF. >>> >>>> But I notice the one topic you did not respond to was the lack of >>> interested people other than yourself. Why is that? >>> >>> I find the question irrelevant, and I find it has nothing to do with >>> accepting patches and releasing 1.2 >>> I belive there were even people on incubator thread, so it is strange why >>> do you demand that I provide you with a list of rock-star 1.x maintainers. >>> >>> 1) I can't guarantee I will be alive in February. Can you guarantee all the >>> logging pmc members will be alive then? I doubt so. So I find that >>> questions like "how can we be sure you will send patches" too intimate. >>> >>> 2) I have already filed a patch for buildscripts. Whould you review it and >>> merge? >>> >>> 3) Suppose I find a team (e.g 4-5 ASF fellows) who are willing to support >>> 1.2. What do you do then? Would you add all of them to the logging pmc? >>> I don't really see the point why do you ask, and at the same time I can't >>> guarantee the people I gather will be alive tomorrow. I can't guarantee >>> they will always have interest in 1.2 >>> >>> Vladimir
