well, I actually like Dave's suggestion better than my own On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 1:40 PM Jeremy Mitchell <mitchell...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I like both of those ideas. Either a working group and someone volunteers > to setup/lead the working group (ideally a committer or pmc member) or an > RM at the component level to help manage issues, milestones, roadmaps, etc. > > Jeremy > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 12:27 PM Dave Neuman <neu...@apache.org> wrote: > > > I agree with Rob and Jonathan on this one. I don't see a reason that > > committers cannot already gravitate toward a component, and I want to > avoid > > adding any formal designation to community members outside of the defined > > Apache ones (contributor, commiter, and pmc). > > I think I would rather see us head in the direction of working groups. > We > > can define working groups for each component (although I really don't > think > > each component needs one) that is open to anyone. The working group can > > meet on a consistent interval and can use that time to complete the > > managerial tasks outlined above as well as discuss open PRs, have design > > conversations, etc. Of course, any decision made in the working group > > meeting would then need to be brought back to the list. Ideally we would > > have a PMC member that takes the initiative to setup the working group, > but > > I don't see that as a hard requirement. I am happy to help anyone who is > > interested get a working group setup. > > > > --Dave > > > > On Wed, Nov 13, 2019 at 11:24 AM <ocket8...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > > On Wed, 2019-11-13 at 10:57 -0700, Jeremy Mitchell wrote: > > > > Maybe component lead is not the right term? > > > >> ... hold the position for a defined amount of time ... > > > > > > Since most of the responsibilities seem tied to releases, maybe we just > > > need sub-release-managers for the components? The main RM can also fill > > > one of those positions as well as "main RM". > > > > > > > > >