On Mon, Aug 17, 2009 at 4:21 AM, Joe Schaefer<joe_schae...@yahoo.com> wrote: > ----- Original Message ---- > >> From: David Crossley <cross...@apache.org> >> To: general@incubator.apache.org >> Sent: Sunday, August 16, 2009 11:10:13 PM >> Subject: Re: PATCH Re: Thrift release legal issues >> >> Joe, as far as i know, just dive in and make changes to >> most Incubator documents. >> http://incubator.apache.org/guides/website.html
+1 >> For the main "policy" document, there is a note at >> http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Incubation_Policy.html#Changing+this+Document >> We usually pass such changes through Jira, etc. +1 > Frankly the document in question is a bunch of intimidating > circular gibberish. I would strongly prefer a normative document > that doesn't allow a lot of leeway for projects to get creative > in their compliance efforts. -1 the incubator does not set apache release policy: the incubator guides projects in their implemention of apache policy > After all the primary concern of the document > is to ensure projects meeting all the legal and formal requirements for a > proper release. -1 the release management documentation in the incubator are just guides. the normative release management stuff belongs to infra and lives in dev. > That's boring stuff that should be written in an > informative style, largely with a single voice, not by starting off with > a gigantic heirarchy of categories of the sparsely collected wisdom of > the IPMC. > > I'd be more than happy to burn the document down and start over again. if you have the time to produce something better, just go for it. if you can write a good, informative guide that applies to all projects that's cool: project will use the guide as if it's normative. you'll find that much easier than trying to get a load of extra policy passed. - robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
