On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 13:54, Joe Schaefer <joe_schae...@yahoo.com> wrote: > ----- Original Message ---- > >> From: Luciano Resende <luckbr1...@gmail.com> >> To: general@incubator.apache.org >> Sent: Tue, November 10, 2009 10:51:44 AM >> Subject: Re: [VOTE] Request for Waiver of "Make a Release" requirement for >> Incubator graduation >> >> On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 10:17 AM, Greg Stein wrote: >> > Hello IPMC, >> > >> > The Subversion podling would like a waiver of the requirement to make >> > a release before graduation. >> > >> > As we understand this requirement, it is present in order to >> > demonstrate to the podling how releases are made at the ASF. >> > Packaging, licensing, signing, placement into the distrubtion/mirror >> > system, announcements, among others[1]. We believe that the Subversion >> > community already has a deep understanding of the Apache release >> > model, based on the following qualifications of several of its >> > committers/mentors: >> > >> >> Should we hold this vote to actually graduation time ? Would it be >> better to spend some of these debating energy to actually setup the >> Subversion podling into the Apache infrastructure, as currently I see >> no mailing lists, svn code import, etc... create the proper Apache >> user accounts for the several new committers, etc and maybe still give >> a chance to add new contributors... before worrying about this... > > Agreed. Starting the ball rolling by requesting a bunch of waivers is > personally off-putting and bureaucratic. Something I'd like to see less > off in the Incubator.
/me shrugs Releases are the topic of the day. I wanted to get that whole discussion behind us, and move onto something constructive. Cheers, -g --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
