On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 6:09 PM, Marvin Humphrey <mar...@rectangular.com> wrote: > On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 12:33 AM, ant elder <ant.el...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Thu, Nov 21, 2013 at 1:53 AM, Marvin Humphrey >> <mar...@rectangular.com>wrote: >> I think this is getting too hung up on vetting releases is the be all and >> end all of PMC membership when really there are other just as if not more >> important things. > > Let's say we strike that bullet point from the proposal. It seems like we're > making good progress, because that moves us closer to *both* you and Dave > Fisher. The remaining question is whether we can arrive at an agreement in > terms of how many IPMC votes it takes to get a release approved. > > Ant, you proposed a minimum of one IPMC vote for each release: > > http://s.apache.org/CHS > > How about simply changing the rules for Incubator releases so that they > don't require at least three binding votes, but instead make it at least > three votes only one of which must be binding. That would mean there would > still be the element of oversight that a mentor vote gives but avoids all > the problems with not having three mentors. > > Dave responded with this critique: > > http://s.apache.org/MSZ > > I don't think this is prudent, having only one binding vote is too low a > check. We at the ASF have a responsibility to the public. I want to be > certain that no one steam rolls the process. Just the fact that there are > edge cases means we need to be careful. > > This formulation was conceived to address both of your concerns: > > * PPMC votes are binding for every release except the first. > * One IPMC vote is required for each release after the first. > > Ant, can you accept the elevated requirement for the first vote? If we only > have to muster that many IPMC members once per podling, I think it's much more > doable. >
Sure, its a step in the right direction. I do think we could still do more but that would be a good start. ...ant --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
