Obviously +1 from me on doing experiments, and -1 for the silly policy update stuff.
...ant On Fri, Dec 13, 2013 at 8:59 PM, Marvin Humphrey <mar...@rectangular.com>wrote: > Greetings, > > As the next step in our ongoing efforts to reform the release voting > process, > I propose that we run an experiment allowing the PPMC members of select > podlings to earn binding votes under limited circumstances by completing a > release checklist. > > For participating podlings, the Incubator's release management guide... > > http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html > > ... would be supplanted by the following documents: > > http://incubator.apache.org/guides/release_manifest.txt > http://incubator.apache.org/guides/release.html > > The scope of this VOTE is limited to approving the following patch to our > policy page: > > https://paste.apache.org/k4vJ > > Here is the patch content minus markup: > > 2013 Alternate Release Voting Process > > Select podlings pre-cleared by a majority vote of the IPMC MAY > participate in > an alternate release voting process: > > Should a Podling decide it wishes to perform a release, the Podling > SHALL > hold a vote on the Podling's dev list and create a permanently archived > Release Manifest as described in the Experimental Release Guide. At > least > three +1 votes from PPMC members are required (see the Apache Voting > Process page). If the majority of PPMC votes is positive, then the > Podling > SHALL send a summary of that vote to the Incubator's general list and > formally request the Incubator PMC approve such a release. > > Formal approval requires three binding +1 votes and more positive than > negative votes. Votes cast by members of the Incubator PMC are always > binding. For all releases after the first, votes cast by members > of the PPMC > are binding if a Mentor approves the Release Manifest. > > Please note that the proposed change is both incremental and reversible: > > * It is incremental because podlings must be opted in by vote of the > IPMC to > participate. > * It is reversible because once the experiment has run its course the > policy change can be reverted with zero impact through lazy consensus. > > Those who may have questions about the legitimacy of allowing binding votes > from non-IPMC members should see this post from Roy Fielding: > > http://s.apache.org/v7 > > Please vote: > > [ ] +1 Yes, apply the patch enabling the experiment. > [ ] -1 No, do not apply the patch enabling the experiment. > > This majority VOTE will run for 7 days and will close at 13:00 PST on > Friday, > December 20, 2013. Votes cast by members of the Incubator PMC are binding. > > Here is my own +1. > > Marvin Humphrey > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
