The bylaws don't grok the idea of a "provisional" PMC; it either is one, or it isn't. So whether we call it provisional or not, legally we need to understand whether we actually want it as a real, official PMC or not.
And if we do, what, again, does the "provisional" qualifier really mean? > On Mar 4, 2015, at 1:12 PM, Doug Cutting <cutt...@apache.org> wrote: > > On Mon, Mar 2, 2015 at 5:31 PM, Roman Shaposhnik <r...@apache.org> wrote: >> At this point, I would like to open this document for soliciting as >> wide a feedback as possible. I would like to especially request >> attention of the ASF board members who asked for this type of >> a document to be available. > > As a director, I still don't think the board needs to be involved in a > pTLP's "graduation". As far as I'm concerned, any "provisional" > status is self-imposed by the PMC and can be removed at its pleasure. > From the board's perspective it's either an ASF project or it's not, > there's not a useful middle ground. As a project it needs to provide > reports, release according to accepted standards, operate openly, etc. > It may be a young project, with a PMC dominated by old-timers who > aren't responsible for much of the contribution, but I don't see why > that requires a new formal status any more than we need a formal > status for old, slow-moving projects that rarely release. > > Put directly, what does a pTLP's "graduation" change from the board's > perspective? How should it change the way we review the project's > reports, etc.? In short, why should we care about this label? If a > PMC wishes to call itself "blue" that's fine too, but we don't need a > resolution when it decides to call itself "purple". > > Doug > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
