Re: PPMCs [was Re: what are required for contributing to release management]

2006-10-01 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Sep 30, 2006, at 11:51 AM, Jason van Zyl wrote: On 28 Sep 06, at 12:59 PM 28 Sep 06, Garrett Rooney wrote: Well, PMCs are formed by the board when a project moves to top level status. PPMCs are formed for an incubating project, and exactly how that works tends to differ a bit between

Re: PPMCs [was Re: what are required for contributing to release management]

2006-10-01 Thread Dan Diephouse
Hi Jim, Jim Jagielski wrote: On Sep 30, 2006, at 11:51 AM, Jason van Zyl wrote: On 28 Sep 06, at 12:59 PM 28 Sep 06, Garrett Rooney wrote: Well, PMCs are formed by the board when a project moves to top level status. PPMCs are formed for an incubating project, and exactly how that works

Re: PPMCs [was Re: what are required for contributing to release management]

2006-10-01 Thread Steve Vinoski
+1 to Dan's opinion. --steve On Oct 1, 2006, at 11:36 AM, Dan Diephouse wrote: Hi Jim, Jim Jagielski wrote: On Sep 30, 2006, at 11:51 AM, Jason van Zyl wrote: On 28 Sep 06, at 12:59 PM 28 Sep 06, Garrett Rooney wrote: Well, PMCs are formed by the board when a project moves to top

Re: [VOTE] Approve the 2.0.1 release of Cayenne

2006-10-01 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 9/30/06, Andrus Adamchik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cayenne community has voted and approved 2.0.1 release of Cayenne. This release marks a major milestone in Cayenne incubation as we've fully resolved all IP issues and got rid of incompatible license dependencies. Now we would like to request

Re: [VOTE] Approve the 2.0.1 release of Cayenne

2006-10-01 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 9/30/06, Andrus Adamchik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Cayenne community has voted and approved 2.0.1 release of Cayenne. This release marks a major milestone in Cayenne incubation as we've fully resolved all IP issues and got rid of incompatible license dependencies. Now we would like to request

RE: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Robert, setting aside the particulars, this worries me from a process perspective. the initial list of committers was elected by the incubator PMC as part of the approval process. IMO the incubator PMC cannot provide oversight if we delegate power to the PPMCs to change their terms of

Re: [VOTE] Approve the 2.0.1 release of Cayenne

2006-10-01 Thread Andrus Adamchik
Hi Robert, On Oct 1, 2006, at 12:57 PM, robert burrell donkin wrote: oh yes: the LICENSE and NOTICE files are ok but the LICENSE file could be improved by including an indication about to which artifact or source file the particular license applies. I guess then it would duplicate NOTICE

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread Mads Toftum
On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 01:05:37PM -0400, Noel J. Bergman wrote: - The Incubator PMC sets the Mentors, who form the initial PPMC - The PPMC (Mentors) elects additional PPMC members - The PPMC elects Committers +1 a step in the right direction. vh Mads Toftum -- http://soulfood.dk

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread Henri Yandell
On 10/1/06, Mads Toftum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 01:05:37PM -0400, Noel J. Bergman wrote: - The Incubator PMC sets the Mentors, who form the initial PPMC - The PPMC (Mentors) elects additional PPMC members - The PPMC elects Committers +1 a step in the right

RE: PPMCs [was Re: what are required for contributing to release management]

2006-10-01 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Jason van Zyl wrote: I think starting with the mentors is the wisest choice as at that point any committers can be brought aboard if deemed fit. My view of that should be quite clear by now. :-) I was also confused about this as I heard one thing from Noel and one thing from Jim Can you

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread Davanum Srinivas
+1 from me on the process. FWIW, that's what we followed in Harmony and then ODE. FWIW, As a mentor for a specific project, I'd like to see some activity (patches/bugs) from a proposed committer. Not just say a couple of one line emails before i vote them in as a committer. thanks, dims On

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread Jason van Zyl
On 1 Oct 06, at 1:05 PM 1 Oct 06, Noel J. Bergman wrote: - The Incubator PMC sets the Mentors, who form the initial PPMC - The PPMC (Mentors) elects additional PPMC members - The PPMC elects Committers +1 --- Noel

Re: PPMCs [was Re: what are required for contributing to release management]

2006-10-01 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On 10/1/06, Dan Diephouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am pretty philosophically against making every committer PPMC members. Apache is meritocracy based and IMO it makes much more sense to start with the mentors on the PPMC and have committers voted on based on their leadership. There may be

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On 10/1/06, Henri Yandell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: +1 provided we take the list of interested committers out of the proposal. We shouldn't be indicating that we are in favour of a proposal if we're not going to make the committers listed committers. This works for some proposals but not for

RE: PPMCs [was Re: what are required for contributing to release management]

2006-10-01 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Dan Diephouse wrote: I assume you're referring to this sentence: Initially, it is composed of the Podling's mentors and initial committers. I have also found some threads which indicate that all committers should be added [1][2]. I want to know here - who is wrong? The documentation?

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 10/1/06, Henri Yandell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/1/06, Mads Toftum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 01:05:37PM -0400, Noel J. Bergman wrote: - The Incubator PMC sets the Mentors, who form the initial PPMC - The PPMC (Mentors) elects additional PPMC members - The

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 10/1/06, Justin Erenkrantz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/1/06, Henri Yandell [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: +1 provided we take the list of interested committers out of the proposal. We shouldn't be indicating that we are in favour of a proposal if we're not going to make the committers listed

RE: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Henri Yandell wrote: Mads Toftum wrote: Noel J. Bergman wrote: - The Incubator PMC sets the Mentors, who form the initial PPMC - The PPMC (Mentors) elects additional PPMC members - The PPMC elects Committers +1 a step in the right direction. +1 provided we take the list of

RE: PPMCs [was Re: what are required for contributing to release management]

2006-10-01 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Justin Erenkrantz wrote: Dan Diephouse wrote: I am pretty philosophically against making every committer PPMC members. I don't agree at all. If they contribute code, they merit a say in the direction of the project. To do otherwise is to exclude them from the community. Remember that

RE: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Justin Erenkrantz wrote: Henri Yandell wrote: +1 provided we take the list of interested committers out of the proposal. This works for some proposals but not for others. Take Wicket for example: we would require all of the people who already had commit access to Wicket re-prove

Re: RE: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread Martijn Dashorst
On 10/1/06, Noel J. Bergman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Where in: - The Incubator PMC sets the Mentors, who form the initial PPMC - The PPMC (Mentors) elects additional PPMC members - The PPMC elects Committers you see that requirement? I don't see anything excluding the PPMC from voting in

*** REMINDER: Incubator Board Reports

2006-10-01 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Please note. Today is October 1. Time to start getting the Board reports posted. We will no longer hold the report pending late arrivals, at the Board's insistence. --- Noel - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL

[VOTE] Policy on Initial Committership

2006-10-01 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Taken from the Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire thread: - The Incubator PMC sets the Mentors, who form the initial PPMC - The PPMC (Mentors) elects additional PPMC members - The PPMC elects Committers This also implies changing the proposal's initial committers list to something

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On 10/1/06, Noel J. Bergman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - The Incubator PMC sets the Mentors, who form the initial PPMC - The PPMC (Mentors) elects additional PPMC members - The PPMC elects Committers you see that requirement? I don't see anything excluding the PPMC from voting in all of the

Policy on Initial Committership

2006-10-01 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Martijn Dashorst wrote: Noel J. Bergman wrote: Where in: - The Incubator PMC sets the Mentors, who form the initial PPMC - The PPMC (Mentors) elects additional PPMC members - The PPMC elects Committers you see that requirement? I don't see anything excluding the PPMC from voting

Re: [VOTE] Policy on Initial Committership

2006-10-01 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On 10/1/06, Noel J. Bergman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Taken from the Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire thread: - The Incubator PMC sets the Mentors, who form the initial PPMC - The PPMC (Mentors) elects additional PPMC members - The PPMC elects Committers This also implies changing the

Re: PPMCs [was Re: what are required for contributing to release management]

2006-10-01 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On 10/1/06, Noel J. Bergman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am pretty philosophically against making every committer PPMC members. I don't agree at all. If they contribute code, they merit a say in the direction of the project. To do otherwise is to exclude them from the community. Remember

Re: [VOTE] Approve the 2.0.1 release of Cayenne

2006-10-01 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 10/1/06, Andrus Adamchik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Robert, On Oct 1, 2006, at 12:57 PM, robert burrell donkin wrote: oh yes: the LICENSE and NOTICE files are ok but the LICENSE file could be improved by including an indication about to which artifact or source file the particular

Re: [VOTE] Approve the 2.0.1 release of Cayenne

2006-10-01 Thread Andrus Adamchik
On Oct 1, 2006, at 2:42 PM, robert burrell donkin wrote: for example http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/cayenne/main/ tags/2.0.1/cayenne/tutorials/quick-start/cayenne-tutorial/src/ cayenne/tutorial/Artist.java looked to me like an example of a hand-crafted subclass. This one was

Re: [VOTE] Approve the 2.0.1 release of Cayenne

2006-10-01 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 10/1/06, Andrus Adamchik [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Oct 1, 2006, at 2:42 PM, robert burrell donkin wrote: for example http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/cayenne/main/ tags/2.0.1/cayenne/tutorials/quick-start/cayenne-tutorial/src/ cayenne/tutorial/Artist.java looked to me like an

Policy on Initial Committership

2006-10-01 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Justin Erenkrantz wrote: Noel J. Bergman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: - The Incubator PMC sets the Mentors, who form the initial PPMC - The PPMC (Mentors) elects additional PPMC members - The PPMC elects Committers you see that requirement? I don't see anything excluding the PPMC from

RE: PPMCs [was Re: what are required for contributing to release management]

2006-10-01 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Justin Erenkrantz wrote: Noel J. Bergman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am pretty philosophically against making every committer PPMC members. I don't agree at all. If they contribute code, they merit a say in the direction of the project. Are you reading Dan's statement as

Re: Policy on Initial Committership

2006-10-01 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On 10/1/06, Noel J. Bergman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I disagree. You're conflating process with application of process, and then stating as assured a case when your fellow PMC Members would act in a manner you find offensive. Why would the PMC not elect the people who contributed it further

Re: [VOTE] Policy on Initial Committership

2006-10-01 Thread Mads Toftum
On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 11:32:44AM -0700, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: -1. I think your response is extremely misguided. In this situation, we would accept code without allowing the people who contributed it further access: that is completely unfair. If we do not accept the people, we don't

Re: Policy on Initial Committership

2006-10-01 Thread Dan Diephouse
Justin Erenkrantz wrote: On 10/1/06, Noel J. Bergman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I disagree. You're conflating process with application of process, and then stating as assured a case when your fellow PMC Members would act in a manner you find offensive. Why would the PMC not elect the people

Re: [VOTE] Policy on Initial Committership

2006-10-01 Thread Martin Cooper
On 10/1/06, Mads Toftum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 11:32:44AM -0700, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: -1. I think your response is extremely misguided. In this situation, we would accept code without allowing the people who contributed it further access: that is completely

Re: Re: [VOTE] Policy on Initial Committership

2006-10-01 Thread Martijn Dashorst
Isn't there a rule that the community should be diverse, i.e. not dependent on one company? How doesn't this affect the proposal's initial list of committers/ppmc members? Martijn On 10/1/06, Martin Cooper [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On 10/1/06, Mads Toftum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Sun, Oct

Re: PPMCs [was Re: what are required for contributing to release management]

2006-10-01 Thread Dan Diephouse
Noel J. Bergman wrote: Justin Erenkrantz wrote: Noel J. Bergman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am pretty philosophically against making every committer PPMC members. I don't agree at all. If they contribute code, they merit a say in the direction

Re: PPMCs [was Re: what are required for contributing to release management]

2006-10-01 Thread Dan Diephouse
Dan Diephouse wrote: Noel J. Bergman wrote: Justin Erenkrantz wrote: Noel J. Bergman [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am pretty philosophically against making every committer PPMC members. I don't agree at all. If they contribute code, they merit a say in

Re: Policy on Initial Committership

2006-10-01 Thread Daniel Kulp
Justin, On Sunday October 01 2006 3:22 pm, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: We've seen an example of this with Celtixfire. So far, we're waiting for an explanation (as those discussions did not occur in a place where the Incubator PMC could provide any oversight), but the aggrieved parties believe

Re: [VOTE] Approve the 2.0.1 release of Cayenne

2006-10-01 Thread Andrus Adamchik
I just posted the new release snapshots here: http://people.apache.org/~aadamchik/release/2.0.1/ The changes from the first attempt are: * Added license headers to the .dtd and .css files in the documentation. * Added license headers to the tutorial Java files that are changeable by users. *

Re: [VOTE] Policy on Initial Committership

2006-10-01 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On 10/1/06, Mads Toftum [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: If we do not accept the people, we don't accept the code. -- justin So are you suggesting we boot out a project like xxx? or are you happy with incubator projects being fully open for companies stacking their employees in to own a project?

Re: PPMCs [was Re: what are required for contributing to release management]

2006-10-01 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On 10/1/06, Dan Diephouse [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: would however encourage only voting people in after they an appropriate level of committment and involvement with the project. This creates a dividing line by omitting past contributions from the discussion which I feel is inappropriate.

Re: [VOTE] Policy on Initial Committership

2006-10-01 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
Justin Erenkrantz wrote: Justin has raised a concern that we not create an unfair or insulting barrier existing, active. committers on communities joining the ASF. Robert and I have independently expressed our views that this won't do so. -1. I think your response is extremely

Re: PPMCs [was Re: what are required for contributing to release management]

2006-10-01 Thread Garrett Rooney
On 10/1/06, Justin Erenkrantz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: For example, if I were to work on a project for many months at Google Code and then propose it to come here, why shouldn't I continue to have a say in what the project does? Why do I need to justify myself all over again? Why aren't my

Re: [VOTE] Policy on Initial Committership

2006-10-01 Thread Roy T. Fielding
On Oct 1, 2006, at 11:26 AM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: Taken from the Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire thread: - The Incubator PMC sets the Mentors, who form the initial PPMC - The PPMC (Mentors) elects additional PPMC members - The PPMC elects Committers This also implies changing

Re: [VOTE] Policy on Initial Committership

2006-10-01 Thread Mads Toftum
On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 02:01:31PM -0700, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: Yes, we do not accept a project if we're not prepared to grant commit access to those who have worked on the code. Again, the perception we are on the verge of fostering is that the meritocracy only happens here and for

Re: [Vote] accept UIMA as a podling - #2

2006-10-01 Thread Sam Ruby
[X] +1 Accept UIMA as an Incubator podling (binding) - Sam Ruby - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]