Re: an experiment

2010-08-17 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Gav... ga...@16degrees.com.au wrote: have something to say about it. I'm surprised no-one has mentioned about the Incubator PMC Chair up until now (actually I'm not, and I bet that no one steps up to agree with me here, I expect to be alone in my opinion.) I

Re: [DISCUSS] OODT Podling Incubator Experiment (was Re: Radical revamp (was: an experiment))

2010-08-17 Thread David M Woollard
Sorry if I'm late to the party, but my 2 cents... The more I read about this, the more I latch onto Justin's Observers notion. As a non-Apache Member, non-IPMC, PPMC member for OODT, I feel like I am qualified to vote on a release in the sense that I am closer to the code than Justin (sorry to

Re: an experiment

2010-08-17 Thread Eric Johnson
On 08/16/2010 09:32 PM, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@apache.org wrote: I've already decided that I'm going to have to recruit a number of key mentors to help me protect the project during incubation. Historically, I think there are two

Re: Radical revamp

2010-08-17 Thread Ross Gardler
On 17 Aug 2010, at 03:29, Noel J. Bergman n...@devtech.com wrote: Ross Gardler wrote: Noel J. Bergman wrote: I think that it is a very interesting proposal, that could work very well in specific circumstances, and I'd be willing to see it tried as an experiment, if the Board buys into

Re: Radical revamp (was: an experiment)

2010-08-17 Thread Ross Gardler
On 17 Aug 2010, at 03:31, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: - Original Message From: Noel J. Bergman n...@devtech.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Mon, August 16, 2010 10:00:40 PM Subject: RE: Radical revamp (was: an experiment) Greg Stein wrote: Using

Re: Radical revamp (was: an experiment)

2010-08-17 Thread Ross Gardler
On 17 Aug 2010, at 03:53, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: It's optimized for success while making mentors potentially responsible for failure (iow a project with crappy mentors will fail no matter how much they grok apache). Still have doubts about escalating the graduation

Stop the vitriolic name calling please.

2010-08-17 Thread Martijn Dashorst
As a Member, and mentor, I take offense at being called a hawk, lunatic, drive-by-shooter, process-obstructor, etc. There is absolutely no reason to conflate changing the dynamics of the Incubator by adding this kind of bile to the discussion. I feel disempowered and insulted by the consistent

RAT can be dangerous

2010-08-17 Thread Ross Gardler
I'm really worried about the growing meme that RAT is solving the IP management problem. It is not a solution, it is merely a tool that is useful for a very specific use case. All it does is do a pattern match for an Apache licence header in a bunch of files. It's really useful for checking

Re : [PROPOSAL] jSpirit Project

2010-08-17 Thread Grégoire Rolland
Hello everybody, I append some informations to this proposal http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/JSpiritProposal. I am always looking for mentors, Champion in the Apache community. Send me your feedback about this proposal and I were pleased to answer and develop this with your assistance.

Re: [DISCUSS] OODT Podling Incubator Experiment (was Re: Radical revamp (was: an experiment))

2010-08-17 Thread Ross Gardler
Unlike the observer role. It's very close to the current signing off of board reports by mentors but forces them to do a little more than put there name to a piece of electronic paper. Personally I imagined my binding vote, as a mentor, to indicate a) the project debs want this tongi ahead

Re: [DISCUSS] OODT Podling Incubator Experiment (was Re: Radical revamp (was: an experiment))

2010-08-17 Thread Ross Gardler
Sorry damned iPhone autocorrect. First word should be I like Sent from my mobile device. On 17 Aug 2010, at 09:38, Ross Gardler rgard...@apache.org wrote: Unlike the observer role. It's very close to the current signing off of board reports by mentors but forces them to do a little more than

Re: an experiment

2010-08-17 Thread Ross Gardler
On 17/08/2010 05:32, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Ross Gardlerrgard...@apache.org wrote: I've already decided that I'm going to have to recruit a number of key mentors to help me protect the project during incubation. Historically, I think there are two classes

Re: RAT can be dangerous

2010-08-17 Thread Jochen Wiedmann
Ross, while I understand the All it does part I don't get the dangerous part. I think noone has ever announced RAT as a solution. It is a helper tool. I think the recommendation to use RAT (for what it offers) is just plainly right. Nothing more - nothing less. Jochen On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at

Re: RAT can be dangerous

2010-08-17 Thread Matthias Wessendorf
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 11:15 AM, Jochen Wiedmann jochen.wiedm...@gmail.com wrote: Ross, while I understand the All it does part I don't get the dangerous part. I think noone has ever announced RAT as a solution. It is a helper tool. I think the recommendation to use RAT (for what it offers)

Re: RAT can be dangerous

2010-08-17 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On 2010-08-17, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: Ross, while I understand the All it does part I don't get the dangerous part. It becomes dangerous if people start to believe it did more than scan for licenses. Stefan - To unsubscribe,

Re: RAT can be dangerous

2010-08-17 Thread Ross Gardler
On 17/08/2010 10:15, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: Ross, while I understand the All it does part I don't get the dangerous part. There have been a number of people who have stated things like (paraphrasing) IP management issues have largely gone away now we have RAT. I'm sure the statements are not

Re: RAT can be dangerous

2010-08-17 Thread Ross Gardler
On 17/08/2010 10:45, Stefan Bodewig wrote: On 2010-08-17, Jochen Wiedmann wrote: Ross, while I understand the All it does part I don't get the dangerous part. It becomes dangerous if people start to believe it did more than scan for licenses. More specifically scan for *only* Apache

Re: RAT can be dangerous

2010-08-17 Thread Stuart Monteith
Hi, I understand the fear. With any tool like that and, indeed, process, it is all too common to go through the motions and ignore the spirit of why it was being done in the first place. When preparing a release I found it necessary to wade through the available documentation to find out

Re: RAT can be dangerous

2010-08-17 Thread Martijn Dashorst
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Stuart Monteith stuk...@stoo.me.uk wrote: If I am to offer a suggestion, I would suggest that there be a clear release process documented in a single location, with the rational for each of its steps included. Is this what you'd want?

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-17 Thread sebb
On 16 August 2010 19:18, Kalle Korhonen kalle.o.korho...@gmail.com wrote: The Apache Shiro community and the mentors of the project think the project is ready to graduate and is asking for IPMC's recommendation to present the project resolution to the board. The community graduation vote was

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-17 Thread Alan D. Cabrera
On Aug 17, 2010, at 4:29 AM, sebb wrote: On 16 August 2010 19:18, Kalle Korhonen kalle.o.korho...@gmail.com wrote: The Apache Shiro community and the mentors of the project think the project is ready to graduate and is asking for IPMC's recommendation to present the project resolution to the

Re: Radical revamp (was: an experiment)

2010-08-17 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Ross Gardler rgard...@apache.org To: general@incubator.apache.org general@incubator.apache.org Cc: general@incubator.apache.org general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Tue, August 17, 2010 4:14:02 AM Subject: Re: Radical revamp (was: an experiment) On 17 Aug

Re: RAT can be dangerous

2010-08-17 Thread Stuart Monteith
Thanks - I think it's my crusty memory - the problems I had was determining precisely what to do with generating keys, etc., which was just a part of all this. Martijn Dashorst wrote: On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 12:27 PM, Stuart Monteithstuk...@stoo.me.uk wrote: If I am to offer a

Re: Stop the vitriolic name calling please.

2010-08-17 Thread Benson Margulies
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:15 AM, Martijn Dashorst martijn.dasho...@gmail.com wrote: As a Member, and mentor, I take offense at being called a hawk, lunatic, drive-by-shooter, process-obstructor, etc. As a very freshly printed member of this PMC, there are, of course, some limits on what

Re: Radical revamp

2010-08-17 Thread Ross Gardler
On 17/08/2010 13:21, Joe Schaefer wrote: - Original Message From: Ross Gardlerrgard...@apache.org To: general@incubator.apache.orggeneral@incubator.apache.org Cc: general@incubator.apache.orggeneral@incubator.apache.org Sent: Tue, August 17, 2010 4:14:02 AM Subject: Re: Radical revamp

Re: [DISCUSS] OODT Podling Incubator Experiment (was Re: Radical revamp (was: an experiment))

2010-08-17 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
LOL know problem Ross ;) On 8/17/10 1:46 AM, Ross Gardler rgard...@apache.org wrote: Sorry damned iPhone autocorrect. First word should be I like Sent from my mobile device. On 17 Aug 2010, at 09:38, Ross Gardler rgard...@apache.org wrote: Unlike the observer role. It's very close to the

Re: Incubator Board Report - August 2010

2010-08-17 Thread SamuelKevin
hi, I am from BlueSky. i just finished my intern and went back home in the last two days. Sorry that i forget the monthly report.. will cover it soon. 2010/8/17, Noel J. Bergman n...@devtech.com: Matt Benson, Srinath Perera, and Michael McCandless all joined the Incubator. Several more will

Re: Radical revamp

2010-08-17 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Ross Gardler rgard...@apache.org To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Tue, August 17, 2010 8:45:01 AM Subject: Re: Radical revamp On 17/08/2010 13:21, Joe Schaefer wrote: [...] Isn't that why we encourage IPMC members to participate in discussions

Re: Radical revamp

2010-08-17 Thread Carl Trieloff
On 08/17/2010 11:39 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: - Original Message From: Ross Gardlerrgard...@apache.org To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Tue, August 17, 2010 8:45:01 AM Subject: Re: Radical revamp On 17/08/2010 13:21, Joe Schaefer wrote: [...] Isn't that why we

[jira] Created: (INCUBATOR-110) Need access to incubator group

2010-08-17 Thread Eric Yang (JIRA)
Need access to incubator group -- Key: INCUBATOR-110 URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INCUBATOR-110 Project: Incubator Issue Type: Wish Components: policy Reporter: Eric Yang

Re: an experiment

2010-08-17 Thread Craig L Russell
On Aug 16, 2010, at 6:37 PM, Greg Stein wrote: I certainly could have handled it better. But that thread is *indicative* of the problem. We've pointed out a several now: two with Subversion, one with OODT. Since you've brought it up time and again, it's worth thrashing through. The

Re: Radical revamp

2010-08-17 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Carl Trieloff cctriel...@redhat.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Tue, August 17, 2010 12:35:29 PM Subject: Re: Radical revamp I've been following this thread, and have another mail written, but not posted, maybe I will at some point...

Re: an experiment

2010-08-17 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Craig L Russell craig.russ...@oracle.com To: Incubator general@incubator.apache.org; Apache Board bo...@apache.org Sent: Tue, August 17, 2010 12:42:18 PM Subject: Re: an experiment On Aug 16, 2010, at 6:37 PM, Greg Stein wrote: I certainly could

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-17 Thread Craig L Russell
Hi Daniel, On Aug 17, 2010, at 10:43 AM, Daniel Shahaf wrote: Craig L Russell wrote on Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 09:42:18 -0700: One of the first things you learn in Apache is that there are (at least) three levels of involvement that community members can take: contributor, committer, PMC

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-17 Thread Kalle Korhonen
Fixed both issues Sebb raised. I doubt either was an impediment to graduation, but keep 'em coming. Oh and the votes too! (I fear our little vote will get lost in experiment/radical chat). Kalle On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:57 AM, Alan D. Cabrera l...@toolazydogs.com wrote: On Aug 17, 2010, at

Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-17 Thread Daniel Shahaf
Craig L Russell wrote on Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 09:42:18 -0700: One of the first things you learn in Apache is that there are (at least) three levels of involvement that community members can take: contributor, committer, PMC member. See how it works, roles, etc. etc. on the Apache site.

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-17 Thread Craig L Russell
+1 You have worked hard to get to this point, having survived the release process, two name changes, and community building exercises. I have no reservations about graduating Shiro to a full member of the Apache community. Congratulations, Craig On Aug 16, 2010, at 11:18 AM, Kalle

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-17 Thread Greg Stein
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 14:03, Craig L Russell craig.russ...@oracle.com wrote: ... Craig L Russell wrote on Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 09:42:18 -0700: ... I don't care what you call them in the project. I'm asking that you use Apache terminology when discussing things among the wider Apache

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-17 Thread Martijn Dashorst
I fully second this sentiment. +1 and godspeed as a TLP! Martijn On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 8:23 PM, Craig L Russell craig.russ...@oracle.com wrote: +1 You have worked hard to get to this point, having survived the release process, two name changes, and community building exercises. I have no

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-17 Thread David Jencks
Dunno if it's exactly documentation but see this from Roy Fielding https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-26?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanelfocusedCommentId=12732740#action_12732740 Based on this I've been advising projects to put the apache LICENSE

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-17 Thread Emmanuel Lecharny
On 8/17/10 8:23 PM, Craig L Russell wrote: +1 You have worked hard to get to this point, having survived the release process, two name changes, and community building exercises. You also have my +1. It was a long graduation, but at the end, the team get The Apache way large and long. Go !

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-17 Thread Kalle Korhonen
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 2:09 PM, David Jencks david_jen...@yahoo.com wrote: Dunno if it's exactly documentation but see this from Roy Fielding

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-17 Thread Kevan Miller
On Aug 17, 2010, at 5:09 PM, David Jencks wrote: Dunno if it's exactly documentation but see this from Roy Fielding https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/LEGAL-26?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanelfocusedCommentId=12732740#action_12732740 Based on this

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-17 Thread Les Hazlewood
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 3:52 PM, Kevan Miller kevan.mil...@gmail.com wrote: * Les Hazlewood       (lhazlew...@apache.org) * Kalle Korhonen      (kao...@apache.org) * Peter Ledbrook      (pledbr...@apache.org) * Jeremy Haile        (jha...@apache.org) * Craig L Russell    

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-17 Thread David Jencks
On Aug 17, 2010, at 3:24 PM, Kalle Korhonen wrote: On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 2:09 PM, David Jencks david_jen...@yahoo.com wrote: Dunno if it's exactly documentation but see this from Roy Fielding

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-17 Thread Joe Schaefer
+1. - Original Message From: Gav... ga...@16degrees.com.au To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Tue, August 17, 2010 4:28:04 PM Subject: RE: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP [X] +1 - Recommend graduation of Apache Shiro as a TLP Nice work. Gav...

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-17 Thread Emmanuel Lecharny
On 8/18/10 12:24 AM, Kalle Korhonen wrote: snip/ I'm with Stefano there: I do contest the view that svn is the release, You can contest, but the fact is that a release is just a revision in the SVN trunk, not a package you deliver, AFAIU. I suggest that you read carefully this :

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-17 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Emmanuel Lecharny elecha...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Tue, August 17, 2010 7:09:12 PM Subject: Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP On 8/18/10 12:24 AM, Kalle Korhonen wrote: snip/ I'm with Stefano there: I do contest the

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-17 Thread Emmanuel Lecharny
On 8/18/10 1:03 AM, Les Hazlewood wrote: Yes, the name changes were difficult to deal with, ... It was very interesting that the team didn't exploded after such an unpleasant experience ! But consider that it could have been much worse : what if you have picked 'Dalvik' for the project name

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-17 Thread Daniel Shahaf
Greg Stein wrote on Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 14:26:24 -0400: On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 14:03, Craig L Russell craig.russ...@oracle.com wrote: I don't care what you call them in the project. I'm asking that you use Apache terminology when discussing things among the wider Apache community.

Re: Subversion full/partial committer (was: Re: an experiment)

2010-08-17 Thread Joe Schaefer
FWIW Greg once complained about infra's use of machine names in our board reports as being a bit too cloistered for the board to follow coherently. To address this we added parentheticals that associated more common service names to the first usage of any hostname and so far the board has found

Re: Radical revamp

2010-08-17 Thread Ross Gardler
On 17/08/2010 17:35, Carl Trieloff wrote: To this question, (what will make this model succeed or fail) I find myself not coming to defensible answers... I would love to see thoughts of others on this question. The thread implies it comes down to the 3+ members on the project. It's not that

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-17 Thread Emmanuel Lecharny
On 8/18/10 1:15 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: In other word, the release *is* the SVN revision that has been voted. Bzzt. The release package may contain files not found in svn. See httpd releases for examples. That is why the document you referenced avoids discussion of svn; it's the actual

Re: Radical revamp

2010-08-17 Thread Ross Gardler
On 17/08/2010 17:45, Joe Schaefer wrote: I do question the idea that just having 3 Members on the project and leaving them to their own devices will actually work well for the majority of our podlings. I don't think anyone is claiming it is right for the *majority* of podlings. Just *some*

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-17 Thread Joe Schaefer
Boy is that rare for someone to express appreciation for being corrected. You're definitely welcome! - Original Message From: Emmanuel Lecharny elecha...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Tue, August 17, 2010 7:52:11 PM Subject: Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as

Re: Radical revamp

2010-08-17 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:55 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: Agreed, but I will claim that my proposal has worked successfully for httpd, so it's not coming out of the clear blue sky.  Perhaps you're onto something, that diversifying the podling incubation process so we can pick

Re: Resigning as Wookie Mentor

2010-08-17 Thread Ross Gardler
Gavin, Thank you for all your help on Wookie to date. The kinds of contributions you have made (helping ensure that licence headers etc. are clear) are exactly the kind of contributions that are needed. You leave a legacy that will ensure that our release (when it comes about) will be more

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-17 Thread Kalle Korhonen
While inconclusive, based on the discussion I've restored the LICENSE file at the top of our svn trunk. Please refrain yourself from further comments regarding the LICENSE file in this thread, this is a vote (my fault; I know I should have kept my mouth shut). Kalle On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 4:03