Re: Releases and IPMC votes

2011-03-15 Thread ant elder
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 3:39 AM, Noel J. Bergman n...@devtech.com wrote: I was under the impression that *any* mentor is an IPMC member, has a binding +1 vote for releases and could therefore approve of releases without having to go through general@ The issue is allowing proper oversight, and

RE: Releases and IPMC votes

2011-03-15 Thread Noel J. Bergman
ant elder wrote: As long as general@ is included i don't see that any oversight is lost Please note that the original poster's comment was: I was under the impression that *any* mentor is an IPMC member, has a binding +1 vote for releases and could therefore approve of releases WITHOUT

Re: Releases and IPMC votes

2011-03-15 Thread ant elder
On Tue, Mar 15, 2011 at 4:55 PM, Noel J. Bergman n...@devtech.com wrote: ant elder wrote: As long as general@ is included i don't see that any oversight is lost Please note that the original poster's comment was: I was under the impression that *any* mentor is an IPMC member, has a

Releases and IPMC votes

2011-03-14 Thread Martijn Dashorst
I was under the impression that *any* mentor is an IPMC member, has a binding +1 vote for releases and could therefore approve of releases without having to go through general@ While I find it very helpful and valuable for first time releases (and first time release managers) to go to general@

Re: Releases and IPMC votes

2011-03-14 Thread ant elder
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Martijn Dashorst martijn.dasho...@gmail.com wrote: I was under the impression that *any* mentor is an IPMC member, has a binding +1 vote for releases and could therefore approve of releases without having to go through general@ While I find it very helpful and

Re: Releases and IPMC votes

2011-03-14 Thread Bernd Fondermann
On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 09:33, ant elder ant.el...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Mar 14, 2011 at 8:13 AM, Martijn Dashorst martijn.dasho...@gmail.com wrote: I was under the impression that *any* mentor is an IPMC member, has a binding +1 vote for releases and could therefore approve of releases

RE: Releases and IPMC votes

2011-03-14 Thread Noel J. Bergman
I was under the impression that *any* mentor is an IPMC member, has a binding +1 vote for releases and could therefore approve of releases without having to go through general@ The issue is allowing proper oversight, and we've felt that it was important to give the PMC as a whole the