Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-19 Thread Martin Cooper
On 8/8/06, Jesse Kuhnert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: +1 If they are good enough to change/commit code then they should be able to vote. Isn't code the core of what the foundation provides anyways? (er something like that...) Actually, the community is the core. The code flows from the communi

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-19 Thread Martin Cooper
On 8/14/06, Danny Angus <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > 1) Every existing committer not on the pmc receives an email asking if > they would like to join the pmc. Once that email is sent they are marked > in a file as having had the email sent and we can wash our hands until a > reply comes in. I k

Re: Re: Re: Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-18 Thread Henri Yandell
On Sat, 19 Aug 2006, Torsten Curdt wrote: > Why that combination? ...feels quite unnatural to me - I am sure so it will > for the users. It's our list of small largely inactive subprojects. We know that none of those are going to go TLP, and their dev lists are quiet by an order of magnitude

Re: Re: Re: Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-18 Thread Torsten Curdt
> Why that combination? ...feels quite unnatural to me - I am sure so it will > for the users. It's our list of small largely inactive subprojects. We know that none of those are going to go TLP, and their dev lists are quiet by an order of magnitude compared to an inactive TLP potential project

Re: Re: Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-16 Thread Henri Yandell
On Thu, 17 Aug 2006, Torsten Curdt wrote: The problem with moving Commons up is that when you look at where Jakarta needs to go, and when you look at where Commons generally is now; they are the same places - and it's hard to distinguish between the focuses. Hm... interesting... funnily I ha

Re: Re: Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-16 Thread Torsten Curdt
The problem with moving Commons up is that when you look at where Jakarta needs to go, and when you look at where Commons generally is now; they are the same places - and it's hard to distinguish between the focuses. Hm... interesting... funnily I have never seen it like that before. Always had

Re: Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-15 Thread Nathan Bubna
On 8/14/06, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Torsten Curdt wrote: > I am not really sure how to solve this. I am just ranting. For a few > projects I think they should go toplevel. For the ones I am involved > in at least jakarta commons surely deserves it (not loo

Re: Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-14 Thread Henri Yandell
On Mon, 14 Aug 2006, Torsten Curdt wrote: I am not really sure how to solve this. I am just ranting. For a few projects I think they should go toplevel. For the ones I am involved in at least jakarta commons surely deserves it (not looking into the naming problem for now). Having a few more to

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-14 Thread Danny Angus
> 1) Every existing committer not on the pmc receives an email asking if > they would like to join the pmc. Once that email is sent they are marked > in a file as having had the email sent and we can wash our hands until a > reply comes in. I know that this is something that we had as the "end-gam

Re: Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-13 Thread Torsten Curdt
> But if you argue into that direction -no matter how often this has > been discussed already- I would rather question the idea of an > umbrella PMC then... (*ducks*) Time and energy to express the ideas you have in that direction ? Let's try :-) IMO it's quite awkward to have oversight over a

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-11 Thread Martin van den Bemt
Torsten Curdt wrote: But if you argue into that direction -no matter how often this has been discussed already- I would rather question the idea of an umbrella PMC then... (*ducks*) Time and energy to express the ideas you have in that direction ? Mvgr, Martin -

Re: Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-10 Thread Torsten Curdt
Just a few comments (as I am a bit late) At Cocoon every committer can join the PMC by just asking for it. The idea is that committer do care and shape the project anyway. If you don't care enough about the project - why would you be a committer? We are quite open and were working out most of the

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Martin van den Bemt
Just catching up on mail (and pretty tired, so forgive me if not everything is clear / using words not in an English dictionary. ) Henri Yandell wrote: What do people think to the following: 1) Every existing committer not on the pmc receives an email asking if they would like to join the pm

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Stephen Colebourne
Henri Yandell wrote: What do people think to the following: 1) Every existing committer not on the pmc receives an email asking if they would like to join the pmc. Once that email is sent they are marked in a file as having had the email sent and we can wash our hands until a reply comes in.

Re: PMC nominations was Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Henri Yandell
On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Oleg Kalnichevski wrote: Henri, What is the procedure for PMC nominations these days? I would like to propose Roland for PMC nomination. He's been an indispensable member of the HttpComponents project for many years. What list am I supposed to send the proposal to? jakarta-

PMC nominations was Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Oleg Kalnichevski
On Wed, 2006-08-09 at 15:05 -0400, Henri Yandell wrote: > > On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Roland Weber wrote: > > > Hello Henri, > > > > I'm one of those whom it concerns: committer but not PMC. > > > >> So being on a PMC means that your legal protection is something you're > >> supposed to be proactive ab

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Henri Yandell
On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Matt Benson wrote: --- Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Matt Benson wrote: Henri, out of sheer curiosity, where is it documented that a commons committer doesn't have a binding vote? The only thing I could find in the charter [1] was a l

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Roland Weber
Hi Henri, > By being a part of the PMC (and active on the PMC if you're an active > committer), then you are ensuring that the foundation is involved in > decisions and not just you personally. Thanks, that sounds much better indeed. > Sorry to cause worry. It's the other way around from how you

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Henri Yandell
On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Roland Weber wrote: Hello Henri, I'm one of those whom it concerns: committer but not PMC. So being on a PMC means that your legal protection is something you're supposed to be proactive about Meaning that a PMC member should get an insurance that covers the cost of la

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Roland Weber
Hello Henri, I'm one of those whom it concerns: committer but not PMC. > So being on a PMC means that your legal protection is something you're > supposed to be proactive about Meaning that a PMC member should get an insurance that covers the cost of lawsuits, or contact a lawyer right away to d

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Matt Benson
--- Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Matt Benson wrote: > > > Henri, out of sheer curiosity, where is it > documented > > that a commons committer doesn't have a binding > vote? > > The only thing I could find in the charter [1] was > a > > link to the Jakarta guideli

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Henri Yandell
On Wed, 9 Aug 2006, Henning Schmiedehausen wrote: Hi, well, I always thought that the PMC also has a legal role for the code that it governs? So there might be committers that don't want to be on the PMC for that reason. Yeah, it does. The binding vote of the pmc, which provides oversight f

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-09 Thread Henri Yandell
On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Matt Benson wrote: Henri, out of sheer curiosity, where is it documented that a commons committer doesn't have a binding vote? The only thing I could find in the charter [1] was a link to the Jakarta guidelines [2], which in turn links to a "Decision Making" page [3], which

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-08 Thread Henning Schmiedehausen
Hi, well, I always thought that the PMC also has a legal role for the code that it governs? So there might be committers that don't want to be on the PMC for that reason. I'm cautious +0 for this. Best regards Henning On Tue, 2006-08-08 at 16:53 -0400, Henri Yandell wro

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-08 Thread Phil Steitz
Yoav Shapira wrote: > Hi, > >> My view is that we shouldn't keep wasting our time on such a separation. > > I think the separation is valid. Jim put it nicely earlier today > (paraphrased here): committership is the right to vote a code base, > PMC membership is the right to oversee a project. In

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-08 Thread Sandy McArthur
On 8/8/06, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 2) Every new committer automatically gets added to the pmc. -0 I think the committer role as an initiation period of sorts is good thing. -- Sandy McArthur "He who dares not offend cannot be honest." - Thomas Paine -

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-08 Thread Henri Yandell
On Tue, 8 Aug 2006, Yoav Shapira wrote: I think the separation is valid. Jim put it nicely earlier today (paraphrased here): committership is the right to vote a code base, PMC membership is the right to oversee a project. In my mind there definitely is a separation, and the latter requires

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-08 Thread James Mitchell
+1 -- Yea, I know, it's not a vote, but it's binding anyway ;) I like this idea. IMHO, private@ probably should only be used to discuss things that truly should not be public. As I just mentioned on an entirely different list with a somewhat related topic, one thing we might do, in cases

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-08 Thread Matt Benson
--- Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > Being on a PMC means two actionable things. Firstly, > you get a binding > vote; and secondly, you can subscribe to > [EMAIL PROTECTED] - a list which > should be pretty quiet (mostly it's just vote > results now - would be nice > to move those

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-08 Thread Yoav Shapira
Hi, My view is that we shouldn't keep wasting our time on such a separation. I think the separation is valid. Jim put it nicely earlier today (paraphrased here): committership is the right to vote a code base, PMC membership is the right to oversee a project. In my mind there definitely is a

Re: Opening up the PMC

2006-08-08 Thread Jesse Kuhnert
+1 If they are good enough to change/commit code then they should be able to vote. Isn't code the core of what the foundation provides anyways? (er something like that...) On 8/8/06, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Being on a PMC means two actionable things. Firstly, you get a bindin

Opening up the PMC

2006-08-08 Thread Henri Yandell
Being on a PMC means two actionable things. Firstly, you get a binding vote; and secondly, you can subscribe to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - a list which should be pretty quiet (mostly it's just vote results now - would be nice to move those to this list). The purpose of the binding vote is that that