Author: ctubbsii
Date: Thu Mar 20 19:40:05 2014
New Revision: 1579722
URL: http://svn.apache.org/r1579722
Log:
Use generic pronouns rather than gender-specific ones.
Modified:
accumulo/site/trunk/content/bylaws.mdtext
Modified: accumulo/site/trunk/content/bylaws.mdtext
URL:
http://svn.apache.org/viewvc/accumulo/site/trunk/content/bylaws.mdtext?rev=1579722&r1=1579721&r2=1579722&view=diff
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--- accumulo/site/trunk/content/bylaws.mdtext (original)
+++ accumulo/site/trunk/content/bylaws.mdtext Thu Mar 20 19:40:05 2014
@@ -42,9 +42,9 @@ All of the volunteers who are contributi
## Committers
-The project's committers are responsible for the project's technical
management. Committers have write access to the project's code repositories and
may cast binding votes on any technical discussion regarding Accumulo.
Committer access is by invitation only and must be approved by consensus
approval of the active PMC members. Upon acceptance of the invitation to become
a committer, it is the accepting memberâs responsibility to update his/her
status on the Accumulo web page accordingly.
+The project's committers are responsible for the project's technical
management. Committers have write access to the project's code repositories and
may cast binding votes on any technical discussion regarding Accumulo.
Committer access is by invitation only and must be approved by consensus
approval of the active PMC members. Upon acceptance of the invitation to become
a committer, it is the accepting memberâs responsibility to update their
status on the Accumulo web page accordingly.
-A committer is considered emeritus, meaning inactive, by his or her own
declaration or by not reviewing patches or committing patches to the project
for over six months. Emeritus members will be recognized by the PMC on the
Accumulo web page, in honor of their past contributions. Emeritus members
retain all voting and commit rights associated with their former designation
and can move themselves out of emeritus status by sending an announcement of
their return to the developer mailing list. It will be the returning member's
responsibility to update his/her status on the web page accordingly.
+A committer is considered emeritus, meaning inactive, by their own declaration
or by not reviewing patches or committing patches to the project for over six
months. Emeritus members will be recognized by the PMC on the Accumulo web
page, in honor of their past contributions. Emeritus members retain all voting
and commit rights associated with their former designation and can move
themselves out of emeritus status by sending an announcement of their return to
the developer mailing list. It will be the returning member's responsibility to
update their status on the web page accordingly.
An emeritus committerâs commit access may be disabled as part of routine
security. Access shall not be removed without notifying the committer, and
access shall be maintained if the committer wishes to leave it active. A
committerâs commit access shall be reactivated upon the committerâs request
to the PMC.
@@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ The responsibilities of the PMC include:
In particular, PMC members must understand both our project's criteria and ASF
criteria for voting on a
[release](http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html#management).
-Membership of the PMC is by invitation only and must be approved by a
consensus approval of active PMC members. Upon acceptance of the invitation to
become a PMC member, it is the accepting memberâs responsibility to update
his/her status on the Accumulo web page accordingly.
+Membership of the PMC is by invitation only and must be approved by a
consensus approval of active PMC members. Upon acceptance of the invitation to
become a PMC member, it is the accepting memberâs responsibility to update
their status on the Accumulo web page accordingly.
-A PMC member is considered emeritus, meaning inactive, by his or her own
declaration or by not contributing in any form to the project for over six
months. Emeritus members will be recognized by the PMC on the Accumulo web
page, in honor of their past contributions. Emeritus members retain all voting
and commit rights associated with their former designation and can move
themselves out of emeritus status by sending an announcement of their return to
the developer mailing list. It will be the returning member's responsibility to
update his/her status on the web page accordingly.
+A PMC member is considered emeritus, meaning inactive, by their own
declaration or by not contributing in any form to the project for over six
months. Emeritus members will be recognized by the PMC on the Accumulo web
page, in honor of their past contributions. Emeritus members retain all voting
and commit rights associated with their former designation and can move
themselves out of emeritus status by sending an announcement of their return to
the developer mailing list. It will be the returning member's responsibility to
update their status on the web page accordingly.
The chair of the PMC is appointed by the ASF board. The chair is an office
holder of the Apache Software Foundation (Vice President, Apache Accumulo) and
has primary responsibility to the board for the management of the projects
within the scope of the Accumulo PMC. The chair reports to the board quarterly
on developments within the Accumulo project.
@@ -145,7 +145,7 @@ There are the types of approvals that ca
A valid, binding veto cannot be overruled. If a veto is cast, it must be
accompanied by a valid reason explaining the veto. The validity of a veto, if
challenged, can be confirmed by anyone who has a binding vote. This does not
necessarily signify agreement with the veto, but merely that the veto is valid.
-If you disagree with a valid veto, you must lobby the person casting the veto
to withdraw his or her veto. If a veto is not withdrawn, the action that has
been vetoed must be reversed in a timely manner.
+If you disagree with a valid veto, you must lobby the person casting the veto
to withdraw their veto. If a veto is not withdrawn, the action that has been
vetoed must be reversed in a timely manner.
## Actions
