Craig, in my mind, it's not the number of steps that we eliminate, it's the message that we send. Instead of saying you all are *under* the microscope, we say that real quickly a few of you will become part of the microscope and look in on not just yours but also other podlings...my 2 cents.
thanks, dims On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 2:21 PM, Craig L Russell <craig.russ...@oracle.com> wrote: > > On Aug 11, 2010, at 10:45 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > >> The first idea should be fairly straightforward: that for >> the projects I participate in (so far thrift and sis), that >> the IPMC delegates to the PPMC the decision-making process >> for voting in new committers: basically rolling back the clock >> to May 1, 2007 on guides/ppmc.html. >> > Before we set ourselves up for disappointment based on unrealistic > expectations, this proposal is fairly modest. Here's the current process for > getting new committers into an incubating project: > > 1. Identify candidates > 2. Discuss candidates on podling-private > 3. Agree that candidate should be a committer > 4. Vote on podling-private > 5. Wait for everyone's vote > 6. Inform incubator PMC of results of vote > 7. Vote in incubator PMC if not all three mentors have voted > 8. Invite committer > 9. Send ICLA > 10. Wait for ICLA registration > 11. Send root request for committer > 12. Wait for root to create account > 13. Update asf authorization file for new account > 14. Done > > All this proposal does is to eliminate step 7 in the case where the Mentors > are AWOL. > > That said, I support the idea behind this modest proposal, and just need to > see the details (several modifications have been proposed). Infra also needs > to support this proposal, as the main reason for item 7 is to get root to > recognize that the incubator PMC has taken official action (three votes in > favor of a new committer) which has been an infrastructure requirement (also > part of the details). > > Craig > > Craig L Russell > Architect, Oracle > http://db.apache.org/jdo > 408 276-5638 mailto:craig.russ...@oracle.com > P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp! > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > -- Davanum Srinivas :: http://davanum.wordpress.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
