Due to the fact that the release artifacts are not distributed yet i suggest that we simply start a (new) incubator vote for the release to resolve the idleness regarding the release process and separate the general discussion (if necessary) into another thread.
Is that feasible ? Thanks Hendrik On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 2:37 PM, Marvin Humphrey <mar...@rectangular.com> wrote: > On Mon, Nov 17, 2014 at 2:00 AM, Mark Struberg <strub...@yahoo.de> wrote: >> Previously there was a clear rule >> 1.) do the internal vote and if that succeeds >> 2.) do another VOTE on the general@incubator list. > > That's still the rule. > > The wider Incubator PMC must be given full opportunity to review any release. > > The 2013 Alternate Release Voting Process is not being used right now, but > even if it was, a VOTE on general@incubator would still be required. > > The "send a summary" phrase in the documentation for the Alternate process was > deliberately copied from the original text to avoid changing any more than > necessary. > > http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Incubation_Policy.html#Releases > > Original: > > If the majority of all votes is positive, then the Podling SHALL send > a summary of that vote to the Incubator's general list and formally > request the Incubator PMC approve such a release. > > Alternate: > > If the majority of PPMC votes is positive, then the Podling SHALL send > a summary of that vote to the Incubator's general list and formally > request the Incubator PMC approve such a release. > > It is not sufficient to "send a summary". The podling needs to "formal > request that the Incubator PMC approve" -- i.e. call a VOTE on > general@incubator. The criteria for passing differ under the Alternate > process, but the general@incubator VOTE has to happen regardless. > > Now, we tend to "forward" IPMC votes from the podling dev list, which is > arguably confusing because it doesn't follow the letter of the law. But I > sure hope nobody wants to start failing release VOTEs because some IPMC member > voted only on the PPMC thread. > > Marvin Humphrey > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > -- Hendrik Saly (salyh, hendrikdev22) @hendrikdev22 PGP: 0x22D7F6EC --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
