[DISCUSS] Changing poddling release voting process

2009-08-20 Thread ant elder
What do people think about changing the poddling release voting process so that there is just a single vote which is held on the poddlings dev list instead of the dual voting we have now with a poddling dev list vote followed by an general@ vote? This would be similar to the changes done recently f

Re: Making up policy on the fly

2009-08-20 Thread ant elder
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 12:01 PM, Niall Pemberton wrote: > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:12 AM, ant elder wrote: >> On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Bertrand >> Delacretaz wrote: >>> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Ted Leung wrote: On Aug 19, 2009, at 10:01 AM, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: >>

Re: Making up policy on the fly

2009-08-20 Thread ant elder
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 11:25 AM, Marcel Offermans wrote: > On Aug 20, 2009, at 10:12 , ant elder wrote: > > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Bertrand > Delacretaz wrote: > > I agree with Bill that it's a good thing for the Incubator to clarify > > best practices, and teach podlings to follow them

Re: Help reviewing PhotArk podling release

2009-08-20 Thread sebb
On 20/08/2009, Luciano Resende wrote: > On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Luciano Resende wrote: > > Apache PhotArk will be a complete open source photo gallery > > application including a content repository for the images, a display > > piece, an access control layer, and upload capabilities. T

Re: Help reviewing PhotArk podling release

2009-08-20 Thread Luciano Resende
On Fri, Aug 14, 2009 at 7:55 PM, Luciano Resende wrote: > Apache PhotArk will be a complete open source photo gallery > application including a content repository for the images, a display > piece, an access control layer, and upload capabilities. The idea is > to have a rigid design for the conten

Re: Making up policy on the fly

2009-08-20 Thread Niall Pemberton
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 9:12 AM, ant elder wrote: > On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Bertrand > Delacretaz wrote: >> On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Ted Leung wrote: >>> >>> On Aug 19, 2009, at 10:01 AM, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: >>> Exactly.  The incubator enforces Best Practices even when

Re: Making up policy on the fly

2009-08-20 Thread Marcel Offermans
On Aug 20, 2009, at 10:12 , ant elder wrote: On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: I agree with Bill that it's a good thing for the Incubator to clarify best practices, and teach podlings to follow them even if older projects sometimes don't. We tend to do the same for

Re: Making up policy on the fly

2009-08-20 Thread Jukka Zitting
Hi, On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 10:12 AM, ant elder wrote: > I think a big cause of frustration for poddlings and mentors is the > unpredictable nature of release reviews with each vote for a release > or RC respin getting a different set of best practice requirements > depending on who is around to r

Re: Making up policy on the fly

2009-08-20 Thread Janne Jalkanen
I think a big cause of frustration for poddlings and mentors is the unpredictable nature of release reviews with each vote for a release or RC respin getting a different set of best practice requirements depending on who is around to review. Yes. If knowing about the policy means wading through

Re: Making up policy on the fly

2009-08-20 Thread ant elder
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 8:52 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > - Original Message > >> From: Ted Leung >> To: general@incubator.apache.org >> Sent: Wednesday, August 19, 2009 2:34:50 PM >> Subject: Re: Making up policy on the fly >> >> >> On Aug 19, 2009, at 11:17 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > >> > W

Re: Making up policy on the fly

2009-08-20 Thread ant elder
On Thu, Aug 20, 2009 at 8:15 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Ted Leung wrote: >> >> On Aug 19, 2009, at 10:01 AM, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: >> >>> Exactly.  The incubator enforces Best Practices even when these are poorly >>> documented or incomplete, and discuss

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2009-08-20 Thread Greg Truty
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Re: Making up policy on the fly

2009-08-20 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Wed, Aug 19, 2009 at 7:15 PM, Ted Leung wrote: > > On Aug 19, 2009, at 10:01 AM, William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: > >> Exactly.  The incubator enforces Best Practices even when these are poorly >> documented or incomplete, and discusses why they should be normalized. > > And how is this PMC supposed