Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Eric Johnson
On 08/16/2010 09:32 PM, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: >> I've already decided that I'm going to have to recruit a number of key >> mentors to help me protect the project during incubation. > Historically, I think there are two classes of podlings:

Re: [DISCUSS] OODT Podling Incubator Experiment (was Re: Radical revamp (was: an experiment))

2010-08-16 Thread David M Woollard
Sorry if I'm late to the party, but my 2 cents... The more I read about this, the more I latch onto Justin's "Observers" notion. As a non-Apache Member, non-IPMC, PPMC member for OODT, I feel like I am qualified to vote on a release in the sense that I am closer to the code than Justin (sorry t

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 2:32 PM, Gav... wrote: > have something to say about it. I'm surprised no-one has mentioned about the > Incubator PMC Chair > up until now (actually I'm not, and I bet that no one steps up to agree with > me here, I expect > to be alone in my opinion.) I agree with you. I

Re: [DISCUSS] OODT Podling Incubator Experiment (was Re: Radical revamp (was: an experiment))

2010-08-16 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:20 PM, Greg Stein wrote: > You know when to vote and *how* to vote. I see no reason to deny your vote. Of course. It's always seemed awkward if you can't contribute technically to suddenly have a binding vote. I'm sure if I *wanted* to learn how to build something wit

Re: [DISCUSS] OODT Podling Incubator Experiment (was Re: Radical revamp (was: an experiment))

2010-08-16 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:08 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > So basically you are moving more towards Joe's proposal, that the PPMC would > have the binding VOTEs in e.g., new committers/PMC members, and on releases? > Of course, with the caveats below, as you mention, i.e., the observers c

Re: [DISCUSS] OODT Podling Incubator Experiment (was Re: Radical revamp (was: an experiment))

2010-08-16 Thread Greg Stein
On Tue, Aug 17, 2010 at 01:08, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > Hey Justin, > > Thanks so much for your thoughtful reply. My comments below: > >> See, here's where I get a bit discomforted by this entire process: I >> honestly don't feel that I deserve a "vote" on OODT releases.  I've >> known yo

Re: [DISCUSS] OODT Podling Incubator Experiment (was Re: Radical revamp (was: an experiment))

2010-08-16 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hey Justin, Thanks so much for your thoughtful reply. My comments below: > > See, here's where I get a bit discomforted by this entire process: I > honestly don't feel that I deserve a "vote" on OODT releases. I've > known you and Dave for long enough that I have no concerns advising > the OODT

Re: [DISCUSS] OODT Podling Incubator Experiment (was Re: Radical revamp (was: an experiment))

2010-08-16 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
[ CCing gene...@incubator as I think I can now place my finger a bit as to why I'm discomforted with Greg's proposal in the OODT context ; and more importantly, another potential experiment at the end; leaving context in for those on gene...@incubator ] On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 9:21 PM, Mattmann, C

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 6:26 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > I've already decided that I'm going to have to recruit a number of key > mentors to help me protect the project during incubation. Historically, I think there are two classes of podlings: - one which has a self-governing community and just n

Re: Radical revamp (was: an experiment)

2010-08-16 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 7:41 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > Hey Guys, > >> I suspect the OODT guys might want to try this (it has four ASF >> Members as Mentors who could comprise the PMC). Subversion would have >> done this, based on my own thoughts/experiences and knowledge of what >> the

Re: Radical revamp (was: an experiment)

2010-08-16 Thread Greg Stein
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 22:53, Joe Schaefer wrote: > It's optimized for success while making mentors potentially responsible for > failure (iow a project with crappy mentors will fail no matter how much they > grok apache). Fair assessment, but those *are* the projects that I'm looking at. Thos

RE: Radical revamp (was: an experiment)

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Greg Stein wrote: > Noel J. Bergman wrote: >> Greg Stein wrote: >>> Make the podling a TLP comprised of *only* ASF Members, with at least >>> *three* minimum (preferably more, to deal with idle times). >> How does that differ from the current system (given the assumption of 3+ PMC >> Members), exc

Re: Radical revamp (was: an experiment)

2010-08-16 Thread Joe Schaefer
It's optimized for success while making mentors potentially responsible for failure (iow a project with crappy mentors will fail no matter how much they grok apache). Still have doubts about escalating the graduation decision to the board. Sent from my iPhone On Aug 16, 2010, at 10:46 PM, Gre

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Kalle Korhonen
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 6:05 PM, Greg Stein wrote: > Your head is in the sand. The Incubator is a broken process. Everybody > hates it. Everybody wants to get out of it. Subversion was fortunate > in that we had enough support to bully our way through, to route > around damage, and to check everyt

Re: Radical revamp (was: an experiment)

2010-08-16 Thread Greg Stein
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 22:31, Joe Schaefer wrote: > - Original Message > >> From: Noel J. Bergman >> To: general@incubator.apache.org >> Sent: Mon, August 16, 2010 10:00:40 PM >> Subject: RE: Radical revamp (was: an experiment) >> >> Greg Stein wrote: >> >> > Using  this model decentral

Re: Radical revamp (was: an experiment)

2010-08-16 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hey Guys, > I suspect the OODT guys might want to try this (it has four ASF > Members as Mentors who could comprise the PMC). Subversion would have > done this, based on my own thoughts/experiences and knowledge of what > the ASF needs/wants. +1 from me with my OODT hat on. Also, I like Greg's p

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Greg Stein
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 22:29, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > Greg Stein wrote: > >> > I read that thread, and as I commented on private@, I thought that it could >> > have been handled better. > >> I certainly could have handled it better. > > I didn't mean by YOU.  See my reply on private@ before jump

Re: Radical revamp

2010-08-16 Thread Greg Stein
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 22:07, Ross Gardler wrote: > On 17/08/2010 03:00, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > >> I think that it is a very interesting proposal, that could work very well >> in >> specific circumstances, and I'd be willing to see it tried as an >> experiment, >> if the Board buys into it.  Do

Re: Radical revamp (was: an experiment)

2010-08-16 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message > From: Noel J. Bergman > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Mon, August 16, 2010 10:00:40 PM > Subject: RE: Radical revamp (was: an experiment) > > Greg Stein wrote: > > > Using this model decentralizes the process > > So does having 3+ PMC Members today.

RE: Radical revamp

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Ross Gardler wrote: > Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > I think that it is a very interesting proposal, that could work very well in > > specific circumstances, and I'd be willing to see it tried as an experiment, > > if the Board buys into it. Do we have any such projects pending or already > > in the

RE: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Greg Stein wrote: > > I read that thread, and as I commented on private@, I thought that it could > > have been handled better. > I certainly could have handled it better. I didn't mean by YOU. See my reply on private@ before jumping to that conclusion. > But that thread is *indicative* of the

Re: Radical revamp (was: an experiment)

2010-08-16 Thread Greg Stein
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 22:00, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > Greg Stein wrote: >... >> Make the podling a TLP comprised of *only* ASF Members, with at least >> *three* minimum (preferably more, to deal with idle times). The >> podling committers are invited onto the priv...@$podling.apache.org >> maili

RE: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Gavin wrote: > > Actually, I read Incubator e-mail pretty much every day. > Then why do you store up all your replies until report time? It makes no > sense. I don't. I just haven't had much to say lately, although I did post earlier about Zeta and NPanday. And, as you know, I was away last wee

Re: Radical revamp

2010-08-16 Thread Ross Gardler
On 17/08/2010 03:00, Noel J. Bergman wrote: I think that it is a very interesting proposal, that could work very well in specific circumstances, and I'd be willing to see it tried as an experiment, if the Board buys into it. Do we have any such projects pending or already in the Incubator? I'

RE: Radical revamp (was: an experiment)

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Greg Stein wrote: > Justin Erenkrantz wrote: > > I view this as potentially the crux of the problem - people who aren't > > stakeholders in the community shouldn't have a say.  Right now, they > > feel they do.  So, if we want to mandate at least 3 mentors - fine, > > but that must come at the cos

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Leif Hedstrom
On 08/16/2010 07:30 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: That is not the message that we get from most participants, but if that is the case, then let's fix it. As I mentioned in a previous post, the main problem we (ATS) had was to get enough binding votes. Even from the IPMC we failed one release

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Greg Stein
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 21:30, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > Greg Stein wrote: >... >> but the busy-bodies and rules pedants got all in our face. > > I read that thread, and as I commented on private@, I thought that it could > have been handled better. I certainly could have handled it better. But th

RE: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Greg Stein wrote: > Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > <> There are other instances of such things, such as httpd-docs > > (IIUC), and I don't see a problem with it where a project feels it makes > > sense. > Our project thought it did make sense Fine, and I'd agree with you. > but the busy-bodies and

PMC membership changes (was: an experiment)

2010-08-16 Thread Greg Stein
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 21:21, Gav... wrote: >... > another example, you just posted a whole months worth at members requesting > to join the Incubator PMC and Greg just acked the lot -- is this something > that only you as Incubator PMC chair can do or can any member send off this > ack request t

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Ross Gardler
On 17/08/2010 02:05, Greg Stein wrote: On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 16:47, Noel J. Bergman wrote: ... Your head is in the sand. The Incubator is a broken process. Everybody hates it. Everybody wants to get out of it. Subversion was fortunate in that we had enough support to bully our way through,

RE: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Gav...
> -Original Message- > From: Noel J. Bergman [mailto:n...@devtech.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 17 August 2010 9:13 AM > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Subject: RE: an experiment > > Gavin McDonald wrote: > > > How about a PMC Chair that does more than turn up once a month at , > ooh, > day

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Greg Stein
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 16:47, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > Kevan Miller wrote: > >> IIRC, the issue involved the notion of "partial committers" in subversion >> There were objections over the notion of "partial committers", not about > the individual. > > <> There are other instances of such things,

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Greg Stein
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 13:57, Benson Margulies wrote: >... > On committers there is a legal / procedural clarification called for. > Perhaps I'm just dense, but I got the strong impression from the recent > email at members@ that there was much more flexibility possible with > committer status th

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Greg Stein
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 19:12, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > Gavin McDonald wrote: > >> How about a PMC Chair that does more than turn up once a month at , ooh, > day >> before board reports are due and then disappears for a whole month until , >> ooh, day before report time. > > Actually, I read Incub

Radical revamp (was: an experiment)

2010-08-16 Thread Greg Stein
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 12:45, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: >> And if the Mentors aren't being active, voting, etc., then *that* is what >> needs to be addressed. > > As I've repeatedly stated before (here and elsewhere), in the podlings > I'v

RE: Name change from "Lucene Connectors Framework" to "Apache Connectors Framework"

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Grant Ingersoll wrote: > > The "Lucene Connectors Framework" committers are voting to rename our project > > from "Lucene Connectors Framework" to "Apache Connectors Framework", and to > > cease being a subproject of Lucene. What is the process for doing something > > like this? > LCF is not a s

RE: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Gavin McDonald wrote: > How about a PMC Chair that does more than turn up once a month at , ooh, day > before board reports are due and then disappears for a whole month until , > ooh, day before report time. Actually, I read Incubator e-mail pretty much every day. > And you still expect to run

Re: Name change from "Lucene Connectors Framework" to "Apache Connectors Framework"

2010-08-16 Thread David Jencks
The relevance of this name might seem clear to project members, but not to me. From my background I would assume this is an implementation of the j2ca connector framework at apache, kind of like (the active part of) codehaus tranql. If I'd been working on tomcat or jetty recently I'd assume it

Re: Name change from "Lucene Connectors Framework" to "Apache Connectors Framework"

2010-08-16 Thread Grant Ingersoll
On Aug 16, 2010, at 9:59 AM, wrote: > Hi, > > The "Lucene Connectors Framework" committers are voting to rename our project > from "Lucene Connectors Framework" to "Apache Connectors Framework", and to > cease being a subproject of Lucene. What is the process for doing something > like th

RE: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Gav...
> -Original Message- > From: Noel J. Bergman [mailto:n...@devtech.com] > Sent: Tuesday, 17 August 2010 4:07 AM > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Subject: RE: an experiment > > > Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > > Your reading of the corporate structure of this org is needlessly > formal. >

Re: Incubator Board Report - August 2010

2010-08-16 Thread David Jencks
Sorry for the lateness, as one of the Amber mentors I would like to sign off on the amber portion of this report. thanks david jencks On Aug 16, 2010, at 11:52 AM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > Matt Benson, Srinath Perera, and Michael McCandless all joined the > Incubator. Several more will be join

RE: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Kevan Miller wrote: > IIRC, the issue involved the notion of "partial committers" in subversion > There were objections over the notion of "partial committers", not about the individual. <> There are other instances of such things, such as httpd-docs (IIUC), and I don't see a problem with it wher

RE: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Craig L Russell wrote: > 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 All PPMC functions; need no outside involvement. > 4. Vote on podling-pr

Re: [VOTE] Release Bean Validation 0.2-incubating RC2

2010-08-16 Thread Kevan Miller
+1 Signature/checksums, build, source (RAT), and general snooping around with emacs all looked good. Thanks Donald! --kevan On Aug 13, 2010, at 1:38 PM, Donald Woods wrote: > A Bean Validation 0.2-incubating release candidate #2 has been created > with the following artifacts up for a vote: >

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Kevan Miller
On Aug 16, 2010, at 2:52 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > Presumably there was no valid basis for the -1? Sucks, but Joe's proposal > doesn't change the fact that any PMC Member can still vote on any project. > The ASF does not have subprojects, there is only one PMC. We have gone > through this wi

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-16 Thread Kalle Korhonen
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:43 AM, sebb wrote: > Also, just noticed that the SVN tree does not appear to have a copy of > the LICENSE file. > Normally this is stored alongside the NOTICE file at the top-level, i.e. in > http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/shiro/trunk/ > Looks like the file wa

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Noel, >> I guess that's what I take exception to, I think the PPMC _should_ have >> standing. > > As per http://www.apache.org/foundation/bylaws.html#6.3, the defined > governing entity is the Project Management Committee, better known as the > PMC. And while the text does say that the PMC Ch

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-16 Thread Kalle Korhonen
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:33 AM, sebb wrote: > On 16 August 2010 19:18, Kalle Korhonen wrote: > Some of the incubation stages don't seem to have been completed, at > least according to the page: > http://incubator.apache.org/projects/shiro.html > Perhaps these items have been completed, in which

RE: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Chris A Mattmann wrote: > > Well, that's sufficient, Chris. There should be no "nice to have" aspect. > > The only requirement is that the PMC has the ability to oversee. If we can > > streamline that process, great. > Yeah, I guess to me the PPMC mentors should be fine to oversee without > dou

Re: Incubator Board Report - August 2010

2010-08-16 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message > From: Noel J. Bergman > To: bo...@apache.org > Cc: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Mon, August 16, 2010 2:52:18 PM > Subject: Incubator Board Report - August 2010 > On to a topic for the Board's attention. There has been some lively > discussion this past wee

RE: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Justin Erenkrantz wrote: > a quick recap. > an Incubator PMC member who was never involved in [the] community jumped in > the middle of a committer vote to vote -1. Greg wrote a cranky email telling > him to go away. Most of the committers in SVN were taken aback by the behavior. > "Who is this

Incubator Board Report - August 2010

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Matt Benson, Srinath Perera, and Michael McCandless all joined the Incubator. Several more will be joining this week. Shiro is set to graduate, and it seems that at least a couple of projects are in good shape to graduate in the near future. On to a topic for the Board's attention. There has be

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Benson Margulies
i am not confused:-) the entire incubator is a 'walled sandbox'. if projects can grant streamlined karma to sandbox branches to students, why not let podlings add committers? On Aug 16, 2010, at 2:23 PM, Daniel Kulp wrote: > On Monday 16 August 2010 2:15:32 pm Luciano Resende wrote: >> On Mon,

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-16 Thread sebb
On 16 August 2010 19:33, sebb wrote: > On 16 August 2010 19:18, Kalle Korhonen wrote: >> The Apache Shiro community and the mentors of the project think the >> project is ready to graduate and is asking for IPMC's recommendation >> to present the project resolution to the board. The community >>

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Noel, Thanks for your reply. Comments below: >> From my point of view, it would be nice for podlings with active mentors >> to be able to guide their own decisions, especially if there are 3 active >> mentors and they approve. For example in our case in OODT, we can achieve >> consensus and ob

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 11:22 AM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > What happened? It's all in the archives, but a quick recap. For Subversion, an Incubator PMC member who was never involved in the SVN community jumped in the middle of a committer vote to vote -1. Greg wrote a cranky email telling him to

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-16 Thread sebb
On 16 August 2010 19:18, Kalle Korhonen wrote: > The Apache Shiro community and the mentors of the project think the > project is ready to graduate and is asking for IPMC's recommendation > to present the project resolution to the board. The community > graduation vote was held and resulted in 27

Re: [VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-16 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Good job guys. I reviewed the VOTE threads, and your clutch status. Board resolution looks good. My only concern is that it looks like a small PMC, but if you've got this far then I'll trust you guys to move forward. Also looks like solid people on the team too. +1 from me. Cheers, Chris On

Re: [VOTE] experimental delegation of new committer votes to PPMC

2010-08-16 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message > From: Noel J. Bergman > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Mon, August 16, 2010 2:22:02 PM > Subject: RE: [VOTE] experimental delegation of new committer votes to PPMC > > Joe Schaefer wrote: > > > I have come to the realization that I'm not going to convinc

RE: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Joe Schaefer wrote: > I'm challenging the idea that allowing subprojects to vote in new committers all > by themselves is somehow taboo in this org I understand. I am specifically raising that issue with the Board in this month's report. > > Giving them commit access has been deemed an action r

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Daniel Kulp
On Monday 16 August 2010 2:15:32 pm Luciano Resende wrote: > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Benson Margulies > > wrote: > > On committers there is a legal / procedural clarification called for. > > Perhaps I'm just dense, but I got the strong impression from the recent > > email at members@ th

RE: [VOTE] experimental delegation of new committer votes to PPMC

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Joe Schaefer wrote: > I have come to the realization that I'm not going to convince Noel > to see things my way any time soon, so I'd like to now ask for a > formal majority consensus vote on relaxed rules for [for] thrift, > sis, and esme, I wish to remove the current rule that requires 3 > votes

RE: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Justin Erenkrantz wrote: > > But, seriously, if there is systemic overreaching, lets address *that* > > issue. > The cases of "overreaching" in Subversion and OODT related to adding > new committers - not releases. What happened? And given that Subversion clearly (should have) had more than 3 P

RE: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Chris A Mattmann wrote: > From my point of view, it would be nice for podlings with active mentors > to be able to guide their own decisions, especially if there are 3 active > mentors and they approve. For example in our case in OODT, we can achieve > consensus and obtain much of the necessary VO

[VOTE] Apache Shiro graduation as TLP

2010-08-16 Thread Kalle Korhonen
The Apache Shiro community and the mentors of the project think the project is ready to graduate and is asking for IPMC's recommendation to present the project resolution to the board. The community graduation vote was held and resulted in 27 positive votes with no neutral or negatives (see http://

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Luciano Resende
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:57 AM, Benson Margulies wrote: > On committers there is a legal / procedural clarification called for. > Perhaps I'm just dense, but I got the strong impression from the recent > email at members@ that there was much more flexibility possible with > committer status than

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message > From: Noel J. Bergman > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Mon, August 16, 2010 2:02:15 PM > Subject: RE: an experiment > > Joe Schaefer wrote: > > > Are you trying to tell me that both jakarta and httpd have been in > violation > > of Apache bylaws all thes

RE: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
> Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > Your reading of the corporate structure of this org is needlessly formal. > And sometimes the job description of a PMC Chair is Sorry, got distracted by the phone, and didn't finish the thought. Part of the job description of a PMC Chair is to look after the Foundatio

RE: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Joe Schaefer wrote: > Are you trying to tell me that both jakarta and httpd have been in violation > of Apache bylaws all these years? As as matter of fact, YES. I can't speak for the HTTP Server situation, but in the case of Jakarta, that was one of the reasons for breaking it up, along with pu

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Benson Margulies
There is some obvious compromises opportunity here. On releases, the iPMC could decide, by internal convention, to let the involved three mentors (when there are three involved members) be the relevant voice. iPMC members could pledge to defer to the involved mentors unless they feel that there is

Re: [DISCUSS] experimental delegation of new committer votes to PPMC (was Re: [VOTE] experimental delegation of new committer votes to PPMC)

2010-08-16 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message > From: "Mattmann, Chris A (388J)" > To: "general@incubator.apache.org" > Sent: Mon, August 16, 2010 1:48:38 PM > Subject: [DISCUSS] experimental delegation of new committer votes to PPMC > (was >Re: [VOTE] experimental delegation of new committer votes to PPMC) >

[DISCUSS] experimental delegation of new committer votes to PPMC (was Re: [VOTE] experimental delegation of new committer votes to PPMC)

2010-08-16 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
(starting new DISCUSS thread, to not pollute VOTE thread) Hi Joe, Can you do the VOTE for all Incubating projects? I'm sure mentors would put their own projects into the mix, so rather than just a few, let's do it for all of them. Cheers, Chris On 8/16/10 10:44 AM, "Joe Schaefer" wrote: I

[VOTE] experimental delegation of new committer votes to PPMC

2010-08-16 Thread Joe Schaefer
I have come to the realization that I'm not going to convince Noel to see things my way any time soon, so I'd like to now ask for a formal majority consensus vote on relaxed rules for the 3 aforementioned projects. Specifically, for thrift, sis, and esme, I wish to remove the current rule that req

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:37 AM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > Where are you seeing this "over-reach" problem to which you refer?  I have > heard of a few isolated incidents, and those can be addressed.  But by far > and way, the biggest complaint is LACK of involvement, e.g., ... > And most cases of

RE: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Justin Erenkrantz wrote: > > We have one of the largest PMCs in the ASF. > I view this as potentially the crux of the problem - people who aren't > stakeholders in the community shouldn't have a say. Right now, they > feel they do. So, if we want to mandate at least 3 mentors - fine, > but that

Name change from "Lucene Connectors Framework" to "Apache Connectors Framework"

2010-08-16 Thread karl.wright
Hi, The "Lucene Connectors Framework" committers are voting to rename our project from "Lucene Connectors Framework" to "Apache Connectors Framework", and to cease being a subproject of Lucene. What is the process for doing something like this? Karl

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Guys, >From my point of view, it would be nice for podlings with active mentors to be >able to guide their own decisions, especially if there are 3 active mentors >and they approve. For example in our case in OODT, we can achieve consensus >and obtain much of the necessary VOTEs and oversigh

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 10:06 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > Perhaps that's true for the projects you work on, but it certainly > isn't true of Thrift, where mentorship has been a revolving door > for years. True. I've never been a big fan of requiring 3 mentors - as I think certain personalities can

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message > From: Justin Erenkrantz > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Mon, August 16, 2010 12:45:17 PM > Subject: Re: an experiment > > On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > And if the Mentors aren't being active, voting, etc., then *that* is wh

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message > From: Noel J. Bergman > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Mon, August 16, 2010 12:18:39 PM > Subject: RE: an experiment > > > I'd like to start experimenting with different organizational > > and procedural approaches to the projects I participate in > > her

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Leif Hedstrom
On 08/16/2010 10:36 AM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: Again, if the PPMC has 3 or more PMC members, it should be capable of mustering the necessary votes by virtue of those PMC members voting. Have I repeated the "every Incubator project should have at least 3 PMC members providing oversight" mantra en

Re: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Mon, Aug 16, 2010 at 9:36 AM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > And if the Mentors aren't being active, voting, etc., then *that* is what > needs to be addressed. As I've repeatedly stated before (here and elsewhere), in the podlings I've been recently involved with, having three mentors isn't the issu

RE: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Joe Schaefer wrote: > > How about requiring at least one mentor on the vote, so there is still > > some oversight? > I'm actually not in favor of that idea because relatively few > mentors are active developers in their projects (I'm certainly > in that category). Part of what I'm trying to tea

RE: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
> Again, if the PPMC has 3 or more PMC members, it should be capable of > mustering the necessary votes by virtue of those PMC members voting. > Have I repeated the "every Incubator project should have at least 3 PMC > members providing oversight" mantra enough, yet? And if the Mentors aren't bei

RE: an experiment

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
> I'd like to start experimenting with different organizational > and procedural approaches to the projects I participate in > here. What I want to do is to see how far I can push > the envelope on the whole notion of empowerment and > self-governance in an incubating project, following the > less

Re: REMINDER: Reports due *NOW* -- HISE and SIS, where are you?

2010-08-16 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Thanks Kevan! On 8/16/10 7:39 AM, "Kevan Miller" wrote: On Aug 16, 2010, at 10:33 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > Hey Noel, > > I uploaded an SIS report just now on the wiki. Any SIS mentors lurking > around, please check it out and sign off. Thanks! Done. Thanks Chris. --kevan

Re: REMINDER: Reports due *NOW* -- HISE and SIS, where are you?

2010-08-16 Thread Kevan Miller
On Aug 16, 2010, at 10:33 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > Hey Noel, > > I uploaded an SIS report just now on the wiki. Any SIS mentors lurking > around, please check it out and sign off. Thanks! Done. Thanks Chris. --kevan

Re: REMINDER: Reports due *NOW* -- HISE and SIS, where are you?

2010-08-16 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Actually, speaking of which too, Noel, since I'm on the Incubator PMC, please add me as a mentor for SIS now too. I'll add myself as a mentor to the SIS proposal on the wiki as well, but can someone please add me to the other appropriate areas (or tell me how to do it myself)? Also, FWIW, I add

Re: REMINDER: Reports due *NOW* -- HISE and SIS, where are you?

2010-08-16 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hey Noel, I uploaded an SIS report just now on the wiki. Any SIS mentors lurking around, please check it out and sign off. Thanks! Cheers, Chris On 8/16/10 7:24 AM, "Noel J. Bergman" wrote: I'm putting together the monthly board report. HISE and SIS are missing (so is Bluesky, but they did

REMINDER: Reports due *NOW* -- HISE and SIS, where are you?

2010-08-16 Thread Noel J. Bergman
I'm putting together the monthly board report. HISE and SIS are missing (so is Bluesky, but they did provide reports for the past several months running, so I'll cut them some slack). --- Noel - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: Incubator PMC/Board report for August 2010 (bval-...@incubator.apache.org)

2010-08-16 Thread Donald Woods
Sorry for the lateness, but our BVAL report for August has been posted to the Incubator wiki. Apache Bean Validation will deliver an implementation of the JSR303 Bean Validation 1.0 specification. BVAL entered incubation on March 1, 2010. A list of the three most important issues to address in th