Re: Stratos proposal: is it possible to add another initial committer?

2013-06-18 Thread ant elder
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 12:06 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > He said majority, not everybody ant. Try a little harder to > understand the written words instead of needing to interject > your dissonant 2 cents and things will improve around here. > > Don't be so abrasive Joe, I'm a mentor for this podli

Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman

2013-06-18 Thread Alexei Fedotov
Hello, Why one would need an additional alias? Existing questions are sent to general@ or dev@community or (please add here), and one in the superhero role should timely answer them or facilitate an answer. [Complex question] tag in the subject line should be sufficient, or just no answer to some

Re: Stratos proposal: is it possible to add another initial committer?

2013-06-18 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 3:49 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > I trust someone who believes this is a fixed rule rather than a > social-norm by which we are guided will now go and document it > appropriately in [2] (see ISSUE 09 [1]). Your change to the "process description" page seems fine to me. I als

Re: [RESULT] [VOTE] Graduation of Apache Mesos

2013-06-18 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (398J)
Hey Andy, Ahhh, ooops, sorry yeah I searched my email archives but didn't find your VOTEs. I'm happy to send an amended list, or simply state on the record here via email that your guys' VOTEs counted. Either way the resolution is on the agenda and your email is now in the archive so we are good.

Re: Stratos proposal: is it possible to add another initial committer?

2013-06-18 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 4:39 PM, Ted Dunning wrote: > In the interest of being a bit pedantic, I think that most people are OK > with some changes to votes in progress. In particular, extending the > declared time for a vote is generally acceptable to most of the communities > I have seen it in.

Re: [DISCUSS] PodlingBillOfRights

2013-06-18 Thread Benson Margulies
A simple alternative is 'expectation'. However, I have no problem with using it the way Joe wrote it. On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 7:27 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > I did read the topmatter, but I still felt it was a concern. It's not > just about mentors, that was just one example of a potential proble

Re: Stratos proposal: is it possible to add another initial committer?

2013-06-18 Thread Ted Dunning
On Wed, Jun 19, 2013 at 12:49 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: > It seems clear that the majority of IPMC members believe this change > on a vote in progress is not acceptable. > In the interest of being a bit pedantic, I think that most people are OK with some changes to votes in progress. In particular

Re: [DISCUSS] PodlingBillOfRights

2013-06-18 Thread Ross Gardler
I did read the topmatter, but I still felt it was a concern. It's not just about mentors, that was just one example of a potential problem. Specifically the document currently says "podlings have a right to expect active participation and guidance from their mentors" - I fully support this, but as

Re: [DISCUSS] PodlingBillOfRights

2013-06-18 Thread Joe Schaefer
Did you read the topmatter disclaimer about the terminology? Anyway no podling has a guaranteed "right" to a sufficient number of mentors, that's why I didn't bother addressing Upayavira's concern.  That is a best-effort attempt based on volunteer availability not something we should commit to in a

Re: [DISCUSS] PodlingBillOfRights

2013-06-18 Thread Ross Gardler
Joe, this is (in general) great. I feel I could pick a few holes and make a few suggestions but they are mostly insignificant so I'll refrain from doing so. I do have one concern I want to air. Unfortunately I don't have a suggestion for improvement so am happy for you to ignore it, but maybe some

Re: Stratos proposal: is it possible to add another initial committer?

2013-06-18 Thread Joe Schaefer
He said majority, not everybody ant. Try a little harder to understand the written words instead of needing to interject your dissonant 2 cents and things will improve around here. Anyway the point is that when you see multiple changes to an in-progress VOTE on a proposal, it suggests not that we

Re: Stratos proposal: is it possible to add another initial committer?

2013-06-18 Thread Deepal jayasinghe
The Apache way is *"community over code"*, as a healthy community we should encourage community growth. IMO I do not consider adding a new member to the initial committer list as a big change to the proposal. In fact, now I believe if we had a separate VOTE for him, we will not have this much tra

Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman

2013-06-18 Thread Ross Gardler
On 18 June 2013 23:53, Joe Schaefer wrote: > Why so much reluctance to just honor the request such as it is > instead of looking for different ways of modifying it to taste? ISSUE 03 at work I think - perhaps it is my fault for thinking aloud about how the role might also help solve a different p

Re: Stratos proposal: is it possible to add another initial committer?

2013-06-18 Thread ant elder
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 11:49 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > It seems clear that the majority of IPMC members believe this change > on a vote in progress is not acceptable. > > Don't assume its that clear, i think at least some agree with you that this is just ISSUE3 and kept quiet, thats what i did.

Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman

2013-06-18 Thread Joe Schaefer
It's easy for people to argue that we don't need it based on the fact that nobody files formal complaints, but if you think about it that's a self-fulfilling prophesy.  Unless we try something different, we shouldn't expect anything to change. Your argument for a new list IS an argument for more b

Re: Stratos proposal: is it possible to add another initial committer?

2013-06-18 Thread Ross Gardler
It seems clear that the majority of IPMC members believe this change on a vote in progress is not acceptable. I note that this change is different to the trademark promise made earlier since that one had been agreed in the discuss thread. That change was merely bringing the proposal into line with

Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman

2013-06-18 Thread Dave Fisher
I think what we really should discuss is how the IPMC can help podlings in as simple a way as possible. I think we are looking for people in the IPMC who are willing to help podlings solved their real and their perceived problems. An Ombudsman is one title for someone like that and so is Sheph

Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman

2013-06-18 Thread Joe Schaefer
Cmon folks, all we're looking for is an email alias and a descriptive title.  That's not *overhead* any more than Greg's novel position as Vice Chair is *overhead* to the board.  A title doesn't an officer make, there is no need to imbue Incubator Ombudsman with any power whatsoever, not even the p

Re: [PROPOSAL] Creation of the Incubator Ombudsman

2013-06-18 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Mon, Jun 17, 2013 at 9:14 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (398J) wrote: > I'm not in favor of an Ombudsman. Seems like an extra > layer of overhead beyond what the Chair already provides. Seriously > does someone need a title in order to be the clearinghouse for folks' > honest assessments of the Incubat

Re: Stratos proposal: is it possible to add another initial committer?

2013-06-18 Thread Daniel Shahaf
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 01:34:39PM +0100, Ross Gardler wrote: > However, in this specific case the social norm *should* be to allow the > change to proceed - that's the most efficient process. Modifying a vote that has started is a slippery slope. (The same is true for reusing version numbers: AN

Re: Stratos proposal: is it possible to add another initial committer?

2013-06-18 Thread Upayavira
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013, at 05:45 PM, Marvin Humphrey wrote: > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 5:34 AM, Ross Gardler > wrote: > > For me the social norm *should* be to allow things to progress > > unhindered unless an action is non-reversible and potentially damaging > > to the community. > > No. That's

Re: [PROPOSAL] OData Proposal for Incubator

2013-06-18 Thread Sergio Fernández
Hi, as part of the marmotta PPMC, I think I could put my two cents in this discussion :-) On 18/06/13 13:17, Klevenz, Stephan wrote: Thanks for your hint. I do understand Marmotta as an implementation of the Linked Data Platform (LDP). Linked Data is a concept for building a semantic web wher

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-18 Thread Tammo van Lessen
+1 (non-binding) Best, Tammo On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 2:58 PM, Supun Kamburugamuva wrote: > +1 > > Thanks, > Supun.. > > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 7:02 AM, Noah Slater wrote: > > > +1 > > > > > > On 14 June 2013 22:49, Ross Gardler wrote: > > > > > I would like to invite the IPMC vote to acc

Re: Stratos proposal: is it possible to add another initial committer?

2013-06-18 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message - > From: Marvin Humphrey > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Cc: > Sent: Tuesday, June 18, 2013 12:45 PM > Subject: Re: Stratos proposal: is it possible to add another initial > committer? > > On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 5:34 AM, Ross Gardler > wrote: >> For me th

Re: Stratos proposal: is it possible to add another initial committer?

2013-06-18 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 5:34 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: > For me the social norm *should* be to allow things to progress > unhindered unless an action is non-reversible and potentially damaging > to the community. No. That's not acceptable to me as an IPMC member. VOTEs are tied to specific langua

Re: [PROPOSAL] OData Proposal for Incubator

2013-06-18 Thread Sam Ruby
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 9:58 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > I think there will be an issue with regard to trademarks and you will have to > deal with folks seeing the trademark of "Apache OData" as a land-grab at > "OData" itself. The simplicity you think is avoiding confusion is, in that > r

RE: [PROPOSAL] OData Proposal for Incubator

2013-06-18 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
I think there will be an issue with regard to trademarks and you will have to deal with folks seeing the trademark of "Apache OData" as a land-grab at "OData" itself. The simplicity you think is avoiding confusion is, in that respect, causing confusion. In any case, it is always wise to avoid

Re: [PROPOSAL] OData Proposal for Incubator

2013-06-18 Thread David Nalley
Who owns the rights to the OData trademark? I am not sure that you or the ASF has standing to use OData as a project name. That said we have podling namesearch for a reason, to make sure that these types of issues can be addressed by people qualified to make such judgements (e.g. not me) --David

Re: [PROPOSAL] OData Proposal for Incubator

2013-06-18 Thread Klevenz, Stephan
Hello Dennis, Good point! The project naming was a challenge for us and maybe I just can explain why we prefer Apache OData as project name. The main reason is search. Someone who is interested in OData will use this term and the result page will today list odata.org as the protocols homepage, W

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-18 Thread Supun Kamburugamuva
+1 Thanks, Supun.. On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 7:02 AM, Noah Slater wrote: > +1 > > > On 14 June 2013 22:49, Ross Gardler wrote: > > > I would like to invite the IPMC vote to accept the Stratos proposal [1]. > > > > I want to clarify that this vote is for the Stratos project to enter > > the incu

Re: [VOTE] Release Apache jclouds 1.6.1-incubating, RC3

2013-06-18 Thread Jim Jagielski
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Re: Stratos proposal: is it possible to add another initial committer?

2013-06-18 Thread Ross Gardler
On 18 June 2013 13:04, Tim Williams wrote: > Another option is to discount votes prior to the last mutation. Or, > we add a wiki page that explains to new folks how the social norms can > be overridden/bullied occasionally by headstrong, salty old-timers as > they see fit... Nice observation (an

Re: [PROPOSAL] OData Proposal for Incubator

2013-06-18 Thread Klevenz, Stephan
Hi Dave, We would be happy to get you as an Mentor to this project. Can you please add yourself as a mentor to the proposal? https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/ODataProposal I do share your concerns about the homogenous initial committer list. Have a look to my recent reply to Henry about the sa

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Re: [PROPOSAL] OData Proposal for Incubator

2013-06-18 Thread Klevenz, Stephan
Hi Henry, You are absolutely right and we are aware of that we are currently a homogenous community. We don't want to stay this and encourage everyone to join our effort and become a committer of the Apache OData project. OData as an open OASIS standard will profit from a diversified OData project

Re: Stratos proposal: is it possible to add another initial committer?

2013-06-18 Thread Sanjiva Weerawarana
C'mon Tim this was not done as a "social norms can be overridden/bullied occasionally by headstrong, salty old-timers" thing at all. It was something that seemed small and simple and innocent. However if its such a major thing then the PPMC can vote Debo in as soon as it starts. No biggie. Honest.

Re: Stratos proposal: is it possible to add another initial committer?

2013-06-18 Thread Tim Williams
On Tue, Jun 18, 2013 at 3:08 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: > I respectfully suggest your intervention is an example of ISSUE 03 (too > many cooks). As a champion I'm interested in podlings learning the Apache > Way - a significant part of this is to not let unnecessary process get in > the way of softwa

Re: [PROPOSAL] OData Proposal for Incubator

2013-06-18 Thread Klevenz, Stephan
Olemis, Thanks for interest. I have added Apache Bloodhound to the list of potential integrators in the proposal document (https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/ODataProposal). About your question to OData Phyton binding. This is very interesting because of OData as a web protocol is not just bound

Re: [PROPOSAL] OData Proposal for Incubator

2013-06-18 Thread Klevenz, Stephan
Rob, Thanks for your hint. I do understand Marmotta as an implementation of the Linked Data Platform (LDP). Linked Data is a concept for building a semantic web where things are identified by URIs. Links can be used to explore things. OData is a data centric protocol which describes metadata and

Re: [VOTE] Accept Stratos proposal as an incubating project

2013-06-18 Thread Noah Slater
+1 On 14 June 2013 22:49, Ross Gardler wrote: > I would like to invite the IPMC vote to accept the Stratos proposal [1]. > > I want to clarify that this vote is for the Stratos project to enter > the incubator as a standard podling under the existing incubation > policy. The acceptance or other

Re: Stratos proposal: is it possible to add another initial committer?

2013-06-18 Thread Ross Gardler
I respectfully suggest your intervention is an example of ISSUE 03 (too many cooks). As a champion I'm interested in podlings learning the Apache Way - a significant part of this is to not let unnecessary process get in the way of software development. The vote is still open and can be stopped wit