+1 (non-binding)

On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 4:13 PM, Jitendra Pandey
<jiten...@hortonworks.com>wrote:

> +1
>
>
> On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 4:02 PM, Eli Collins <e...@cloudera.com> wrote:
>
> > +1  thanks Matt.
> >
> >
> > On Tue, May 21, 2013 at 2:10 PM, Matt Foley <ma...@apache.org> wrote:
> >
> > > Hi all,
> > > This has been a side topic in several email threads recently.
>  Currently
> > we
> > > have an ambiguity.  We have a tradition in the dev community that any
> > > committer can create a branch, and propose release candidates from it.
> >  Yet
> > > the Hadoop bylaws say that releases have to be planned in advance, the
> > plan
> > > needs to be voted on, and presumably can be denied.
> > >
> > > Apache policies (primarily here <
> http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html>
> > >  and here <http://www.apache.org/foundation/voting.html>, with
> > > non-normative commentary
> > > here<
> > >
> http://incubator.apache.org/guides/releasemanagement.html#best-practice
> > >)
> > > are very clear on how Releases have to be approved, and our bylaws are
> > > consistent with those policies.  But Apache policies don't say anything
> > > I've found about Release Plans, nor about voting on Release Plans.
> > >
> > > I propose the following change, to remove Release Plan votes, and give
> a
> > > simple definition of Release Manager role.  I'm opening discussion with
> > > this proposal, and will put it to a vote if we seem to be getting
> > > consensus.  Here's the changes I suggest in the
> > > Bylaws<http://hadoop.apache.org/bylaws.html>
> > >  document:
> > >
> > > ===
> > >
> > > 1. In the "Decision Making" : "Actions" section of the Bylaws, the
> > > following text is removed:
> > >
> > > ** Release Plan*
> > >
> > > Defines the timetable and actions for a release. The plan also
> nominates
> > a
> > > Release Manager.
> > >
> > > Lazy majority of active committers
> > >
> > >
> > > 2. In the "Roles and Responsibilities" section of the Bylaws, an
> > additional
> > > role is defined:
> > >
> > > ** Release Manager*
> > >
> > > A Release Manager (RM) is a committer who volunteers to produce a
> Release
> > > Candidate according to
> > > HowToRelease<https://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/HowToRelease>.
> > >  The RM shall publish a Release Plan on the *common-dev@* list stating
> > the
> > > branch from which they intend to make a Release Candidate, at least one
> > > week before they do so. The RM is responsible for building consensus
> > around
> > > the content of the Release Candidate, in order to achieve a successful
> > > Product Release vote.
> > >
> > > ===
> > >
> > > Please share your views.
> > > Best regards,
> > > --Matt (long-time release manager)
> > >
> >
>
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