+1 (binding) Thanks Matt.
Arun On May 21, 2013, at 7:03 PM, Matt Foley wrote: > This was previously discussed in the thread "[PROPOSAL] change in bylaws to > remove Release Plan vote". 13 people explicitly cast "+1"s in that thread. > Absent objection I will count those as votes without requiring them to > (re-)respond to this VOTE thread. > > The following change is proposed 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. > > === > > Best regards, > --Matt (long-time release manager) -- Arun C. Murthy Hortonworks Inc. http://hortonworks.com/
