Hmm, if the Mesos PMCs understand how ASF work they will be very
careful implementing it b4 next board report.

- Henry

On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 11:49 AM, Joshua Cohen <jco...@twopensource.com> wrote:
> They haven't actually implemented it yet. Here's the discussion thread:
> http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/mesos-dev/201502.mbox/%3CCA%2B8RcoReugMVqoOpsnB8WGYBELa5fHwPA%3DJ%3DYHJE22iwZvsbeQ%40mail.gmail.com%3E
>
> (note the last message in the thread asking how it interacts with the
> Apache by-laws ;)).
>
> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 10:39 AM, Henry Saputra <henry.sapu...@gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Do you know how MAINTAINERS file work for Mesos?
>>
>> Does it list different committers for each areas of Mesos?
>>
>> - Henry
>>
>> On Fri, Feb 27, 2015 at 10:07 AM, Joshua Cohen <jco...@twopensource.com>
>> wrote:
>> > We had to revert this change as it was causing rbt to set the
>> TARGET_PEOPLE
>> > as the reviewers on update. We could probably hack our local rbt script
>> to
>> > add a --target-people option for new reviews (no -r flag passed?) if we
>> > wanted to go that route. Alternately we could follow in the footsteps of
>> > Mesos and add MAINTAINERS files (and have our rbt script add people based
>> > on that).
>> >
>> > On Thu, Feb 26, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Zameer Manji <zma...@apache.org> wrote:
>> >
>> >> I have set Joshua and Bill to be the defaults for now:
>> >> https://reviews.apache.org/r/31496/
>> >>
>> >> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 11:50 AM, Henry Saputra <
>> henry.sapu...@gmail.com>
>> >> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> > This would work.
>> >> > Anyone assigned as reviewer in the RB need to either execute the
>> >> > review or excuse themselves to make sure all "ship it" votes are
>> >> > accounted for.
>> >> >
>> >> > - Henry
>> >> >
>> >> > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 11:39 AM, Joshua Cohen <
>> jco...@twopensource.com>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> > > I'm ok with that, as I think it's a better experience for new
>> >> > contributors
>> >> > > than the current situation. However, my understanding is that we
>> >> > generally
>> >> > > have a policy that you need a ship it from everyone on the People
>> line
>> >> > of a
>> >> > > review. If that's the case than the default people need to be
>> cognizant
>> >> > of
>> >> > > their default status and be sure to remove themselves when
>> appropriate
>> >> > > reviewers have been assigned.
>> >> > >
>> >> > > On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 11:23 AM, Zameer Manji <zma...@apache.org>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> > >
>> >> > >> Looking at the reviewboard documentation
>> >> > >> <
>> >> > >>
>> >> >
>> >>
>> https://www.reviewboard.org/docs/rbtools/dev/rbt/commands/post/#rbt-post-review-request-field-options
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> it
>> >> > >> seems we can set the TARGET_PEOPLE field in .reviewboardrc to
>> ensure
>> >> the
>> >> > >> people line is auto-populated for each review. I think populating
>> it
>> >> > >> initially with wfarner@ and one or two other committers would be a
>> >> good
>> >> > >> next step.
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> I think being on this list does not mean the people need to review
>> the
>> >> > >> patch, just ensure it is routed to someone who has the bandwidth
>> and
>> >> > >> expertise to review it for quality.
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> Does anyone else volunteer?
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 7:09 AM, Bill Farner <wfar...@apache.org>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> > >>
>> >> > >> > Thanks for that background, Henry!  That is actually useful for
>> >> other
>> >> > >> > unrelated thoughts I have had.  We will make sure to keep this in
>> >> > mind.
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> > On Monday, February 23, 2015, Henry Saputra <
>> >> henry.sapu...@gmail.com>
>> >> > >> > wrote:
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> > > Ok, we need to be careful about this maintainers/owners or
>> >> shepherds
>> >> > >> > > business.
>> >> > >> > >
>> >> > >> > > Apache Spark got into some trouble from board when introducing
>> >> this
>> >> > >> > > concept.
>> >> > >> > >
>> >> > >> > > First of all, in the eyes of ASF, all (P)PMCs have equal rights
>> >> and
>> >> > >> > > responsibilities.
>> >> > >> > > Meaning, no concept of owners or maintainers for particular
>> parts
>> >> > that
>> >> > >> > > could insinuate different hierarchy of approval for commits
>> from
>> >> one
>> >> > >> > > to another PMCs/ committers.
>> >> > >> > >
>> >> > >> > > This needs to be thought out carefully to make sure that the
>> >> > >> > > "shepherds" mainly just extra pairs of eyes to watch over new
>> >> > >> > > contributions to make sure got proper reviews.
>> >> > >> > >
>> >> > >> > > - Henry
>> >> > >> > >
>> >> > >> > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 12:00 PM, Joshua Cohen <
>> >> > >> jco...@twopensource.com
>> >> > >> > > <javascript:;>> wrote:
>> >> > >> > > > +1, I was thinking about this over the weekend.
>> >> > >> > > >
>> >> > >> > > > Mesos has recently been discussing adding MAINTAINERS files
>> >> across
>> >> > >> the
>> >> > >> > > code
>> >> > >> > > > to document who should be informed about changes within. I'm
>> not
>> >> > sure
>> >> > >> > > > Aurora is ready to go that far since generally it will either
>> >> > include
>> >> > >> > all
>> >> > >> > > > active committers or result in a subset of committers being
>> on
>> >> the
>> >> > >> hook
>> >> > >> > > for
>> >> > >> > > > all reviews from first time contributors.
>> >> > >> > > >
>> >> > >> > > > Establishing Shepherds seems like a good compromise.
>> >> > >> > > >
>> >> > >> > > > On Mon, Feb 23, 2015 at 11:53 AM, Zameer Manji <
>> >> zma...@apache.org
>> >> > >> > > <javascript:;>> wrote:
>> >> > >> > > >
>> >> > >> > > >> Hey,
>> >> > >> > > >>
>> >> > >> > > >> With the increased interest in Aurora, the project has
>> started
>> >> to
>> >> > >> > > receive
>> >> > >> > > >> more contributions from non-committers. By default we do not
>> >> > >> populate
>> >> > >> > > the
>> >> > >> > > >> "People" line in the review, meaning there is no responsible
>> >> > person
>> >> > >> to
>> >> > >> > > >> ensure we accept or reject contributions.
>> >> > >> > > >>
>> >> > >> > > >> I think we should establish Shepherds, who are responsible
>> for
>> >> > >> dealing
>> >> > >> > > with
>> >> > >> > > >> reviews that don't have established reviewers. The
>> >> responsibility
>> >> > >> > could
>> >> > >> > > be
>> >> > >> > > >> limited to finding committers who are willing to review the
>> >> code.
>> >> > >> > > >>
>> >> > >> > > >> What do people think about this idea?
>> >> > >> > > >>
>> >> > >> > > >> --
>> >> > >> > > >> Zameer Manji
>> >> > >> > > >>
>> >> > >> > >
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> > --
>> >> > >> > -=Bill
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> > --
>> >> > >> > Zameer Manji
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >> >
>> >> > >>
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Zameer Manji
>> >> >
>> >> >
>> >>
>>

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