Hi Bertrand, I think all can be done by consensus (mailing list voting) and then people executing that consensus will be the pseudo dictators/lieutenants. Someone must execute the integration of features, and the final integration.
2013/3/13 Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@apache.org> > On Wed, Mar 13, 2013 at 10:33 AM, Carlos Rovira > <carlos.rov...@codeoscopic.com> wrote: > > ...At the end great projects has a Dictator a then people organizates > around > > lieutenants and each suborganization ensures the quality of a module or > > features. Then the dictator is the person designated to integrate in the > > final product, and that is what goes in a concrete version.... > > Careful with this, there are no dictators in Apache projects. > > At least not permanent ones - it's fine to designate someone as > release manager for a specific release, and that someone can play the > integration role that you mention, but decisions *must* occur > according to the Apache consensus principles (including votes and > vetos where needed), and you don't want to establish a permanent > hierarchy. > > -Bertrand > -- Carlos Rovira Director de Tecnología M: +34 607 22 60 05 F: +34 912 94 80 80 http://www.codeoscopic.com http://www.directwriter.es http://www.avant2.es
