+1 cc'ing the PMC mailing list
-- Lefty On Mon, Feb 9, 2015 at 2:48 PM, Gunther Hagleitner < ghagleit...@hortonworks.com> wrote: > Very useful: +1 > > Thanks, > Gunther. > ________________________________________ > From: Vikram Dixit K <vikram.di...@gmail.com> > Sent: Monday, February 09, 2015 2:43 PM > To: dev@hive.apache.org > Subject: VOTE Bylaw for having branch committers in hive > > Hi Folks, > > We seem to have quite a few projects going around and in the interest of > time and the project as a whole, it seems good to have branch committers > much like what is there in the Hadoop project. I am proposing an addition > to the committer bylaws as follows ( taken from the hadoop project bylaws > http://hadoop.apache.org/bylaws.html ) > > "Significant, pervasive features are often developed in a speculative > branch of the repository. The PMC may grant commit rights on the branch to > its consistent contributors, while the initiative is active. Branch > committers are responsible for shepherding their feature into an active > release and do not cast binding votes or vetoes in the project." > > Actions: New Branch Committer > Description: When a new branch committer is proposed for the project. > Approval: Lazy Consensus > Binding Votes: Active PMC members > Minimum Length: 3 days > Mailing List: priv...@hive.apache.org > > Actions: Removal of Branch Committer > Description: When a branch committer is removed from the project. > Approval: Consensus > Binding Votes: Active PMC members excluding the committer in question if > they are PMC members too. > Minimum Length: 6 days > Mailing List: priv...@hive.apache.org > > This vote will run for 6 days. PMC members please vote. > > Thanks > Vikram. >
