+1 for the proposal.
> On Feb 9, 2015, at 2:50 PM, Lefty Leverenz <leftylever...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> +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.
>>
