The changes look good to me. Only concern I have is with the 7 days for release candidate voting. Based on my experience with releases, it often takes few cycles to get the candidate out, and people tend to vote closer to the end of the voting period. This can mean that it takes several weeks to get a release out. But this will not be so much of a problem as long as people don't wait for end of the voting period to vote, or if they look at the candidate branch even before the release candidate is out.
Should we also include a provision for branch merges ? I think we should have a longer voting period for branch merges (3 days instead of 1?) and require 3 +1s (this part is also in the hadoop by-law ) . On Thu, Dec 26, 2013 at 7:08 PM, Carl Steinbach <c...@apache.org> wrote: > I think we should make several changes to the Apache Hive Project Bylaws. > The proposed changes are available for review here: > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/pages/viewpage.action?pageId=38568856 > > Most of the changes were directly inspired by provisions found in the Apache > Hadoop Project Bylaws. > > Summary of proposed changes: > > * Add provisions for branch committers and speculative branches. > > * Define the responsibilities of a release manager. > > * PMC Chairs serve for one year and are elected by the PMC using Single > Transferable Vote (STV) voting. > > * With the exception of code change votes, the minimum length of all voting > periods is extended to seven days. > > Thanks. > > Carl -- CONFIDENTIALITY NOTICE NOTICE: This message is intended for the use of the individual or entity to which it is addressed and may contain information that is confidential, privileged and exempt from disclosure under applicable law. If the reader of this message is not the intended recipient, you are hereby notified that any printing, copying, dissemination, distribution, disclosure or forwarding of this communication is strictly prohibited. If you have received this communication in error, please contact the sender immediately and delete it from your system. Thank You.
