On 10/10/06, Jean T. Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> On 10/10/06, Craig L Russell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
>> Hi Jean,
>>
>> Your suggestion looks sound to me.
>
> +1
>
>> > Some clarifications are needed on the PPMC page, including:
>> > - the PPMC has no legal standing, so no need for board notification
>
> i'm not sure about this. roy seems very convinced that PPMCs are
> official committees. IMO this policy seems reasonable but it's not
> publically written down anywhere and a little more ceremony and
> documentation would be required before i find this convincing in
> practice. may be necessary to go through the records...
If PPMCs have official status, then wouldn't new additions require board
approval?
yes but probably only an ack would be required (since it would be
within the powers delegated by the charter). but AIUI even this isn't
happening ATM. IMO the current ceremony associated is not sufficient
if they are committees.
IMO their status urgently needs to be sorted out
>> > - membership on the PPMC does not guarantee membership on the PMC
>> > when the podling graduates
>
> IMHO in theory, this is a matter for the board which they delegate to
> the incubator PMC. in practice i think that the PPMC will become the
> PMC.
But a PPMC member shouldn't count on that. When a podling graduates to a
TLP, the board will need to approve the PMC list, right?
yes
And if a podling
graduates into a subproject of a TLP, it is up to that TLP's PMC to invite
members to become apart of it.
yes
> what would be very useful are some guides about what a PMC is and what
> it isn't. something along the lines that the pmc should only act in an
> official capacity when that's absolutely required which is mostly
> process stuff. didn't come up with a form of wording that i found
> satisfactory. be very happy if docathoners came up with suitable
> content :-)
how much of the general PMC wording is covered by (or needs to be tweaked
in) http://www.apache.org/dev/#pmc ?
it's a bit of a mish-mash of tips and process
i was hoping for something more like guidance to help people new to
apache to understand how PMCs work from organisational, philosophical
and practical perspectives
- robert
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