Craig L Russell wrote: > It seems to me that there is no reason for the PPMC to be official, > since they have no power to actually release anything (which puts Apache > at legal risk). It's the Incubator PMC that authorizes releases. > > "All the PPMC does" is to exercise podling oversight, which should not > legally encumber Apache.
Although the Incubator PMC *can* ratify any PPMC-level decision, which is why things like adding a committer need to be forwarded to [EMAIL PROTECTED] - even if we accept the PPMC decision by lazy consensus (without a confirming vote) we've implicitly accepted the decision unless we inform the project otherwise. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]