I was under the impression that *any* mentor is an IPMC member, has a binding +1 vote for releases and could therefore approve of releases without having to go through general@
While I find it very helpful and valuable for first time releases (and first time release managers) to go to general@ the first time, consecutive releases could go a lot smoother if Mentor votes were all that is required. The current policy states: > Therefore, should a Podling decide it wishes to perform a release, the > Podling SHALL > hold a vote on the Podling's public -dev list. At least three +1 votes are > required (see the > Apache Voting Process page). If the majority of all votes is positive, then > the Podling > SHALL send a summary of that vote to the Incubator's general list and > formally request > the Incubator PMC approve such a release. Three +1 Incubator PMC votes are > required. So there's not much leeway here. Although the three +1 incubator PMC votes are often already satisfied. Martijn --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
