That tool would be useful in more places than the incubator. Great idea. I'm looking forward to seeing it ;-)
Sent from my tablet On Dec 1, 2012 2:51 PM, "Branko Čibej" <br...@apache.org> wrote: > On 01.12.2012 15:06, Marvin Humphrey wrote: > > On Fri, Nov 30, 2012 at 9:08 PM, Branko Čibej <br...@apache.org> wrote: > >> It's quite frustrating that people find time to write hundreds of mails > >> about points of procedure, but can't take time to review a release > >> tarball from a podling. > > Reviewing a release when you are not directly involved as a developer is > > **really hard**. > > > > As an IPMC member yourself, have you ever reviewed a release for podling > you > > were not involved with? > > Yes. In fact, I spent time reviewing AOO incubator releases. Don't > recall if I actually voted on one; probably not, since there were so > many other active IPMC members all over that. > > > I hereby propose we extend the silent consensus rule to podling > > release votes. > > -1 > > > > That's at odds with basic, ASF-wide rules for voting on releases. > > I know; but it got everyone's attention, didn't it. :) > > What I'd more seriously like to propose is that we come up with a tool > that slurps the general@ archives and pings the list once a week with a > reminder about outstanding votes. I'll happily invest my copious free > time towards that, if the IPMC agrees such a tool would be useful. > > -- Brane > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
