A recent vote thread on the private list led Christian Grobmeier to wonder why a podling was simultaneously proposing someone for PPMC and committer status.
A few bits of background: 1. TLP's vary in their behavior in this regard. Some maintain a committer!=PMC distinction, and some do not. 2. Historically, podlings have *not* maintained this distinction, but have waited for graduation to sort out the initial PMC members. 3. Legally/organizationally, since PPMC members don't have binding votes, there's not much practical effect of making a distinction. At the end of the day, only Incubator PMC members have binding votes. 4. Christian pointed out that the Open Office podling found the process of sorting out the PMC/committer distinction to be painful. With all respect, I don't see the OO podling as typical. It's sheer size put it in a different category, and I for one do not feel inclined to tell podlings to start keeping PPMC and committer distinct on the basis of that history. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
