The project was named Howl when it was proposed, so the proposal is at http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/HowlProposal
Alan. On Feb 20, 2013, at 2:31 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: > I'm brought to this thread byt he board report but my response here is as > an IPMC member. My comment on the board report is quite different, it is > "I've read the thread on general@ and feel that the IPMC should make a > clear recommendation to the board in this and similar cases. The IPMC > discussion seems to be healthy and productive." > > So, as a an IPMC member I have a few open questions [inline]... > > > On 11 February 2013 18:20, Alan Gates <ga...@hortonworks.com> wrote: > >> >> > Also, it has been agreed that each HCatalog committer will be provided with >> a mentor from the Hive community to help him/her learn the rest of Hive, >> with the goal of becoming a committer on Hive within six months. The >> submodule state is transitionary, not an end point. >> >> > Why was this"mentoring" not done as part of the incubation process since > building the right community structure for graduation (along with IP > clearance) is the main role of the incubation process? Was Hive the > sponsoring project for this proposal? If not why not? > > I ask these questions because HCatlog is making a very strong case that any > other option for graduation is not appropriate. At the same time we are > being told by the Hive PMC that the mentoring of the committers is > incomplete since they have insufficient merit within Hive to be trusted to > be full members of that project. > > it also concerns me that in this same month the IPMC board report says "The > main concern of the incubator continues to be the quality and reliability > of supervision... The supply of mentoring seems, still, to exceed demand." > > Why is it that the Hive PMC feels it is able to provide "mentoring" within > their own PMC through the creation of what some people see as > an umbrella project, but not here in the IPMC? > > Finally, why can't I find the HCatalog proposal in my mail client, markmail > or the wiki (not had coffee yet, feel free to call me [insert adjective]) > > Ross --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
