Sent from a mobile device, please excuse mistakes and brevity On 8 May 2013 02:20, "Bertrand Delacretaz" <bdelacre...@apache.org> wrote: > > On Wed, May 8, 2013 at 10:47 AM, Ross Gardler > <rgard...@opendirective.com> wrote: > > ...I've made a proposal for giving the IPMC teeth but it hasn't gained > > support.. > > URL?
Sorry, working from mobile device while travelling. I proposed creating a board like structure and formalising shepherd role. Very similar to Chris' proposal but leaving overhead with IPMC rather than moving to board. > > > ...In the absence of something else with teeth then I'm +1 for > > probationary TLPs as proposed by Chris as long as we stop accepting > > projects that are likely to run into problems according to our > > collective experience.... > > If you're able to find out that a podling will cause problems in the > future, or that its mentors will become inactive, maybe I should hire > you for this lottery betting club ;-) > Hehe - fair comment. I was thinking, for example, of BlueSky - the archives show my concern that was ignored and ultimately shown to be right. A counter example is OpenMeetings who addressed my concerns, came back and graduated quickly and smoothly. I'm not suggesting its always possible to get it right, but I do think we can be more rigorous in general. > Apart from that I agree that the board doesn't have cycles to handle > problematic podlings or missing mentors, and as a result whatever > actions it would take would be much harsher than what we do here. > That's the more important point. Ross > -Bertrand > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >
