I believe discussion has petered down on my proposal. It's time to bring it to a vote.
Proposal: "Podlings should be able to request feedback by starting a "[DISCUSS]" thread or a "[VOTE]" thread. The podling can decide whether they prefer [DISCUSS] or [VOTE], but only a release which passes a vote by members of the IPMC is an official ASF release. Discussion should give podlings feedback on what they would need to do to bring their release in line with the requirements of an official ASF release and thus for graduation to TLP. Podlings will be responsible for capturing feedback that they accept in work items for their project. Feedback provided in a discussion thread will not block a non-ASF release. Asking for feedback using this mechanism is not obligatory, but rather a service that the incubator offers and podlings can take advantage of." Notes on proposal: * I've adjusted it slightly from my original proposal based on feedback. * This does not remove the requirement of voting on general for official ASF releases. I do not object to that idea, but it's not necessary for this proposal, so I'm keeping it separate. * If the proposal is accepted, I'll find and update the relevant incubator documentation. I'd appreciate any pointers y'all would like to give me. * This proposal does presume that we are allowing non-ASF releases in the early days of a poddling. My understanding of the discussion of the last few weeks is that this has *actually* always been allowed, but that that knowledge may not have been wide spread. * It's not explicitly stated in my proposal, but I think many of us would veto graduation of a podling that has never asked for feedback on its releases in any form. I don't feel the need to encode that in the proposal, since it is current policy. Best Regards, Myrle * The discuss thread can be found here: https://lists.apache.org/thread.html/3c4c8473f6733ad243b748398b25f3ef614aab32aa264216eeaa0695@%3Cgeneral.incubator.apache.org%3E
