On Tue, Apr 22, 2025 at 9:15 AM Jan Lehnardt <j...@apache.org> wrote:
> > > On 19. Apr 2025, at 21:14, Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > > On Sat, Apr 19, 2025 at 7:45 AM sebb <seb...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > >> On Sat, 19 Apr 2025 at 13:12, tison <wander4...@gmail.com> wrote: > >>> > >>> IIRC group 1 means reporting in January, April, July, and September, > >> while > >>> group 2 and group 3 follow the pattern but instead starting from > February > >>> and March. > >>> > >>> Generally, you choose the group based on the date you enter the > >> incubator. > >>> For example, if a podling enters the incubator in April, you can set > the > >>> report group to 1. > >> > >> I thought the idea of having groups was to try and keep the monthly > >> load fairly even, so ideally choose the group with the fewest current > >> entries. > >> > > > > I can confirm that the *Board* distributes the PMC reporting schedule to > > spread the monthly load evenly. We don't want one month to have 150 > > reports, and the next two months to have 35 each. Instead, we get 80 > > reports each month. (yes, we really *do* get about 80 each month, every > > month) > > > > Presumably, the PPMC reporting is also for load-spreading. In that > > scenario, choose the one with the fewest reports. In Sebb's following > > message, he reports "Group 3" has the lowest count, at 10. > > > > It is certainly reversible, so I'd just JFDI. > > > > Cheers, > > -g > > The load spreading algorithm of choosing the smallest group is in > contradiction > with the current documentation: > > > Add a 'reporting' tag (after 'description') with the attribute > 'monthly="true"' and the appropriate "group" attribute, based on the month > in which the podling entered incubation (1 for January, April, July, > October; 2 for February, May, August, November; or 3 for March, June, > September, December). The text content of the 'reporting' tag must contain > the initial list of reporting months, starting with the month after the > podling entered incubation. Below is an example of the final XML snippet: > > — > https://incubator.apache.org/guides/mentor.html#add_to_the_incubation_summary_file > > Shall I update the entry accordingly? > CTR. Fix the doc for load-spreading, and use that algorithm for your podling. If somebody disagrees, then they can defend that position and the docs can be tweaked after discussion. Cheers, -g
