RE: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy - take 3

2011-06-08 Thread Jason Pyeron
> -Original Message- > From: Emmanuel Bourg > Sent: Wednesday, June 08, 2011 16:25 > To: Commons Developers List > Subject: Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy - take 3 > > Le 07/06/2011 22:24, Phil Steitz a écrit : > > > 2) To revive a component requi

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy - take 3

2011-06-08 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
Le 07/06/2011 22:24, Phil Steitz a écrit : 2) To revive a component requires a VOTE. Any ASF committer interested in bringing the zombie back to life can initiate this action. Revival VOTEs are majority rule. I'm -1 on this revival rule. A vote implies that the revival could be rejected, an

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy - take 3

2011-06-08 Thread Phil Steitz
On 6/8/11 8:05 AM, James Carman wrote: > On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Phil Steitz wrote: >> That would then still require a sandbox promotion VOTE and I see no >> reason to fuss with moving svn and the site to the sandbox just to >> revive something. The idea in the proposal is you just go ba

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy - take 3

2011-06-08 Thread James Carman
On Wed, Jun 8, 2011 at 10:06 AM, Phil Steitz wrote: > > That would then still require a sandbox promotion VOTE and I see no > reason to fuss with moving svn and the site to the sandbox just to > revive something.  The idea in the proposal is you just go back to > hacking on the revived zombie in c

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy - take 3

2011-06-08 Thread Paul Libbrecht
+1 I kind of know Jelly will come here... And with this rule, it feels like it might allow me to smoothly restart work on jelly when time comes, then request a vote for removal of dormancy when I feel confident. As answered by Phil to James, I believe that the vote is only considered with tha

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy - take 3

2011-06-08 Thread Phil Steitz
ant. Implementation details will be worked out once we have consensus that we want to take this step. >> -Original Message- >> From: Phil Steitz [mailto:phil.ste...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 16:25 >> To: Commons Developers List >> Subject: [VOTE]

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy - take 3

2011-06-08 Thread Phil Steitz
On 6/8/11 4:16 AM, James Carman wrote: > I really don't like the idea of having a vote to revive something I think we all agree on the "low bar for revival" principle. I removed the traditional "rule of 3" that we have applied in the past even for sandbox promotions from the proposal, so all tha

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy - take 3

2011-06-08 Thread James Carman
I really don't like the idea of having a vote to revive something. I'd say that if a commons committer has an itch, then let them scratch it in the sandbox if they want to. Do we really need a special procedure here? Can't we just say that you have to revive it into the sandbox and then follow th

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy - take 3

2011-06-07 Thread Luc Maisonobe
Le 07/06/2011 22:24, Phil Steitz a écrit : Thanks, all, for the great comments on the previous versions [1][2]. I have tried to incorporate them. Revised Dormancy Policy 0) To move a component to dormant requires a VOTE. A single -1 suffices to postpone the action; but a -1 in a dormancy vote

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy - take 3

2011-06-07 Thread Simone Tripodi
8, 2011 at 12:02 AM, Jason Pyeron wrote: > -1, needs better handling of details and an outside revival procedure. > >> -Original Message- >> From: Phil Steitz [mailto:phil.ste...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 16:25 >> To: Commons Developers List &g

RE: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy - take 3

2011-06-07 Thread Jason Pyeron
-1, needs better handling of details and an outside revival procedure. > -Original Message- > From: Phil Steitz [mailto:phil.ste...@gmail.com] > Sent: Tuesday, June 07, 2011 16:25 > To: Commons Developers List > Subject: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy - take 3 > >

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy - take 3

2011-06-07 Thread Oliver Heger
+1 Oliver Am 07.06.2011 22:24, schrieb Phil Steitz: Thanks, all, for the great comments on the previous versions [1][2]. I have tried to incorporate them. Revised Dormancy Policy 0) To move a component to dormant requires a VOTE. A single -1 suffices to postpone the action; but a -1 in a do

[VOTE] Revised dormancy policy - take 3

2011-06-07 Thread Phil Steitz
Thanks, all, for the great comments on the previous versions [1][2]. I have tried to incorporate them. Revised Dormancy Policy 0) To move a component to dormant requires a VOTE. A single -1 suffices to postpone the action; but a -1 in a dormancy vote is really a +1 to help sustain or advance th

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy

2011-05-19 Thread Simone Tripodi
>>> If someone goes and >>> keeps on working stuff ... well ... then that status is nullified by >>> merit. (not through a single commit though) I don't see a reason to >>> forbid svn access > > dormancy should be a "lean status" easy to change into sandbox or > active component. dormancy should be

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy

2011-05-18 Thread Christian Grobmeier
I like the new dormancy suggestion, plus: > I am OK with changing "revival" to require only > one ASF committer. and: >> If someone goes and >> keeps on working stuff ... well ... then that status is nullified by >> merit. (not through a single commit though) I don't see a reason to >> forbid sv

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy

2011-05-18 Thread Niall Pemberton
On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 7:56 AM, Torsten Curdt wrote: > IMO "domant" is just an indication of a status. If someone goes and > keeps on working stuff ... well ... then that status is nullified by > merit. (not through a single commit though) I don't see a reason to > forbid svn access ...that's the

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy

2011-05-17 Thread Gary Gregory
On May 17, 2011, at 11:59, Phil Steitz wrote: > On 5/17/11 2:27 AM, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: >> What is the goal of this policy? Is it meant to lure users away >> from the component because it's obsolete or seriously broken? Is >> it an attempt to get new developers interested in maintaining the >>

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy

2011-05-17 Thread Phil Steitz
On 5/17/11 2:27 AM, Emmanuel Bourg wrote: > What is the goal of this policy? Is it meant to lure users away > from the component because it's obsolete or seriously broken? Is > it an attempt to get new developers interested in maintaining the > component? Or a mere indication that no support will b

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy

2011-05-17 Thread Emmanuel Bourg
What is the goal of this policy? Is it meant to lure users away from the component because it's obsolete or seriously broken? Is it an attempt to get new developers interested in maintaining the component? Or a mere indication that no support will be provided for this component? - If the compo

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy

2011-05-17 Thread luc . maisonobe
- "Phil Steitz" a écrit : > On 5/16/11 4:21 PM, sebb wrote: > > On 17 May 2011 00:07, Gary Gregory wrote: > >> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Paul Libbrecht > wrote: > >> > >>> So we should relaunch a vote? > >>> (or... I should vote a no and relaunch?) > >>> > >>> paul > >>> > >>> > >>>

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy

2011-05-17 Thread Simone Tripodi
+1 to Gary's idea and Torsten considerations Have a nice day! Simo http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ http://www.99soft.org/ On Tue, May 17, 2011 at 8:56 AM, Torsten Curdt wrote: > IMO "domant" is just an indication of a status. If someone goes and > keeps on working stuff ... well ... t

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy

2011-05-16 Thread Torsten Curdt
IMO "domant" is just an indication of a status. If someone goes and keeps on working stuff ... well ... then that status is nullified by merit. (not through a single commit though) I don't see a reason to forbid svn access ...that's the wrong signal. We just need to agree and maintain and communica

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy

2011-05-16 Thread Henri Yandell
+1. I still expect us to send truly dead items to the Attic. Hen On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 10:52 AM, Phil Steitz wrote: > I would like to take the proposal made in [1], modified per > discussion on that thread to a VOTE, so we can start implementing > the policy. > > The provisions are as follows

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy

2011-05-16 Thread Phil Steitz
On 5/16/11 4:21 PM, sebb wrote: > On 17 May 2011 00:07, Gary Gregory wrote: >> On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Paul Libbrecht wrote: >> >>> So we should relaunch a vote? >>> (or... I should vote a no and relaunch?) >>> >>> paul >>> >>> >>> Le 16 mai 2011 à 23:44, Phil Steitz a écrit : >>> >>

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy

2011-05-16 Thread Ralph Goers
+ 1 with change to d to be "svn is open but no release without a vote". Ralph On May 16, 2011, at 10:52 AM, Phil Steitz wrote: > I would like to take the proposal made in [1], modified per > discussion on that thread to a VOTE, so we can start implementing > the policy. > > The provisions are a

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy

2011-05-16 Thread sebb
On 17 May 2011 00:07, Gary Gregory wrote: > On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Paul Libbrecht wrote: > >> So we should relaunch a vote? >> (or... I should vote a no and relaunch?) >> >> paul >> >> >> Le 16 mai 2011 à 23:44, Phil Steitz a écrit : >> >> >>>   d) svn remains open (but no commits witho

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy

2011-05-16 Thread Gary Gregory
On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 5:57 PM, Paul Libbrecht wrote: > So we should relaunch a vote? > (or... I should vote a no and relaunch?) > > paul > > > Le 16 mai 2011 à 23:44, Phil Steitz a écrit : > > >>> d) svn remains open (but no commits without revival vote) > >> It seems slightly too harsh to me

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy

2011-05-16 Thread Phil Steitz
On 5/16/11 2:57 PM, Paul Libbrecht wrote: > So we should relaunch a vote? > (or... I should vote a no and relaunch?) Lets see how others respond. There may be other changes... Phil > paul > > > Le 16 mai 2011 à 23:44, Phil Steitz a écrit : > d) svn remains open (but no commits without rev

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy

2011-05-16 Thread Paul Libbrecht
So we should relaunch a vote? (or... I should vote a no and relaunch?) paul Le 16 mai 2011 à 23:44, Phil Steitz a écrit : >>> d) svn remains open (but no commits without revival vote) >> It seems slightly too harsh to me. >> Since jelly is among the heaviest targeted ones here, I think the wh

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy

2011-05-16 Thread Phil Steitz
On 5/16/11 2:34 PM, Paul Libbrecht wrote: > Sorry Phil, > > I missed that one. I would like to adjust that policy at line: >>d) svn remains open (but no commits without revival vote) > It seems slightly too harsh to me. > Since jelly is among the heaviest targeted ones here, I think the whole

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy

2011-05-16 Thread Paul Libbrecht
Sorry Phil, I missed that one. I would like to adjust that policy at line: >d) svn remains open (but no commits without revival vote) It seems slightly too harsh to me. Since jelly is among the heaviest targeted ones here, I think the whole dormancy aspect would fit but preventing commits so

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy

2011-05-16 Thread Rahul Akolkar
+1 -Rahul On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 1:52 PM, Phil Steitz wrote: > I would like to take the proposal made in [1], modified per > discussion on that thread to a VOTE, so we can start implementing > the policy. > > The provisions are as follows: > > 0) To move a component to dormant requires a VOTE.

Re: [VOTE] Revised dormancy policy

2011-05-16 Thread Simone Tripodi
+1 for me, sounds a wise procedure thanks! Simo http://people.apache.org/~simonetripodi/ http://www.99soft.org/ On Mon, May 16, 2011 at 7:52 PM, Phil Steitz wrote: > I would like to take the proposal made in [1], modified per > discussion on that thread to a VOTE, so we can start implementing

[VOTE] Revised dormancy policy

2011-05-16 Thread Phil Steitz
I would like to take the proposal made in [1], modified per discussion on that thread to a VOTE, so we can start implementing the policy. The provisions are as follows: 0) To move a component to dormant requires a VOTE. A single -1 suffices to postpone the action; but a -1 in a dormancy vote is