Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Greg Stein
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 19:24, Joe Schaefer wrote: >> From: Davanum Srinivas >> To: general@incubator.apache.org >> Sent: Wed, August 11, 2010 6:28:17 PM >> Subject: Re: an experiment >> >> Ant, >> >> My personal opinion (and i am hoping!) was that such individuals >> from ppmc's who end up in ip

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Niclas Hedhman
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 1:45 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > The first idea should be fairly straightforward: that for > the projects I participate in (so far thrift and sis), that > the IPMC delegates to the PPMC the decision-making process > for voting in new committers: basically rolling back the cl

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On 2010-08-11, Joe Schaefer wrote: > From: Davanum Srinivas >> +1 to IPMC delegates to the PPMC the decision-making process for >> voting in new committers (one question, would they need an ACK from >> IPMC - similar to how PMC's send a note to the board for an ACK for >> new pmc members)? > Th

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Christian Grobmeier
>> >> +1 to IPMC delegates to the PPMC the  decision-making >> >> process for voting in new  committers (one  question, >> >> would they need an ACK from IPMC - similar to how   PMC's >> >> send a note to the board for an ACK for new pmc  members)? >> > >> > That certainly sounds like a reasonable

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message > From: Matt Benson > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Wed, August 11, 2010 5:19:53 PM > Subject: Re: an experiment > > > On Aug 11, 2010, at 4:14 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > > > > > > > - Original Message > > > >> From: Davanum Srinivas > >> To:

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message > From: Joe Schaefer > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Wed, August 11, 2010 8:14:26 PM > Subject: Re: an experiment > > - Original Message > > > From: Davanum Srinivas > > To: general@incubator.apache.org > > Sent: Wed, August 11, 2010 8:07:50 PM

Re: [VOTE] NPanday to enter the incubator

2010-08-11 Thread Wendy Smoak
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Brett Porter wrote: >> We have finalised the proposal with the additional committer and it has now >> been posted for a couple of weeks, so I'd like to put it to a vote. ... > Obviously +1 from me. > > Would anybody else like to weigh in? Who, me? +1 :) -- We

RE: [VOTE] NPanday to enter the incubator

2010-08-11 Thread Gav...
> -Original Message- > From: Brett Porter [mailto:br...@porterclan.net] On Behalf Of Brett > Porter > Sent: Thursday, 12 August 2010 10:31 AM > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: [VOTE] NPanday to enter the incubator > > > > On 07/08/2010, at 1:21 AM, Brett Porter wrote: >

Re: [VOTE] NPanday to enter the incubator

2010-08-11 Thread Brett Porter
On 07/08/2010, at 1:21 AM, Brett Porter wrote: > Hi, > > We have finalised the proposal with the additional committer and it has now > been posted for a couple of weeks, so I'd like to put it to a vote. > > With the weekend included, I'll tally the votes after 5 days (120 hours). > Obviousl

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message > From: Davanum Srinivas > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Wed, August 11, 2010 8:07:50 PM > Subject: Re: an experiment > > Joe, > > Can they not +1 it either? :) seriously, it would be a > bit hard to track 2 levels of ipmc members If we're concerned abou

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Davanum Srinivas
Joe, Can they not +1 it either? :) seriously, it would be a bit hard to track 2 levels of ipmc members -- dims On 08/11/2010 07:24 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: - Original Message From: Davanum Srinivas To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Wed, August 11, 2010 6:28:17 PM Subject: Re:

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > Hi Joe, > >> The first idea should be fairly straightforward: that for >> the projects I participate in (so far thrift and sis), that >> the IPMC delegates to the PPMC the decision-making process >> for voting in new committers: b

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message > From: Davanum Srinivas > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Wed, August 11, 2010 6:28:17 PM > Subject: Re: an experiment > > Ant, > > My personal opinion (and i am hoping!) was that such individuals > from ppmc's who end up in ipmc would help build bridges >

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Davanum Srinivas
Ant, My personal opinion (and i am hoping!) was that such individuals from ppmc's who end up in ipmc would help build bridges between podlings and will help get lessons learned (when any ppmc has issues/problems/roadblocks) back to their ppmc. This is one area where i've seen people struggle, f

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message > From: ant elder > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Wed, August 11, 2010 6:16:16 PM > Subject: Re: an experiment > > On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > > > > The second idea is more controversial: to hold IPMC votes to > > admit all s

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread ant elder
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > The second idea is more controversial: to hold IPMC votes to > admit all significant committers to those projects to the IPMC > itself.  The purpose of this concept is to allow those who > best know the codebase to provide IPMC oversight ove

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message > From: Joe Schaefer > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Wed, August 11, 2010 5:29:55 PM > Subject: Re: an experiment > > - Original Message > > > From: Donald Woods > > To: general@incubator.apache.org > > Sent: Wed, August 11, 2010 5:19:03 PM > >

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Davanum Srinivas
On 08/11/2010 05:19 PM, Donald Woods wrote: On 8/11/10 1:45 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: So. Following some advice given to me by Sam Ruby, I'd like to start experimenting with different organizational and procedural approaches to the projects I participate in here. What I want to do is to see h

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message > From: Donald Woods > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Wed, August 11, 2010 5:19:03 PM > Subject: Re: an experiment > > > > On 8/11/10 1:45 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > > So. Following some advice given to me by Sam Ruby, > > I'd like to start experimenting

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Matt Benson
On Aug 11, 2010, at 4:14 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > > > - Original Message > >> From: Davanum Srinivas >> To: general@incubator.apache.org >> Sent: Wed, August 11, 2010 5:07:33 PM >> Subject: Re: an experiment >> >> +1 to IPMC delegates to the PPMC the decision-making >> process for

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Donald Woods
On 8/11/10 1:45 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > So. Following some advice given to me by Sam Ruby, > I'd like to start experimenting with different organizational > and procedural approaches to the projects I participate in > here. What I want to do is to see how far I can push > the envelope on the

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message > From: Davanum Srinivas > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Wed, August 11, 2010 5:07:33 PM > Subject: Re: an experiment > > +1 to IPMC delegates to the PPMC the decision-making > process for voting in new committers (one question, > would they need an ACK

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Davanum Srinivas
+1 to IPMC delegates to the PPMC the decision-making process for voting in new committers (one question, would they need an ACK from IPMC - similar to how PMC's send a note to the board for an ACK for new pmc members)? In the 2nd question, "significant committers", are we asking mentors to ident

Re: Future of RAT

2010-08-11 Thread Greg Stein
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 15:30, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: > Hi Guys, > >>> [...] >>> So yes, development activity is low. >>> >>> OTOH patches get applied and releases are made if there is anything to >>> fix.  I'm sure we could have gotten more people to vote if it had been >>> necessary on

Re: Future of RAT

2010-08-11 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Guys, >> [...] >> So yes, development activity is low. >> >> OTOH patches get applied and releases are made if there is anything to >> fix.  I'm sure we could have gotten more people to vote if it had been >> necessary on the last release, it just wasn't necessary so people >> preferred to wor

Re: Future of RAT

2010-08-11 Thread Greg Stein
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 12:12, Stefan Bodewig wrote: > On 2010-08-11, Niall Pemberton wrote: > >> The real point though is not size - its *activity*. > > [absolutely correct observation of low activity snipped] > >> My concern is if RAT goes TLP then it may be a small step away from >> not being a

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Mark Struberg
Given that the IPMC can still veto a decision of the podling, I like this idea. +1 LieGrue, strub - Original Message > From: "Mattmann, Chris A (388J)" > To: "general@incubator.apache.org" > Sent: Wed, August 11, 2010 7:49:45 PM > Subject: Re: an experiment > > Hi Joe, > > > The

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Joe, > The first idea should be fairly straightforward: that for > the projects I participate in (so far thrift and sis), that > the IPMC delegates to the PPMC the decision-making process > for voting in new committers: basically rolling back the clock > to May 1, 2007 on guides/ppmc.html. +1

an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Joe Schaefer
So. Following some advice given to me by Sam Ruby, I'd like to start experimenting with different organizational and procedural approaches to the projects I participate in here. What I want to do is to see how far I can push the envelope on the whole notion of empowerment and self-governance in

Re: Future of RAT

2010-08-11 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On 2010-08-11, Niall Pemberton wrote: > The real point though is not size - its *activity*. [absolutely correct observation of low activity snipped] > My concern is if RAT goes TLP then it may be a small step away from > not being able to get 3 PMC votes. I understand that and share the concern

Re: Future of RAT

2010-08-11 Thread Niall Pemberton
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Greg Stein wrote: > Let me repeat: where does it say a TLP must be "at least THIS size" ? > > Answer: nowhere. > > Small projects are just fine. We're looking at the overall community > and the people to shepherd that community. Those are the RAT > developers and u