Re: Getting IPMC members to vote Re: [VOTE] Release Apache Bloodhound 0.4 (incubating)

2013-01-25 Thread Upayavira
People act when they have a personal motivation to do so. There's no boss telling people to do things around here. Therefore, there's no sense in which we have two few people, we just have too few people interested in engaging with specific projects. Interest can be both practical (the project is

Re: Getting IPMC members to vote Re: [VOTE] Release Apache Bloodhound 0.4 (incubating)

2013-01-25 Thread Gary Martin
On 24 January 2013 18:52, Benson Margulies wrote: > If you model the IPMC as a group of volunteers who have collectively > volunteered to mentor and supervise new projects, then the current > situation strongly suggests that we have either too many projects or > not enough volunteers. Calling peo

Re: Getting IPMC members to vote Re: [VOTE] Release Apache Bloodhound 0.4 (incubating)

2013-01-24 Thread Olemis Lang
Hi ! On 1/24/13, Benson Margulies wrote: > [...] > > So, in my entirely personal opinion, this leaves two directions: more > volunteers or less projects. In the extreme, some would read this as a > reason to close the gates to new projects until we have proven > capacity. > Is there any chance t

Re: Getting IPMC members to vote Re: [VOTE] Release Apache Bloodhound 0.4 (incubating)

2013-01-24 Thread Benson Margulies
If you model the IPMC as a group of volunteers who have collectively volunteered to mentor and supervise new projects, then the current situation strongly suggests that we have either too many projects or not enough volunteers. Calling people 'lazy' has rarely been observed to get them to do more w

Re: Getting IPMC members to vote Re: [VOTE] Release Apache Bloodhound 0.4 (incubating)

2013-01-23 Thread Greg Stein
For argument's sake, let's say "two". That is the specified/recommended minimum. Thus, the IPMC must contribute an additional +1. Thus, it can totally block podling releases thru its laziness and inactivity. Sounds broken. -g On Jan 23, 2013 5:22 PM, "Dave Fisher" wrote: > How many active mento