RE: Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-08 Thread Sanjiva Weerawarana
On Sun, 2006-10-08 at 02:09 -0400, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > I'd previously suggested (with an fresh message topic, even) a meeting at > ApacheCon > > Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > but no one replied. I'm still game for an Incubation meeting with whomever > wants to gather. If this is

RE: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-07 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Mark Little wrote: > So let's try to take this to some "logical" conclusion: you're saying > that just because person A says something that person B disagrees > with, person B should then accept that because person A is somehow > more experienced? No and hell no. "Because I said so" doesn't cut i

RE: Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-07 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Martijn Dashorst wrote: > List of things to pack for ApacheCon :-) I'd previously suggested (with an fresh message topic, even) a meeting at ApacheCon Message-ID: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> but no one replied. I'm still game for an Incubation meeting with whomever wants to gather. --- Noe

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-07 Thread Mark Little
I find that you only suffer a hangover if you actually sober up. There's a simple solution to that ;-) Mark. On 7 Oct 2006, at 10:46, Martijn Dashorst wrote: List of things to pack for ApacheCon: - some eggs - tomato juice - asperine and - vitamine C pills... With all the beer going back a

Re: Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-07 Thread Martijn Dashorst
List of things to pack for ApacheCon: - some eggs - tomato juice - asperine and - vitamine C pills... With all the beer going back and forth, until the full beer dept is paid off, you're bound for some serious hangover. I'm sorry I can't be a witness for this event :) I agree with many that this

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-06 Thread Mark Little
In which case I apologies if I got the context wrong. Let's please just collectively shake hands (hard to do via email I know) and agree to buy each other some drinks if we ever catch up face-to-face. All the best, Mark. On 6 Oct 2006, at 22:29, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: -BEGIN P

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-06 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark, I believe you took my entire message out of its intended context, which was the recent me/you/Leo/you minithread. Most definitely not the entire looong discussion thread, nor the overall topic with all the threads hanging from it. Sorry if I wa

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-06 Thread Mark Little
On 6 Oct 2006, at 21:34, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Little wrote: 1) ASF is a meritocracy. And people learn by questioning, not by being passive observers! Actually, I think that's patently false. You never learned anything from a b

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-06 Thread Mark Little
On 6 Oct 2006, at 21:08, Henri Yandell wrote: Replying from the peanut gallery because the friction is getting too high. On 10/6/06, Mark Little <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 6 Oct 2006, at 18:10, Leo Simons wrote: > > Erm. > > 1) ASF is a meritocracy. And people learn by questioning, not

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-06 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Little wrote: > >> 1) ASF is a meritocracy. > > And people learn by questioning, not by being passive observers! Actually, I think that's patently false. You never learned anything from a book? Or a lecture? Or a discussion? And people gain

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-06 Thread Henri Yandell
Replying from the peanut gallery because the friction is getting too high. On 10/6/06, Mark Little <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 6 Oct 2006, at 18:10, Leo Simons wrote: > > Erm. > > 1) ASF is a meritocracy. And people learn by questioning, not by being passive observers! Questioning is good.

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-06 Thread Leo Simons
On Oct 6, 2006, at 7:10 PM, Leo Simons wrote: 2) The mentors for CXF (well, until recently) have accumulated loads of merit. Enough to be allowed to be mentors, and then some. The guy you're disagreeing with has accumulated so much merit he has difficulty passing through airport security (*

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-06 Thread Mark Little
On 6 Oct 2006, at 18:10, Leo Simons wrote: On Oct 5, 2006, at 4:19 PM, Mark Little wrote: On 5 Oct 2006, at 14:54, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: Mark Little wrote: On 4 Oct 2006, at 23:20, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: You will, of course, infer and interpret events as you choose. It's pre

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-06 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jim Jagielski wrote: > > I did not like the idea of rebooting CXF because I think > the CXF community would have lost an important > "lessons-learned" opportunity... IMHO, there's been a 'lessons-learned' opportunity for the incubator, too. - -- #ken

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-06 Thread Jim Jagielski
Just an update: o Jason has stepped down as Mentor for CXF. o The PPMC has been setup. o Anyone who was supposed to get commit privs and did not is being contacted to see if they still want it, and if they say Yes, will receive it. o If they also request to join the PPMC, they wil

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-06 Thread Leo Simons
On Oct 5, 2006, at 4:19 PM, Mark Little wrote: On 5 Oct 2006, at 14:54, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: Mark Little wrote: On 4 Oct 2006, at 23:20, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: You will, of course, infer and interpret events as you choose. It's pretty obvious to me, a complete outsider, that t

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-05 Thread Mark Little
On 5 Oct 2006, at 14:54, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Little wrote: On 4 Oct 2006, at 23:20, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: You will, of course, infer and interpret events as you choose. It's pretty obvious to me, a complete outsider, that

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-05 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Little wrote: > On 4 Oct 2006, at 23:20, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: > >> You will, of course, infer and interpret events as you choose. >> It's pretty obvious to me, a complete outsider, that there was >> nothing 'random' about this at all. >

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-05 Thread Mark Little
On 4 Oct 2006, at 23:20, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Little wrote: Is random denial of initial commiters typical? Not at all, in fact I'm confident that's never ever happened. The assertion that this decision is "random" is a little offe

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-04 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Mark Little wrote: > >>> Is random denial of initial commiters typical? >> Not at all, in fact I'm confident that's never ever happened. The >> assertion that this decision is "random" is a little offensive. > > No offense meant, but given the blac

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-04 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Jim Jagielski wrote: > > I don't like that. I don't like that fact that from > the start, those who are approved as initial committers > aren't on the PPMC. Fact, or would-be fact according to the proposal? > If that means we need to trim the > size

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-04 Thread Niall Pemberton
On 10/2/06, Jim Jagielski <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Oct 1, 2006, at 1:05 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > This is why I keep pushing back with the idea that we bootstrap in > a defined > manner: > > - The Incubator PMC sets the Mentors, who form the initial PPMC > - The PPMC (Mentors) elect

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-02 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Oct 1, 2006, at 1:05 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: This is why I keep pushing back with the idea that we bootstrap in a defined manner: - The Incubator PMC sets the Mentors, who form the initial PPMC - The PPMC (Mentors) elects additional PPMC members - The PPMC elects Committers This

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-02 Thread Mark Little
On 2 Oct 2006, at 08:17, Leo Simons wrote: At the formation of the project all members of the group were asked to submit signed ICLAs, which we did via fax and snail-mail. However, due to a problem with the fax, after 4 weeks they hadn't turned up and we re-submitted. This time, at the s

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-02 Thread Leo Simons
On Sep 29, 2006, at 11:06 AM, Mark Little wrote: Redhat were one of the supporters of the Celtixfire incubator project and discussed with the proposers to add Kevin Conner and myself to the list of initial commiters. As part of this, our names were included in the proposal. Both Kevin and I

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On 10/1/06, Noel J. Bergman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: - The Incubator PMC sets the Mentors, who form the initial PPMC - The PPMC (Mentors) elects additional PPMC members - The PPMC elects Committers you see that requirement? I don't see anything excluding the PPMC from voting in all of the ex

Re: RE: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread Martijn Dashorst
On 10/1/06, Noel J. Bergman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Where in: - The Incubator PMC sets the Mentors, who form the initial PPMC - The PPMC (Mentors) elects additional PPMC members - The PPMC elects Committers you see that requirement? I don't see anything excluding the PPMC from voting in

RE: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Justin Erenkrantz wrote: > Henri Yandell wrote: > > +1 provided we take the list of interested committers out of the > > proposal. > This works for some proposals but not for others. Take Wicket for example: > we would require all of the people who already had commit access to Wicket > re-prove

RE: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Henri Yandell wrote: > Mads Toftum wrote: > > Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > > - The Incubator PMC sets the Mentors, who form the initial PPMC > > > - The PPMC (Mentors) elects additional PPMC members > > > - The PPMC elects Committers > > +1 a step in the right direction. > +1 provided we take the

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 10/1/06, Justin Erenkrantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/1/06, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > +1 provided we take the list of interested committers out of the > proposal. We shouldn't be indicating that we are in favour of a > proposal if we're not going to make the committers

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 10/1/06, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On 10/1/06, Mads Toftum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 01:05:37PM -0400, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > > - The Incubator PMC sets the Mentors, who form the initial PPMC > > - The PPMC (Mentors) elects additional PPMC members

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On 10/1/06, Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: +1 provided we take the list of interested committers out of the proposal. We shouldn't be indicating that we are in favour of a proposal if we're not going to make the committers listed committers. This works for some proposals but not for

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread Jason van Zyl
On 1 Oct 06, at 1:05 PM 1 Oct 06, Noel J. Bergman wrote: - The Incubator PMC sets the Mentors, who form the initial PPMC - The PPMC (Mentors) elects additional PPMC members - The PPMC elects Committers +1 --- Noel -

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread Davanum Srinivas
+1 from me on the process. FWIW, that's what we followed in Harmony and then ODE. FWIW, As a mentor for a specific project, I'd like to see some activity (patches/bugs) from a proposed committer. Not just say a couple of one line emails before i vote them in as a committer. thanks, dims On 10/1

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread Henri Yandell
On 10/1/06, Mads Toftum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 01:05:37PM -0400, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > - The Incubator PMC sets the Mentors, who form the initial PPMC > - The PPMC (Mentors) elects additional PPMC members > - The PPMC elects Committers > +1 a step in the right di

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread Mads Toftum
On Sun, Oct 01, 2006 at 01:05:37PM -0400, Noel J. Bergman wrote: > - The Incubator PMC sets the Mentors, who form the initial PPMC > - The PPMC (Mentors) elects additional PPMC members > - The PPMC elects Committers > +1 a step in the right direction. vh Mads Toftum -- http://soulfood.dk --

RE: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-10-01 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Robert, > setting aside the particulars, this worries me from a process perspective. > the initial list of committers was elected by the incubator PMC as > part of the approval process. IMO the incubator PMC cannot provide > oversight if we delegate power to the PPMCs to change their terms of > r

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-09-30 Thread Jason van Zyl
On 30 Sep 06, at 10:09 AM 30 Sep 06, Jim Jagielski wrote: On Sep 30, 2006, at 3:57 AM, robert burrell donkin wrote: On 9/29/06, Dan Diephouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Jim, Can you please explain what the criteria was for removing people from the comitter list? Can you also detail w

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-09-30 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Sep 30, 2006, at 3:57 AM, robert burrell donkin wrote: On 9/29/06, Dan Diephouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Jim, Can you please explain what the criteria was for removing people from the comitter list? Can you also detail who was removed? Can you also explain why this hasn't been commun

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-09-30 Thread Mark Little
I would agree with the notion of a low bar to membership for incubators. I run the JBossESB effort which has really only been going since March and we've taken a similar approach. The community has grown immensely since then, with a dozen serious committers from a range of companies. Give p

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-09-30 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 9/29/06, Dan Diephouse <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi Jim, Can you please explain what the criteria was for removing people from the comitter list? Can you also detail who was removed? Can you also explain why this hasn't been communicated to everyone on the dev list so far? And why I have onl

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-09-29 Thread Berin Lautenbach
Out of curiosity - has any such "internal decision" been made? I can not find anything in either of the archives - private or dev. Cheers, Berin Jim Jagielski wrote: I will defer to those on the PPMC that had "issues" with the list. On Sep 29, 2006, at 11:31 AM, Dan Diephouse wrote:

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-09-29 Thread Jim Jagielski
I will defer to those on the PPMC that had "issues" with the list. On Sep 29, 2006, at 11:31 AM, Dan Diephouse wrote: Hi Jim, Can you please explain what the criteria was for removing people from the comitter list? Can you also detail who was removed? Can you also explain why this hasn't b

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-09-29 Thread Dan Diephouse
Hi Jim, Can you please explain what the criteria was for removing people from the comitter list? Can you also detail who was removed? Can you also explain why this hasn't been communicated to everyone on the dev list so far? And why I have only heard about the final decision third hand from t

Re: Problem with commit rights on Celtixfire

2006-09-29 Thread Jim Jagielski
Without discussing anything regarding the initial list and who should or should not have been on it, it needs to be reminded that the bar to committership for Incubator podlings is necessarily a bit lower than for real PMCs. After all, one thing the podling must work on is increasing the community