Re: Future of RAT

2010-08-11 Thread Niall Pemberton
On Tue, Aug 10, 2010 at 6:20 PM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com 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

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

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: 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 from

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) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov To: general@incubator.apache.org general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Wed, August 11, 2010 7:49:45 PM

Re: Future of RAT

2010-08-11 Thread Greg Stein
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 12:12, Stefan Bodewig bode...@apache.org 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

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 work on other

Re: Future of RAT

2010-08-11 Thread Greg Stein
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 15:30, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov 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

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

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Davanum Srinivas dava...@gmail.com 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

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 Matt Benson
On Aug 11, 2010, at 4:14 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: - Original Message From: Davanum Srinivas dava...@gmail.com 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 Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Donald Woods dwo...@apache.org 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

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

Re: an experiment

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

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread ant elder
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 6:45 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com 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

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: ant elder ant.el...@gmail.com 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 joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: The second idea is more controversial: to

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,

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Davanum Srinivas dava...@gmail.com 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

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 10:49 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov 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

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 Srinivasdava...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Wed, August 11, 2010

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Davanum Srinivas dava...@gmail.com 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

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). Obviously +1

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: Hi,

Re: [VOTE] NPanday to enter the incubator

2010-08-11 Thread Wendy Smoak
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 8:31 PM, Brett Porter br...@apache.org 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

Re: an experiment

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

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Matt Benson gudnabr...@gmail.com 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

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 thing to do,  sure.

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Stefan Bodewig
On 2010-08-11, Joe Schaefer wrote: From: Davanum Srinivas dava...@gmail.com +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

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Niclas Hedhman
On Thu, Aug 12, 2010 at 1:45 AM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com 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

Re: an experiment

2010-08-11 Thread Greg Stein
On Wed, Aug 11, 2010 at 19:24, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Davanum Srinivas dava...@gmail.com 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