Hi,
I'd like to initiate a dicsussion on the next steps to take Ant to a top level project within Apache. For this to happen, I believe we would need two things - a resolution to put to the board and the membership of the initial Ant PMC.
I have attached a draft resolution below. This is a pretty standard cut and paste of the recent resolutions passed by the board for other top level projects. The only issue here I think is to settle on a suitable scope for the Ant project. The scope I have used in the draft is slightly recursive in nature so if anyone has any thoughts, let's discuss them.
As for the make up of the PMC, I think we should aim for a PMC comprising all active committers. This may be a good opportunity to trim the Ant committer list to those who are currently active. The avail list includes many committers inherited when Ant was separated from Tomcat.
This is a proposal at this stage, not a vote. I think it would be good to have some discussion before moving to a vote. I envisage there would be a vote on two independent issues.
1. For/Against the draft (as revised after discussions) being sent to the board.
2. Whether you would be prepared to serve on the Ant PMC in the event the resolution is approved by ant-dev and the board.
To handle inactive committers, I suggest we could proceed by contacting any committer who did not vote to confirm whether they wish to remain an Ant committer, PMC member, PMC member - emeritus, etc.
We would also need to choose an initial PMC chairman. I guess each voter could indicate their willingness to act as chairman. If there is more than one, we will probably require an additional vote.
Thoughts? Conor
Draft Resolution ==================
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best interests of the Foundation and consistent with the Foundation's purpose to establish a Project Management Committee charged with the creation and maintenance of open-source software related to the Apache Ant build tool.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache Ant PMC", be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Apache Ant PMC be and hereby is responsible for the creation and maintenance of the Ant build system.
RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Ant" be and hereby is created, the person holding such office to serve at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair of the Apache Ant PMC, and to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Ant PMC; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and hereby are appointed to serve as the initial members of the Apache Ant PMC:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that XXXXXXX be and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache Ant, to serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification, or until a successor is appointed; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the initial Apache Ant PMC be and hereby is tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to encourage open development and increased participation in the Apache Ant Project.
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