+1 Thanks Matt. Tom
On 5/21/13 9:03 PM, "Matt Foley" <ma...@apache.org> wrote: >This was previously discussed in the thread "[PROPOSAL] change in bylaws >to >remove Release Plan vote". 13 people explicitly cast "+1"s in that >thread. > Absent objection I will count those as votes without requiring them to >(re-)respond to this VOTE thread. > >The following change is proposed in the >Bylaws<http://hadoop.apache.org/bylaws.html> > document: > >=== > >1. In the "Decision Making" : "Actions" section of the Bylaws, the >following text is removed: > >** Release Plan* > >Defines the timetable and actions for a release. The plan also nominates a >Release Manager. > >Lazy majority of active committers > > >2. In the "Roles and Responsibilities" section of the Bylaws, an >additional >role is defined: > >** Release Manager* > >A Release Manager (RM) is a committer who volunteers to produce a Release >Candidate according to >HowToRelease<https://wiki.apache.org/hadoop/HowToRelease>. > The RM shall publish a Release Plan on the *common-dev@* list stating the >branch from which they intend to make a Release Candidate, at least one >week before they do so. The RM is responsible for building consensus >around >the content of the Release Candidate, in order to achieve a successful >Product Release vote. > >=== > >Best regards, >--Matt (long-time release manager)
