On Sun, Aug 30, 2015 at 7:17 AM, Julian Hyde <[email protected]> wrote:
> I'm hearing a consensus that Calcite is ready to graduate. The next steps > are to have a formal vote on this list, then votes on the Incubator list > and finally board approval. I plan to start a vote as soon as the 1.4 > release has passed on the IPMC list. > > But before then, we need to decide what we are voting for! > > 1. Do we need any bylaws, or is the standard boilerplate graduation > resolution sufficient? (I would include a reference to this resolution, or > reference a recent vote by a comparable project, but I'm on a train with no > wifi typing this into a mobile phone.) > No. Just inherit the standard ASF ones. Remove any mention of bylaws from the boilerplate resolution. > 2. How do we choose the members of the initial PMC? I believe the usual > policy is that committers and PPMC members become PMC members. I am fine > with that, but I think we should give folks the chance to step down (I am > thinking of mentors and initial committers). > I think that is an excellent plan (keep current members, allow anyone to step down). > 3. Anything else to sort out before we move to a vote? > It might be good to ask on the incubator list for a shepherd who is not very familiar with Calcite to take a harder look than usual to see if there are any obvious issues. I seriously doubt there are, but new eyes see new things.
