+1. I know we are time based, but I worry that the 4.1 delay is a sign that we've simply got too much to do. 4 weeks seems like a good middle ground between the 8 weeks lost in 4.1 and no extension at all. On May 31, 2013 11:37 PM, "Chiradeep Vittal" <chiradeep.vit...@citrix.com> wrote:
> -0 > > I hope that if it passes, it won't become a habit! > > On 5/31/13 8:00 AM, "Chip Childers" <chip.child...@sungard.com> wrote: > > >Following our discussion on the proposal to push back the feature freeze > >date for 4.2.0 [1], we have not yet achieved a clear consensus. Well... > >we have already defined the "project rules" for figuring out what to do. > >In out project by-laws [2], we have defined a "release plan" decision as > >follows: > > > >> 3.4.2. Release Plan > >> > >> Defines the timetable and work items for a release. The plan also > >> nominates a Release Manager. > >> > >> A lazy majority of active committers is required for approval. > >> > >> Any active committer or PMC member may call a vote. The vote must occur > >> on a project development mailing list. > > > >And our lazy majority is defined as: > > > >> 3.2.2. Lazy Majority - A lazy majority vote requires 3 binding +1 > >> votes and more binding +1 votes than binding -1 votes. > > > >Our current plan is the starting point, so this VOTE is a vote to change > >the current plan. We require a 72 hour window for this vote, so IMO we > >are > >in an odd position where the feature freeze date is at least extended > >until > >Tuesday of next week. > > > >Our current plan of record for 4.2.0 is at [3]. > > > >[1] http://markmail.org/message/vi3nsd2yo763kzua > >[2] http://s.apache.org/csbylaws > >[3] > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/CLOUDSTACK/Cloudstack+4.2+Rele > >ase > > > >---------------------------------------------------------------- > > > >I'd like to call a VOTE on the following: > > > >Proposal: Extend the feature freeze date for our 4.2.0 feature release > >from today (2013-05-31) to 2013-06-28. All other dates following the > >feature freeze date in the plan would be pushed out 4 weeks as well. > > > >Please respond with one of the following: > > > >+1 : change the plan as listed above > >+/-0 : no strong opinion, but leaning + or - > >-1 : do not change the plan > > > >This vote will remain open until Tuesday morning US eastern time. > > > >-chip > >
