On Tue, Feb 25, 2014 at 7:13 PM, Animesh Chaturvedi <animesh.chaturv...@citrix.com> wrote: > > Folks since the liability of Release manager has been called out explicitly > for the release I want to call out that I cannot take personal liability for > a release and I am not sure why would anyone else in Release Manager role > will take up personal liability. I don't see anything called out in our > bylaws that states Release Manager being liable. > > That being said I am seeking advice from ASF mentors and will discuss it in > PMC. I will proceed and build an RC after this issue is resolved. > > Thanks > Animesh
A couple of things: First, we don't have any "mentors" anymore... we're a TLP. Second, although the question of "liability" has been clarified in the private@ thread, I'll summarize briefly here: The reason that we follow the voting process (where the PMC votes are binding) and other ASF-wide policies, is so that any release is an "act of the foundation" and not an act of an individual. The point is that if someone were to purposefully ignore policy, then they put themselves at risk. The whole reason for the foundation to have it's policies is to protect all of the committers and contributors from personal liability! So the only thing that really matters is that if we follow the policies of the foundation, there's nothing to worry about. Being a release manager is nothing to worry about... the whole PMC is helping to ensure that we follow policies. As our current 4.3 issue has pointed out, sometimes this means we have to slow down to fix something. If something slipped through, it's still not a "liability" issue in practical terms. It's just a mistake that we would then work to correct. Make sense? -chip
