Hey Ross, On Dec 30, 2011, at 3:21 AM, Ross Gardler wrote:
> On 30 December 2011 08:21, Nóirín Plunkett <noi...@apache.org> wrote: >> On Thu, Dec 29, 2011 at 10:30 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) >> <chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: >>> I'm also of the mindset that the PMC should be the ones saying > > ... > >>> if they are OK with my oodt-pushpull-plugins Extras name and >>> to me it should be fine if the PMC is OK with that. I can update >>> the FAQ/guidelines to state that. >> >> My very vague recollection from when Apache Extras was booting up was >> that we didn't want "official PMC-sanctioned projects" to have special >> status there. I'd give this one a day or two to collect more input >> before updating anything. > > Noirin is correct here. If we allow exceptions to the rules then those > exceptions must be policed and we simply don't have the volunteers to > do that. So I am -1 on the idea that PMCs get special privileges of > any kind. Yeah I am too, except for my own PMC(s). I'm totally +1 for us to get all the special privileges :P > > That being said, if trademarks@ are comfortable with the > .org.apacheextras namespace then I don't see why we can't allow all > projects to use it regardless of where they come from. Me too. Cheers, Chris ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
