As an IPMC member, I would probably look to the judgement of your mentors. If they were convinced that the community had a handle on the problem and had a plan for fixing things, I wouldn't be concerned.
On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 3:19 PM, Jim Apple <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, that code grant did take place. > > If we are still in the middle of changing the copyright headers on our > files, is that a problem for an incubator release? > > On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 9:35 AM, Sean Busbey <[email protected]> wrote: >> So long as the code grant is in place (which should have happened >> before a git import) and the release had a suitable disclaimer in the >> release notes, I'd be fine with that as an IPMC voter. >> >> On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 11:32 AM, Jim Apple <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Specifically, if we are still in the midst of a copyright/licensing >>> audit, but are actively working on it, would you expect that to block >>> our first incubating release? >>> >>> On Fri, Jul 22, 2016 at 1:40 AM, Tom White <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I agree. You don't need to wait until everything is perfect to do a >>>> release, and in fact a lot of issues will get flushed out by going >>>> through the release process. >>>> >>>> Tom >>>> >>>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 11:24 PM, Todd Lipcon <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> Yes, I agree with the statement that it can be looser, but if there is >>>>> stuff >>>>> that is downright _wrong_ or not covered, it's likely the release will get >>>>> -1s until it can be addressed. If it's something that's a bit of a grey >>>>> area >>>>> (eg the licensing is correct but it's not called out quite correctly in >>>>> top >>>>> level NOTICE files or such) then I often see a '+1, please fix the >>>>> following >>>>> for your next release'. >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, Jul 21, 2016 at 2:50 PM, Jim Apple <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>> Hello Impala Mentors, >>>>>> >>>>>> I was chatting with Sean Busbey about incubation in general, and he >>>>>> mentioned that while incubating, releases are not help to as high as >>>>>> standard about licensing as they are after graduation: >>>>>> >>>>>> http://www.apache.org/dev/release.html#license >>>>>> >>>>>> He mentioned that, while an incubating project is doing its license >>>>>> audit and header changes, the community can still do releases, and >>>>>> that this will help the community learn about the mechanics of signing >>>>>> releases, votes, etc. >>>>>> >>>>>> I wanted to check in with you, our mentors, before heading down this >>>>>> path. >>>>>> >>>>>> I have CCed Sean and dev@. >>>>>> >>>>>> Best, >>>>>> Jim >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> Todd Lipcon >>>>> Software Engineer, Cloudera >> >> >> >> -- >> busbey -- busbey
