Maybe a simple solution is to first promote committers interested in managing releases to PMC members?
On Wed, Feb 7, 2024, at 21:13, Willem Jiang wrote: > I think we have enough PMC members to handle the release work. > It's important work to make and check the release for PMC members. > > > Willem Jiang > > Twitter: willemjiang > Weibo: 姜宁willem > > On Wed, Feb 7, 2024 at 10:08 AM Xuanwo <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hi, everyone >> >> I started this discussion about OpenDAL's distribution policy at >> https://dist.apache.org (shortened as d.a.o) release branch. >> >> While in the incubator, all committers have direct write access to d.a.o >> release branch, meaning PMCs don't need to do extra work if the RM is a >> committer. >> >> However, once OpenDAL becomes a TLP, only PMCs will have write access to >> d.a.o release branch. As noted in >> https://github.com/apache/opendal/issues/4150, if an RM is a committer but >> not a PMC, we'll need a PMC member involved in the release process to update >> the KEYS and manage the release branch. >> >> We have two options here: >> >> - Change the release process: Involve a PMC member in the release process. >> - Change the distribution policy: Allow committers to write release branch >> of d.a.o (the same as before) >> >> What do you think? Feel free to leave your comments and decision below. >> >> Xuanwo -- Xuanwo
