on a related note, since a HEP-initiator might not be a apache committer, does it mean that it is the responsibility of the editor/champion to check versions of the HEP proposal into svn?
thanks, dhruba On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 6:23 PM, Aaron Kimball <[email protected]> wrote: > Eli, > > Great work. I like where this is going. > > Here's something that I think might be problematic: > > 3. Copyright/public domain -- Each HEP must either be explicitly > labelled as placed in the public domain (see this HEP as an example). > > > "must either be placed in the public domain, or..?" I assume the > alternative > is an open source copyright license? You should state what this is. PEP's > alternative is "licensed under the Open Publication License." ( > http://www.opencontent.org/openpub/) Is that your intent? > > Upon acceptance of a PEP, the PEP workflow states that it should be checked > into svn. Are we planning to host accepted HEPs in the Hadoop svn? If so, > we > should specify that non-public-domain HEPs should be placed under a license > listed on http://www.apache.org/legal/resolved.html. The Open Publication > License isn't listed there. Nor are the GFDL and other documentation > licenses (presumably not because they're not specifically allowed, but > because Apache deals with code more than documentation). Note that > CC/Attribution/Share-Alike is allowed. You may want to recommend that one? > > - Aaron > > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 3:00 PM, Eli Collins <[email protected]> wrote: > > > On Wed, Jul 14, 2010 at 11:57 AM, Doug Cutting <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > > On 07/14/2010 10:46 AM, Eli Collins wrote: > > > > > >> 5. How the set of editors is selected? > > >>> "The editors are apointed and removed by the PMC informally, > similar > > to > > >>> how the Apache Board appoints shepherds to projects." > > >>> This needs a reference. How does Apache Board appoints shepherds? > > >>> > > >> > > >> Good question, anyone know? Since it's informal I imagine shepherds > > >> volunteer. The editors could be a subset of the PMC that either > > >> volunteers or is rotated periodically. > > >> > > > > > > Shepherds are assigned randomly by the chair 48 hours before each > > meeting. > > > Perhaps a better analogy for an editor is an Incubator Champion? > > > > > > > > > > > > http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Roles_and_Responsibilities.html#Champion > > > > > > Champions are volunteers. So, rather than assigning an editor, a HEP > > might > > > ask for one to volunteer. Any PMC member might volunteer. > > > > > > > That sounds reasonable. Having a PMC member volunteer will likely result > in > > someone who has more expertise in the area and will perhaps be more > > responsive. > > > > Thanks, > > Eli > > > -- Connect to me at http://www.facebook.com/dhruba
