Noel's proposed change to Justin's proposed change is better but I'd prefer that the process be crisper in the case that the PPMC vote fails to get the required three PMC member votes.

<proposed>
Vote on the podling's private (PPMC) list, with notice posted to the
Incubator private list. The notice is a separate email forwarding the
vote email with a cover statement that this vote is underway on the
podling's private list. Many consider this approach to be best
practice.

After completing the vote on the PPMC list, if there are three
or more binding (incubator PMC member) votes, the proposer
*sends a note to* the Incubator PMC private list, summarizing the
discussion and vote, with a reference to the archived discussion and
vote threads by the PPMC.  *Any member of the Incubator PMC can ACK
the receipt of the vote.  This starts a 72-hour window for lazy
consensus.  After 72 hours and no requests by any Incubator PMC member
for a full vote by the Incubator PMC, the committer request is
approved by the Incubator PMC and the PPMC can start the committer
invitation process.*

If there are not three binding votes in the PPMC vote, the proposer calls a vote
on the Incubator PMC private list, summarizing the
discussion and vote, with a reference to the archived discussion and
vote threads by the PPMC.
</proposed>

Craig

On Jun 23, 2008, at 11:40 AM, Noel J. Bergman wrote:

Bertrand Delacretaz wrote:

I'd like to ask for a vote on Justin's proposal below

There is the missing nuance that must be addressed (see below), but with that fixed, I'm +1.

On Tue, Jun 3, 2008 at 10:29 PM, Justin Erenkrantz
Currently on http://incubator.apache.org/guides/ppmc.html, we have:
---
Vote on the podling's private (PPMC) list, with notice posted to the
Incubator private list. The notice is a separate email forwarding the
vote email with a cover statement that this vote is underway on the
podling's private list. Many consider this approach to be best
practice. After completing the vote on the PPMC list, the proposer
calls a vote on the Incubator PMC private list, summarizing the
discussion and vote, with a reference to the archived discussion and
vote threads by the PPMC.

I'd like to make the suggestion that we alter this to:
---
Vote on the podling's private (PPMC) list, with notice posted to the
Incubator private list. The notice is a separate email forwarding the
vote email with a cover statement that this vote is underway on the
podling's private list. Many consider this approach to be best
practice. After completing the vote on the PPMC list, the proposer
*sends a note to* the Incubator PMC private list, summarizing the
discussion and vote, with a reference to the archived discussion and
vote threads by the PPMC.  *Any member of the Incubator PMC can ACK
the receipt of the vote.  This starts a 72-hour window for lazy
consensus. After 72 hours and no requests by any Incubator PMC member
for a full vote by the Incubator PMC, the committer request is
approved by the Incubator PMC and the PPMC can start the committer
invitation process.*

As has been noted, the text of Justin's proposal fails to address that if the vote fails to gain the required binding votes, it is NOT lazy consensus. The standard rules still apply, and the PMC vote would be required to supplement the vote, not just a lazy ratification.

Proposed change to Justin's text would be "After 72 hours and no requests by any Incubator PMC member for a full vote by the Incubator PMC, and if the vote is positive (three or more binding +1 votes and no binding -1 votes), the committer request is approved by the Incubator PMC and the PPMC can start the committer invitation process."

        --- Noel



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