On May 8, 2013, at 2:40 PM, Alan Cabrera <l...@toolazydogs.com> wrote: >>>>> One last suggested refinement: >>>>> >>>>> At least two mentors, but perhaps not allow more than three, where the >>>>> third is generally a backup for the others in a transition period, such >>>>> as one of the mentors looking to shed their responsibilities. One point >>>>> that has come out of the discussion has been a lack of clear >>>>> responsibility. Adding more mentors dilutes that responsibility. Two >>>>> allows one as backup for the other. >>>> >>>> Yes, this was what I was thinking as well. Two active mentors, maybe one >>>> or two inactive ones but since they officially declared themselves >>>> inactive the active mentor know not to assume anything of them. >>> >>> I may be incorrect in my understanding of the official ASF policy here >>> [1], but WRT a release, doesn't it require at least 3 +1 votes of the >>> appropriate PMC (in the case of podlings, the IPMC)? If the mentors >>> were limited to 2 within the podlings, then would that leave all podling >>> in a position of having to get a third +1 from the IPMC? >> >> We're the IPMC, we can change the rules if we need to. > > Oh, I see this is an ASF rule. Maybe we should have three active mentors?
Three active mentors is fine. But I personally would rather prefer a trip to general for the 3rd vote just to get diverse perspectives. But again this is debatable in the light of unattended release threads, but I am looking at the positive learning aspect here. But I am not a good judge of whats best because I hardly have spent time to verify releases outside the projects I am mentoring. I am eager to hear from people like Sebb who provide outstanding release verification in this forum. Will a lazy consensus IPMC time be as motivating (for taking time to verify releases) as the required 3rd vote? In any case, I will not divert the topic and dilute the just of the entire thread. Looking foreword to see all these threads converge into some actionable form soon. Suresh > > > Regards, > Alan > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
