We were handling votes like that in OpenWhisk up until graduation. Mentor votes carry over to the IPMC vote.
On Mon, Aug 12, 2019 at 07:20, Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> wrote: > We have always had a mindset that we (the foundation) want to make it as > "brain dead easy" for people to download, use, and consume ASF projects. > This means that they don't need to worry about compliance, IP provenance, > etc. > > Incubator releases are a special case. The expectation is, and should be, > that these releases may have issues. In fact, it is quite likely they will. > Again, as long as those downloading these releases are aware of that, and > we've done all we could to ensure that they are aware of it, then we have > satisfied our requirements. IMO, with the naming and the DISCLAIMER and > other such touches, we are achieving that. > > And they are, in fact, *releases*. We need to recall that one function of > the foundation, and PMCs, is to provide legal protection to those who are > creating the software artifacts, and when a release is done, as a "formal" > act of the foundation (via the PMC), it is when they legal coverage is at > its most clear and explicit. So in order for those within the podling to > enjoy the legal protection this foundation exists to provide, these do need > to be releases. I would be opposed to not providing such coverage for those > in our podlings, since they should be safe spaces to learn about the Apache > Way and how to build communities and how to release software. > > This does NOT mean that the IPMC should be gatekeepers though... Just as > PMC chairs are the "eyes and ears of the board", mentors are the "eyes and > ears of the IPMC". The IPMC "vote" should be little more than a formality. > IMO, if mentors are IPMC members, and there are at least 3 binding votes on > the podling list, and the mentors are acting as IPMC members when they > vote, then any other additional vote in the IPMC is not required... in > essence, consider it like extending the vote for a lazy consensus, so to > speak: > > > "The Apache Podling Foo has voted on releasing Foo 1.2.2 (url and > pointers here). We have 3 (or more) binding votes from mentors. We are > giving the IPMC and additional 72 hours to vote on said release." > > Comments? > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > -- Matt Sicker <boa...@gmail.com>
