There has been some discussion about modifying the Logging Services
project bylaws (http://logging.apache.org/site/bylaws.html) to
address some concerns particular to the project. I was researching
the Jakarta guidelines and stumbled across http://jakarta.apache.org/
site/proposal.html. It is referenced at the bottom of http://
jakarta.apache.org/site/guidelines.html as a working proposal, but it
does not appear from the SVN log to have any activity for over two
years.
Was there a resolution on the proposal? If so or if has been
abandoned, then it might be good to pull it and the link from the
site or at least update the status. Has the activity moved elsewhere
or is it just sleeping? If either was going to be considered as a
starting point for a rework of the LS bylaws, would you recommend the
proposal or the accepted guidelines?
I haven't had a chance to attempt to compare and contrast the current
and proposed guidelines, but the proposal's one page format left a
better impression since you can see everything at one glance.
One of significant differences between our current bylaws and either
of the proposal or existing guidelines is that the PMC is tasked with
electing new committers. There is a desire to move that decision
towards the sub-project, but I'm concerned that without any role for
the PMC and no private medium for the vote, that there isn't a clean
way for the PMC to address a potential disruptive or legally
entangling committer candidate except to accept the sub-project vote
and for the PMC to attempt to revoke his committer rights requiring a
full consensus. There would also be no private forum to discuss any
sensitive issues since only the PMC has a private list. For the LS
bylaws, I was considering suggesting a two-phase vote, lazy consensus
at the sub-project and then lazy approval followed by lazy consensus
at the PMC. Considering the damage a rogue committer could do,
having the PMC with some means of intervening without invoking the
nuclear option would seem to be warranted.
If anyone wants to contribute advice or opinions on the LS bylaws and
proposed modifications, there should be a discussion starting in
[email protected] starting in the next few days.
p.s.: s/immediate tactic/immediate tacit/
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