Do we want to become an Apache top-level project? Please vote.
(I'm +1) Thanks, St.Ack On Thu, Mar 18, 2010 at 9:58 AM, Stack <st...@duboce.net> wrote: > I'd like to start a discussion about promoting HBase from a Hadoop > sub-project to a top-level Apache project (TLP). > > This is not yet a vote. Once we have established general > understanding and agreement, I'll call a vote. > > I propose we move HBase from hadoop.apache.org/hbase to > hbase.apache.org. HBase would then have it's own Project Management > Committee (PMC) so that it can elect committers and create releases on > its own. Currently these actions require votes by the Hadoop PMC. > However I think HBase now has a sufficiently large, diverse and > distinct community that it can fend for itself. > > I suggest that initial HBase PMC consist of all active HBase > committers at the time we make the formal proposal. This is typical > for new TLPs. (Subsequently PMCs tend to promote committers to the > PMC. The Hadoop PMC generally promotes committers to the PMC after a > year of consistent activity, while some projects immediately add new > committers to their PMC. But we don't need to decide our policy for > new PMC membership now, only the makeup of the initial PMC.) > > I nominate myself as the initial chair of the HBase PMC, with the > proviso that we adopt a policy of regular chair replacement. I > suggest that HBase PMC chairs serve a one or two-year term. A PMC > chair has no more power than other PMC members, but rather has a few > more duties. In particular, the chair must submit written quarterly > reports to the board describing the health of the projects developer > community. The chair also maintains subversion permissions and > committer account creation. > > Do these proposal sound reasonable? Any improvements or questions? > > For some background, please read: > > http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#roles > > The steps I imagine are roughly: > - discussion by HBase developers (what I'm starting here today) > - vote by HBase developers > - discussion by Hadoop PMC > - vote by Hadoop PMC > - draft resolution sent to board > - board votes on resolution to form TLP > > Formally, the board alone has the power to create a TLP: all prior > steps are merely an ordered means to make the case to the board that > all involved parties support such an action. > > Thanks, > > St.Ack > > (Above is a message Doug Cutting sent to the Avro dev list after doing > a s/Avro/HBase/) >
