On Mon, 2012-05-28 at 14:50 -0500, Pedro Giffuni wrote: > On 05/28/12 14:25, Rob Weir wrote: > > On Mon, May 28, 2012 at 2:45 PM, Pedro Giffuni<[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Rob; > >> > >> > >> On 05/28/12 13:10, Rob Weir wrote: > >>> I'd like to start the graduation process, with the aim of being a TLP > >>> in time for the 3.4.1 release. > >>> > >>> The IPMC has a "Guide to Successful Graduation" page with a lot of > >>> detail and advice: http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html > >>> > >>> The calendar here is especially useful: > >>> http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html#toplevel > >>> > >>> It shows 4 steps: > >>> > >>> 1) a vote on ooo-dev (a community vote) on whether we want to graduate now > >>> > >>> 2) a discussion on ooo-dev leading to the draft of a charter for the new > >>> TLP > >>> > >>> 3) an IPMC vote on whether or not to recommend the podling for graduation > >>> > >>> 4) a vote by the ASF Board on a resolution creating the new TLP > >>> > >>> This thread is just a proposal. It is not the actual vote called for > >>> in #1 above. But I'd like to gauge current sentiment. Are we all +1 > >>> for going ahead? If not, please list what pre-graduation tasks you > >>> believe need to be done first. > >>> > >>> Thanks! > >>> > >>> -Rob > >> > >> A reminder of a small, but IMHO significant, technical issue: > >> > >> We do have to take the category-B tarballs out of the tree > >> before graduation. > >> > > Do we? If I recall, there were multiple views on this and no > > consensus. But you are welcome to make a concrete proposal. > > Yes the situation was specifically postponed as a graduation > issue, I am not going through that discussion again. > > I made a concrete proposal with two alternatives: > > - They are moved to a friendly ftp/http site. > - I step down from the PPMC to avoid the community > the pain of a -1 vote.
Please do not do the second - I know that someone was putting forward the idea that a -1 vote on the first RC was enough to disqualify that person from serving on the PMC but that was something that I can't believe people in general would agree with. > > Pedro. >
