On Tue, May 29, 2012 at 12:16 PM, drew <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. >
A citation, please? > > >> >> Pedro. >> > >
