On 08/11/2007, Daniel Kulp <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Thursday 08 November 2007, Martin Ritchie wrote: > > Yes you have to go to the IPMC to approve the release. From my > > understanding there is still some debate about the level of review > > that the IPMC performs. Is it purely legal checks or are there > > functional tests also done. > > Purely legal. From their standpoint, the code could not work, not meet > any users needs, etc.... They just need to make sure all the legal > ducks are in a row. > > > I have also seen concerns raised on the > > general list when podlings take the vote to the general list to get > > the 3 required votes. > > Hmmm... Haven't ever seen that concern. CXF has NEVER gotten 3 > binding votes before heading to [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only 2 active mentors) > (The > vote running now might be the first. Need one more and I expect that > today) I don't think Tuscany ever has either. > > In fact, several mentors I've talked to will NOT vote until the vote is > on [EMAIL PROTECTED] They think by voting on the dev vote, they > could "influence" other people on the project. They specifically want > to see how the community conducts their votes and own audits and stuff > WITHOUT their involvement first. This is especially true if the > project is getting closer to graduation and the project SHOULD be able > to do as much as it can itself. > > The concern is if, after the two votes, none of the mentors have voted. > That definitely is a concern.
Ah, that is probably what I'm remembering. My brain is a little distracted just now with a stomach bug. > > Now here is where my knowledge gets a little hazy. Are all mentors on > > the IPMC ? > > Hopefully yes, but not in all cases. That's another thing they keep > going back and forth on. Some mentors are PMC on the "sponsoring" > project, but that doesn't make them IPMC's. Usually, they try to get 3 > IPMC mentors though. > > > If so then is it a release notification email that is sent > > to general giving them 72hours to point out anything that they think > > the mentors missed? Or have I go the wrong end of the stick here. > > It's not a release notification that is sent to [EMAIL PROTECTED] It's a full > vote. That said, all binding votes from BOTH votes count. Thus, if > you DO have three here and don't get any there, that's OK as long as you > do still conduct the vote there. > > > I remember there being numerous discussions on the general list but > > none of the documentation seems to get updated. > > That seems to be the Apache way. :-( > > -- > J. Daniel Kulp > Principal Engineer > IONA > P: 781-902-8727 C: 508-380-7194 > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.dankulp.com/blog > -- Martin Ritchie
