Hi everyone, I can confirm that voting has begun. In terms of timeline,
the vote must stay open for one week and then this is a minimum waiting
period of a few days after we forward results to the board to have new PMC
members added. So please expect another update toward the last week of
July.
Thanks and regards, Aaron
On Mon, Jun 19, 2023 at 2:07 AM Richard Zowalla wrote:
> Don't want to come across as an annoying user, but have we made any
> progress in this area yet? Everyone who has expressed interest
> (usually) doesn't have read access to private@, so no one knows what
> the current status is regarding the continuation of the project by
> expanding the committer / pmc circle. CC'ing private@, so we can
> hopefully get an update.
>
> I am asking because I read about the intention to cut a storm 2.5.0
> release and I am wondering, if we get the necessary votes in a timely
> manner.
>
> Gruß
> Richard
>
> Am Montag, dem 12.06.2023 um 12:06 +0200 schrieb Alexandre
> Vermeerbergen:
> > +1
> >
> > Le lun. 12 juin 2023 à 11:57, Richard Zowalla a
> > écrit :
> > >
> > > Some weeks passed, any updates?
> > >
> > > Gruß
> > > Richard
> > >
> > > Am Donnerstag, dem 11.05.2023 um 19:16 -0400 schrieb P. Taylor
> > > Goetz:
> > > > Thanks for the reminder Richard,
> > > >
> > > > In response, I’ve bumped the PMC-private discussion around adding
> > > > new
> > > > members interested in contributing.
> > > >
> > > > - Taylor
> > > >
> > > > > On May 11, 2023, at 8:39 AM, Richard Zowalla
> > > > > wrote:
> > > > >
> > > > > Hello,
> > > > >
> > > > > I know we are all busy with our day jobs, but is there any
> > > > > news?
> > > > >
> > > > > We had some activity after a move to the attic was proposed. In
> > > > > the
> > > > > process, a few people volunteered to help with the project.
> > > > >
> > > > > A few weeks later, IMHO we are back to where we were before the
> > > > > proposal. Mails are going nowhere and I've heard of a few
> > > > > people
> > > > > planning to just fork Storm to get an updated version into
> > > > > production.
> > > > >
> > > > > If we want to prevent that and Storm should really be put into
> > > > > maintenance mode, then we should urgently take care of
> > > > > expanding
> > > > > the PMC/Committers circle, so that we are able to put out
> > > > > timely
> > > > > releases again and the work regarding maintenance is
> > > > > distributed on
> > > > > more than just 2 shoulders.
> > > > >
> > > > > Don't take it as a rant, it's just my opinion as someone who
> > > > > runs a
> > > > > Storm Cluster in production and would love to help the project
> > > > > to
> > > > > sustain.
> > > > >
> > > > > Gruß
> > > > > Richard
> > > > >
> > > > > On 2023/05/02 12:58:00 Richard Zowalla wrote:
> > > > > > Any updates? :-)
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Think Storm would benefit from a new release soon...
> > > > > >
> > > > > > Am Mittwoch, dem 22.02.2023 um 18:02 -0500 schrieb P. Taylor
> > > > > > Goetz:
> > > > > > > Quick update:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The ASF Board voted to accept both our report and the
> > > > > > > resolution to
> > > > > > > change PMC Chair. Board feedback on our report was
> > > > > > > positive.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > The next step is to expand the the PMC/Committers group.
> > > > > > > Official
> > > > > > > votes will necessarily be private, but I see no reason
> > > > > > > nominations
> > > > > > > can’t be public.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > So lets open a thread to talk about adding new contributors
> > > > > > > to
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > PMC. Feel free to:
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > 1. Volunteer to support the project as a PMC
> > > > > > > Member/Committer..
> > > > > > > 2. Nominate someone become PMC/Committer
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > I have a few candidates in mind, and will follow up
> > > > > > > accordingly.
> > > > > > > Votes for new members will be private, but successful votes
> > > > > > > for
> > > > > > > new
> > > > > > > members will be announced on the public lists.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > One important way to contribute is to volunteer as a
> > > > > > > release
> > > > > > > manager
> > > > > > > for any given release, even if we release infrequently
> > > > > > > (e.g.
> > > > > > > only in
> > > > > > > response to a serious bug or security issue. I don’t have
> > > > > > > the
> > > > > > > bandwidth to act in that role, though I will commit to
> > > > > > > support
> > > > > > > voting
> > > > > > > on releases, etc. Ideally we would want at least two folks
> > > > > > > ready to
> > > > > > > step into that role, but we can get by with one if
> > > > > > > necessary.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > Thanks again to everyone who’s expressed interest in
> > > > > > > contributing to
> > > > > > > the project.
> > > > > > >
> > > > > > > - Taylor
> > > > > >
> > > > > >
> > > >
> > >
>
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