Re: Cultivating Outstanding IP Stewards

2013-11-20 Thread ant elder
Its not totally clear to me what that would look like. What would then
be the difference between an IP Stewards and what we currently call
mentor, where would they discuss and vote on adding new IP
Stewards? I'm not saying it couldn't be made to work and i guess this
is the sort of thing an experiment would help sort out, but it does
seem like its starting to make things unnecessarily complicated. The
original pTLP approach where the PMC is all the PPMC + some others
providing oversight is easy and simple. If it looks like they're going
off course the ones providing the oversight step in, if necessary with
-1s, if those are ignored the pTLP gets sent back to the Incubator.

   ...ant

On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Joseph Schaefer
joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote:

 Then lets disambiguate by not referring to the
 “IP Stewards” as being the PPMC.  Seems simple
 enough.

 On Nov 19, 2013, at 4:34 AM, ant elder ant.el...@gmail.com wrote:

  The reason it might be dis-empowering is that currently one of the main
  roles of the PPMC is voting in new committers so if the PPMC is initially
  just the mentors then the other podling members wont be involved in that.
  It might still be worth trying the approach as an experiment if a willing
  podling can be found, but i doubt all new podlings would be very happy with
  the approach.
 
...ant
 
 
 
  On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Joseph Schaefer 
  joe_schae...@yahoo.comwrote:
 
  I don’t see how the situation is any worse
  than it is now, where no one on the project
  currently has a binding vote on a release.
  Going from that to “a few” may seem unfair,
  but we have to start somewhere and we need
  to keep in mind that this is partly a training
  exercise, where we need to see people actually
  demonstrate good judgement on policy matters.
 
  Unfortunately this doesn’t solve the bootstrapping
  issue directly with the first release, unless we
  use it as a remedy for letting release votes stall.
 
 
  On Nov 18, 2013, at 6:41 AM, Andy Seaborne a...@apache.org wrote:
 
  On 17/11/13 11:17, Upayavira wrote:
 
 
  On Sun, Nov 17, 2013, at 04:59 AM, Alex Harui wrote:
 
 
  On 11/16/13 8:47 AM, Upayavira u...@odoko.co.uk wrote:
 
 
 
 
  Alex,
 
  I'm not sure I see the difference between a release auditor and an
  IPMC
  member. If someone is sufficiently clued up to audit a release, then
  they're surely ready to join the Incubator PMC. Am I missing
  something?
  To me, there is more responsibility in being on the IPMC, like
  reviewing
  proposals for new podlings and voting on their graduation and becoming
  a
  mentor.  Personally, that's why I don't want to be on the IPMC, but I
  might be willing to help IP audit a podling's release.  Just like some
  projects don't have all committers on the PMC, a Release Auditor is
  just
  someone who can do that specific task, and there is no need to vote
  them
  in if they are already on some other TLP PMC because any member of a
  TLP
  PMC supposedly knows how to do release auditing.
 
 
  My interest is in a lesser level of involvement, where someone has
  shown
  merit within their own PPMC and can get a binding vote there, but
  no-where else. That feels to me like a very useful intermediate step
  to
  have.
  I agree, except for the no-where else part.  If you know how to check a
  RAT report and have an idea of what should be in the NOTICE files, you
  should be able to help out any other podling by reviewing their release
  and casting a binding vote so they can learn how to do that.  I'd say
  that
  3 IPMC members must vote to give a person Release Auditor status if
  they
  are not already on a TLP PMC.  Consider this:  I am an the Flex PMC but
  not the IPMC, but if I join the PPMC of some new podling, why
  shouldn't I
  be able to cast a binding vote for that podling's releases?
 
  With a two tier model - with PPMC membership granting voting rights on
  podling releases, then a podling would start with just mentors on its
  PPMC. If you clearly knew what you were doing, you'd get voted onto the
  PPMC pretty quickly, and thus you'd be able to vote on your releases.
 
  I am concerned that it would be dis-empowering to the incoming community
  if at least the active and major developers of the podling were not on the
  PPMC at the start.
 
   Andy
 
 
  Upayavira
 
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Re: Cultivating Outstanding IP Stewards

2013-11-20 Thread Joseph Schaefer
Please don’t cry out for something simple, you know
what my answer is but you don’t like hearing it.

The bottom line is that we need to provide to the board,
possibly on a per-podling basis, a list of people we
have approved for making binding decisions about release
votes.  Why you want to tie that into mentoring, personnel
voting, etc. makes little sense unless you intend for that
list to be self-populating too, in which case I’d agree
that PPMC alignment would make the most sense.

The ultimate question is that do you want to fiddle around
at the ends of the status quo or induce a sea-change into
how release voting works in this part of the org?  I’d expect
support for your position will depend more on this answer
than anything else you cook up.


On Nov 20, 2013, at 4:13 AM, ant elder ant.el...@gmail.com wrote:

 Its not totally clear to me what that would look like. What would then
 be the difference between an IP Stewards and what we currently call
 mentor, where would they discuss and vote on adding new IP
 Stewards? I'm not saying it couldn't be made to work and i guess this
 is the sort of thing an experiment would help sort out, but it does
 seem like its starting to make things unnecessarily complicated. The
 original pTLP approach where the PMC is all the PPMC + some others
 providing oversight is easy and simple. If it looks like they're going
 off course the ones providing the oversight step in, if necessary with
 -1s, if those are ignored the pTLP gets sent back to the Incubator.
 
   ...ant
 
 On Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 10:51 AM, Joseph Schaefer
 joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote:
 
 Then lets disambiguate by not referring to the
 “IP Stewards” as being the PPMC.  Seems simple
 enough.
 
 On Nov 19, 2013, at 4:34 AM, ant elder ant.el...@gmail.com wrote:
 
 The reason it might be dis-empowering is that currently one of the main
 roles of the PPMC is voting in new committers so if the PPMC is initially
 just the mentors then the other podling members wont be involved in that.
 It might still be worth trying the approach as an experiment if a willing
 podling can be found, but i doubt all new podlings would be very happy with
 the approach.
 
  ...ant
 
 
 
 On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 12:12 PM, Joseph Schaefer 
 joe_schae...@yahoo.comwrote:
 
 I don’t see how the situation is any worse
 than it is now, where no one on the project
 currently has a binding vote on a release.
 Going from that to “a few” may seem unfair,
 but we have to start somewhere and we need
 to keep in mind that this is partly a training
 exercise, where we need to see people actually
 demonstrate good judgement on policy matters.
 
 Unfortunately this doesn’t solve the bootstrapping
 issue directly with the first release, unless we
 use it as a remedy for letting release votes stall.
 
 
 On Nov 18, 2013, at 6:41 AM, Andy Seaborne a...@apache.org wrote:
 
 On 17/11/13 11:17, Upayavira wrote:
 
 
 On Sun, Nov 17, 2013, at 04:59 AM, Alex Harui wrote:
 
 
 On 11/16/13 8:47 AM, Upayavira u...@odoko.co.uk wrote:
 
 
 
 
 Alex,
 
 I'm not sure I see the difference between a release auditor and an
 IPMC
 member. If someone is sufficiently clued up to audit a release, then
 they're surely ready to join the Incubator PMC. Am I missing
 something?
 To me, there is more responsibility in being on the IPMC, like
 reviewing
 proposals for new podlings and voting on their graduation and becoming
 a
 mentor.  Personally, that's why I don't want to be on the IPMC, but I
 might be willing to help IP audit a podling's release.  Just like some
 projects don't have all committers on the PMC, a Release Auditor is
 just
 someone who can do that specific task, and there is no need to vote
 them
 in if they are already on some other TLP PMC because any member of a
 TLP
 PMC supposedly knows how to do release auditing.
 
 
 My interest is in a lesser level of involvement, where someone has
 shown
 merit within their own PPMC and can get a binding vote there, but
 no-where else. That feels to me like a very useful intermediate step
 to
 have.
 I agree, except for the no-where else part.  If you know how to check a
 RAT report and have an idea of what should be in the NOTICE files, you
 should be able to help out any other podling by reviewing their release
 and casting a binding vote so they can learn how to do that.  I'd say
 that
 3 IPMC members must vote to give a person Release Auditor status if
 they
 are not already on a TLP PMC.  Consider this:  I am an the Flex PMC but
 not the IPMC, but if I join the PPMC of some new podling, why
 shouldn't I
 be able to cast a binding vote for that podling's releases?
 
 With a two tier model - with PPMC membership granting voting rights on
 podling releases, then a podling would start with just mentors on its
 PPMC. If you clearly knew what you were doing, you'd get voted onto the
 PPMC pretty quickly, and thus you'd be able to vote on your releases.
 
 I am concerned that it would be dis-empowering to the 

Re: Cultivating Outstanding IP Stewards

2013-11-20 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi,

On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Upayavira u...@odoko.co.uk wrote:
 ...My issue is that granting PMC membership is too big a step for many
 podling members. Going from being newbie podling member, to a part of a
 team responsible for 50+ incubator projects is, with the freedom to
 mentor other podlings, is too big a step for most podling members, and
 will remain scary even if you attempt to restrict 'powers' through
 social convention...

Assuming that's true, instead of inventing new roles I would suggest
electing those deserving podling committers as Incubator PMC members
*for a limited time*.

Make them IPMC members for six months or until their podling
graduates, and elect them permanently after that if they're still
around doing good work. Make it clear that they're not really expected
to care for other podlings at this point, but welcome to do so in a
constructive way.

Not much bad can happen, and if it's the case the IPMC can still kick
out anyone on short notice as a last resort.

IMO that's the simplest way to empower people without scaring them too
much, without making things much more complicated - you'd just need a
file in svn to keep track of which people have such expiring
memberships.

-Bertrand

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Re: Cultivating Outstanding IP Stewards

2013-11-20 Thread Joseph Schaefer
Can I just ask how many people have we encountered who upon
being offered IPMC membership turned it down with grounds along
these lines?  Why do we design policy about the fringes and not
the happy, average, well-adjusted individuals we meet daily here
who would be honored to help out and act responsibly?


On Nov 20, 2013, at 4:28 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote:

 Hi,
 
 On Fri, Nov 8, 2013 at 11:54 AM, Upayavira u...@odoko.co.uk wrote:
 ...My issue is that granting PMC membership is too big a step for many
 podling members. Going from being newbie podling member, to a part of a
 team responsible for 50+ incubator projects is, with the freedom to
 mentor other podlings, is too big a step for most podling members, and
 will remain scary even if you attempt to restrict 'powers' through
 social convention...
 
 Assuming that's true, instead of inventing new roles I would suggest
 electing those deserving podling committers as Incubator PMC members
 *for a limited time*.
 
 Make them IPMC members for six months or until their podling
 graduates, and elect them permanently after that if they're still
 around doing good work. Make it clear that they're not really expected
 to care for other podlings at this point, but welcome to do so in a
 constructive way.
 
 Not much bad can happen, and if it's the case the IPMC can still kick
 out anyone on short notice as a last resort.
 
 IMO that's the simplest way to empower people without scaring them too
 much, without making things much more complicated - you'd just need a
 file in svn to keep track of which people have such expiring
 memberships.
 
 -Bertrand
 
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Re: Cultivating Outstanding IP Stewards

2013-11-20 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Wed, Nov 20, 2013 at 10:41 AM, Joseph Schaefer
joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote:
 Can I just ask how many people have we encountered who upon
 being offered IPMC membership turned it down with grounds along
 these lines?...

I'm not saying there are any, hence starting my suggesting with
assuming Upayavira's concerns are true.

My temporary PMC member election suggestion is easy to implement and
revert, I thought it might be easier to agree on and move on than the
larger proposals seen in this thread.

-Bertrand

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Re: INFRA-6774

2013-11-20 Thread Daniel Shahaf
Joseph Schaefer wrote on Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 23:18:11 -0500:
 
 On Nov 19, 2013, at 10:50 PM, Joseph Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote:
 
  
  On Nov 19, 2013, at 10:40 PM, Jordan Zimmerman randg...@apache.org wrote:
  
  Can someone please explain to me what I need to do to have 
  curator.incubator.apache.org redirect to curator.apache.org?
  
  You need to create an .htaccess file at the top-level of your tree with the 
  following contents
  
  RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} curator.incubator.apache.org
  RewriteRule (.*)  https://curator.apache.org/
 
 Sorry, that last part needs an $1 tacked onto the end: 
 https://curator.apache.org/$1

No htaccess is needed, it happens automagically once the TLP dist area
is created.  See vhosts/zzzothers.conf on eos.

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[VOTE] Release HDT version 0.0.1.incubating (RC1)

2013-11-20 Thread Rahul Sharma
Hi,

I would like to call for a vote for Apache Hadoop Development Tools
(incubating), version 0.0.1.incubating. The vote has happened of the dev
mailing list and the community has approved the second release
candidate(RC1) for Apache Hadoop Development Tools (incubating), version
0.0.1.incubating.The release has Zookeper and HDFS features from the
*hadoop-eclipse-merge* codebase. The issues raised for RC0 have been
addressed in this release.

1 IPMC votes have already been cast:
  Roman Shaposhnik (mentor)

Please vote on releasing this package as Apache Hadoop Development Tools
0.0.1.incubating.

[ ] +1 Release this package as Apache HDT 0.0.1.incubating
[ ]  0 I don't feel strongly about it, but I'm okay with the release
[ ] -1 Do not release this package because...

PPMC Vote thread :
http://apache.markmail.org/message/bbdedy4bprhwngew

Vote Result :
http://apache.markmail.org/message/nq4pylp73n5n6wyn

Source and binary files:
http://people.apache.org/~rsharma/hdt-0.0.1.incubating-rc1/

The tag to be voted upon:
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=incubator-hdt.git;a=commit;h=0627220f5181bfe698fdc71209ca66864068b352

KEYS file:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/hdt/KEYS

Some guideline to verify release can be found at :
http://apache.markmail.org/message/qj3srhvozapbwmq6

regards,
Rahul


INFRA-6774

2013-11-20 Thread Jordan Zimmerman
Can someone please explain to me what I need to do to have
curator.incubator.apache.org redirect to curator.apache.org?


[VOTE] Release Apache Knox-0.3.1-incubating RC3

2013-11-20 Thread larry mccay
Hello All,

This is a call for a vote on Apache Knox Gateway 0.3.1 incubating.

A vote was held on developer mailing list and it passed with 3 +1's, and 0
-1's or +0's and now
requires a vote on general@incubator.apache.org.

The [VOTE] thread can be found at:
http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-knox-dev/201311.mbox/%3CCACRbFyjgLrCSahhtWWHK-%3DaeQFM4Oegbe3fQjs-RV2-TAnhdxA%40mail.gmail.com%3E

The release candidate is a zip archive of the sources in:
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator-knox.git
Branch v0.3.1 (git checkout -b v0.3.1)

Tag:
https://git-wip-us.apache.org/repos/asf?p=incubator-knox.git;a=tag;h=5a907022dbc2b0a8534de47fe7b8c871c4f075f9

Source archive zip file and signature are available from:
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/knox/knox-incubating-0.3.1/knox-incubating-0.3.1-src.zip
https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/knox/knox-incubating-0.3.1/knox-incubating-0.3.1-src.zip.asc

Checksums of the source archive:
  SHA1:   04bb11360f57c0431c30cfb181e3199868fe6053

The KEYS file can be found at:

https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/knox/knox-incubating-0.3.1/KEYS

The release changes file can be found at:

https://dist.apache.org/repos/dist/dev/incubator/knox/knox-incubating-0.3.1/CHANGES

The release has been signed with key (587C089B):
  http://pgp.mit.edu:11371/pks/lookup?op=vindexsearch=0x82F9C371587C089B

Vote will be open for 72 hours.

thanks,

--larry

Larry McCay


Re: INFRA-6774

2013-11-20 Thread Joseph Schaefer
Oh snap Daniel nice job with that.  I didn’t
even notice that stanza in the config file
before!

On Nov 20, 2013, at 6:30 AM, Daniel Shahaf d...@daniel.shahaf.name wrote:

 Joseph Schaefer wrote on Tue, Nov 19, 2013 at 23:18:11 -0500:
 
 On Nov 19, 2013, at 10:50 PM, Joseph Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote:
 
 
 On Nov 19, 2013, at 10:40 PM, Jordan Zimmerman randg...@apache.org wrote:
 
 Can someone please explain to me what I need to do to have 
 curator.incubator.apache.org redirect to curator.apache.org?
 
 You need to create an .htaccess file at the top-level of your tree with the 
 following contents
 
 RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} curator.incubator.apache.org
 RewriteRule (.*)  https://curator.apache.org/
 
 Sorry, that last part needs an $1 tacked onto the end: 
 https://curator.apache.org/$1
 
 No htaccess is needed, it happens automagically once the TLP dist area
 is created.  See vhosts/zzzothers.conf on eos.


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[VOTE] Apache Helix as TLP Resolution

2013-11-20 Thread Olivier Lamy
Hi,
Here the vote for Apache Helix as TLP graduation.

The vote result for dev@helix.i.a.o is available here:
http://markmail.org/message/22orwjy2v3d4af67

Vote open for 72H
[+1]
[0]
[-1]


X. Resolution to establish the Apache Helix Project

WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best interests
of the Foundation and consistent with the Foundation's purpose to
establish a Project Management Committee charged with the creation and
maintenance of open-source software related to cluster management
system for managing partitioned and replicated resources in
distributed data systems.

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management Committee
(PMC), to be known as the The Apache Helix Project, be and hereby is
established pursuant to Bylaws of the Foundation; and be it further

RESOLVED, that The Apache Helix Project be and hereby is responsible
for the creation and maintenance of a software project related to
cluster management system for managing partitioned and replicated
resources in distributed data systems; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the office of Vice President, Helix be and hereby is
created, the person holding such office to serve at the direction of
the Board of Directors as the chair of The Apache Helix Project, and
to have primary responsibility for management of the projects within
the scope of responsibility of The Apache Helix Project; and be it
further

RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and hereby are
appointed to serve as the initial members of The Apache Helix Project:

* Olivier Lamy olamy
* Patrick Hunt phunt
* Mahadev Konar mahadev
* Owen O'Malley omalley
* Kishore Gopalakrishna kishoreg
* Zhen Zhang zzhang
* Shi Lu slu
* Kapil Surlaker ksurlaker
* Bob Schulman rms
* Swaroop Jagadish swaroop-aj
* Rahul Aggarwal rahula
* Terence Yim chtyim
* Santiago Perez santip
* Vinayak Borkar vinayakb
* Shirshanka Das sdas
* Kanak Biscuitwala kanak

NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Kishore Gopalakrishna be
and hereby is appointed to the office of Vice President, Helix, to
serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the Board of
Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until death, resignation,
retirement, removal or disqualification, or until a successor is
appointed; and be it further

RESOLVED, that the initial Apache Helix Project be and hereby is
tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache Incubator
Helix podling; and be it further

RESOLVED, that all responsibility pertaining to the Apache Incubator
Helix podling encumbered upon the Apache Incubator PMC are hereafter
discharged.

-- 
Olivier Lamy
Ecetera: http://ecetera.com.au
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Adding IPMC members based on PPMC merit

2013-11-20 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Sun, Nov 17, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote:

 and bug #2 is this scheme of
 adding IPMC members based on PPMC merit.

Adding IPMC members based on PPMC merit was the implementation
which garnered the most support on the first go-around.  Unfortunately, things
look grim so far:

*   An email to private@incubator soliciting nominees from one specific
podling came up empty.
*   An email to private@incubator soliciting nominees from any podling at all
also failed to elicit a single response.
*   Nominations have been complicated by the difficulty of establishing
exactly what criteria justify elevating someone with PPMC merit onto the
IPMC.

In order to compensate for Mentor attrition and a serious dent in the problem
of release vote scarcity, I reckon we need at least at least one new IPMC
member per podling on average.  Maybe we could start with a handful.
But zero?

My analysis is that this approach cannot scale because it lacks a forcing
function.  If nominating potential IPMC members from podlings remains both
uncomfortable and optional, it just will not get done often enough to solve
a systemic problem.

Do any of the people who favored this stratagem feel as though we have not yet
given it our best effort?

In order to arrive at a consensus solution, I believe that all of us are going
to have to show some flexibility about implementation details.  I hope that
you feel as though your concerns have been heard, and that you will be
supportive of other means which achieve similar ends.

Marvin Humphrey

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Populating the initial PPMC

2013-11-20 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 3:41 AM, Andy Seaborne a...@apache.org wrote:
 I am concerned that it would be dis-empowering to the incoming community if
 at least the active and major developers of the podling were not on the PPMC
 at the start.

I don't see how we might divide up an Initial Committer List into active
and major developers and everyone else, so I think it's all or nothing.
That gives us four ways to populate the initial PPMC:

1.  Mentors + Initial Commiter List
2.  Initial Committer List
3.  Mentors
4.  (empty)

With regards to whether voting in all project contributors is
dis-empowering, I claim that it is precisely the opposite.  Going through
the exercise of bootstrapping the PPMC allows people who are new to the ASF to
become familiar with the ritual of personnel voting, and it provides a
framework for conversations about the PPMC member role and its
responsibilities, community development, recruitment and meritocracy.  In
contrast, the present system denies ASF novices such practical experience
until a new contributor wanders by.

To the extent that any dis-empowerment happens under this proposal, it is
exactly the same dis-empowerment which happens today: active and major
developers who bring codebases to Apache relinquish control and become one
vote among many on a PMC.  Subjecting such individuals to a vote on their
merit (which will surely pass) just reveals the truth to them sooner.

Perhaps with the truth laid bare, certain projects might not enter the
Incubator.  Do we care?  Regretful project founders who are unable to let go
have caused our communities a lot of grief, from both inside and outside
Apache.

Still, this isn't the hill I want to die on.  I think that starting with an
empty PPMC is good policy for a variety of reasons, but I'm willing to be
flexible for the sake of building consensus on how to address the truly
damaging dis-empowerment of PPMC members with regards to release votes.  If
an empty initial PPMC is a deal breaker for you, does it's removal unblock
your support for the rest of the proposal at http://s.apache.org/atG?

Marvin Humphrey

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Re: Populating the initial PPMC

2013-11-20 Thread Dave Fisher
Dislike.

For small projects, PPMC == Committers is a great starting point.

For huge projects like OpenOffice something like this would have been chaos 
unleashed.

If it were 3 or 4 then I would not have volunteered to be a Mentor for Apache 
Flex.

To me the answer should remain somewhere between 1 and 2 - the status quo.

Regards,
Dave

On Nov 20, 2013, at 5:53 PM, Marvin Humphrey wrote:

 On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 3:41 AM, Andy Seaborne a...@apache.org wrote:
 I am concerned that it would be dis-empowering to the incoming community if
 at least the active and major developers of the podling were not on the PPMC
 at the start.
 
 I don't see how we might divide up an Initial Committer List into active
 and major developers and everyone else, so I think it's all or nothing.
 That gives us four ways to populate the initial PPMC:
 
 1.  Mentors + Initial Commiter List
 2.  Initial Committer List
 3.  Mentors
 4.  (empty)
 
 With regards to whether voting in all project contributors is
 dis-empowering, I claim that it is precisely the opposite.  Going through
 the exercise of bootstrapping the PPMC allows people who are new to the ASF to
 become familiar with the ritual of personnel voting, and it provides a
 framework for conversations about the PPMC member role and its
 responsibilities, community development, recruitment and meritocracy.  In
 contrast, the present system denies ASF novices such practical experience
 until a new contributor wanders by.
 
 To the extent that any dis-empowerment happens under this proposal, it is
 exactly the same dis-empowerment which happens today: active and major
 developers who bring codebases to Apache relinquish control and become one
 vote among many on a PMC.  Subjecting such individuals to a vote on their
 merit (which will surely pass) just reveals the truth to them sooner.
 
 Perhaps with the truth laid bare, certain projects might not enter the
 Incubator.  Do we care?  Regretful project founders who are unable to let go
 have caused our communities a lot of grief, from both inside and outside
 Apache.
 
 Still, this isn't the hill I want to die on.  I think that starting with an
 empty PPMC is good policy for a variety of reasons, but I'm willing to be
 flexible for the sake of building consensus on how to address the truly
 damaging dis-empowerment of PPMC members with regards to release votes.  If
 an empty initial PPMC is a deal breaker for you, does it's removal unblock
 your support for the rest of the proposal at http://s.apache.org/atG?
 
 Marvin Humphrey
 
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Re: Transition Incubator dist area

2013-11-20 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Mon, Nov 18, 2013 at 5:00 PM, Marvin Humphrey mar...@rectangular.com wrote:

 If I've done everything right, it should be possible for Infra to flip the
 switch and use new-style dist.apache.org synchronization at the incubator/
 level.

Infra flipped the switch today.  We now use dist.apache.org exclusively.

 It would be nice if we continue on with the cleanup.

These tasks remain to be done.

Marvin Humphrey

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