Re: [DISCUSS] - Revisions to Committer Criteria

2018-10-29 Thread kellen sunderland
I believe the wording _must_ comes from the fact that the PMC (as a body) must have a formal vote for a release, otherwise the release will not happen. I don't believe it means every PMC member is required to vote on the release. I can see where the confusion comes from, but also feel the

Re: [DISCUSS] - Revisions to Committer Criteria

2018-10-29 Thread Yuan Tang
On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 11:12 PM Naveen Swamy wrote: > I added clarifying sections to explicitly call out committers/PMC > privileges. Please review. > > Pasting here for convenience > Committer Privileges > >- Committers have write access to the code repository. >- Committers have an

Re: [DISCUSS] - Revisions to Committer Criteria

2018-10-29 Thread Carin Meier
Thanks Jason for the suggestion. I added this to the document to call it out: In particular, code reviews are encouraged as good initial contributions to gain understanding of the code base as well as the bar of quality that is required to merge the code. The PPMC strives to actively identify

Re: [DISCUSS] - Revisions to Committer Criteria

2018-10-29 Thread Jason Dai
Given the recent discussions around code review, I think it makes sense to call out the importance of code review contributions for the committer criteria. Thanks, -Jason On Mon, Oct 29, 2018 at 11:12 AM Naveen Swamy wrote: > I added clarifying sections to explicitly call out committers/PMC >

Re: [DISCUSS] - Revisions to Committer Criteria

2018-10-28 Thread Naveen Swamy
I added clarifying sections to explicitly call out committers/PMC privileges. Please review. Pasting here for convenience Committer Privileges - Committers have write access to the code repository. - Committers have an @apache.org email address. - Committers can make short-term

Re: [DISCUSS] - Revisions to Committer Criteria

2018-10-28 Thread Tianqi Chen
Thanks Carin Tianqi On Sun, Oct 28, 2018 at 8:04 AM Carin Meier wrote: > I plan to start a vote on the adopting > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Become+an+Apache+MXNet+%28incubating%29+Committer+and+PPMC+Member+Proposal > to > replace our current document >

Re: [DISCUSS] - Revisions to Committer Criteria

2018-10-28 Thread Carin Meier
I plan to start a vote on the adopting https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Become+an+Apache+MXNet+%28incubating%29+Committer+and+PPMC+Member+Proposal to replace our current document https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Becoming+a+Committer tomorrow (Monday). - Carin On

Re: [DISCUSS] - Revisions to Committer Criteria

2018-10-25 Thread Carin Meier
Thanks for publishing the notes and also thanks everyone for providing valuable feedback and discussion. I encourage everyone that has ideas for improvement to the document to feel free to edit and revise. If you need a login to the wiki, please just ask. Also, while editing, please keep in mind

Re: [DISCUSS] - Revisions to Committer Criteria

2018-10-25 Thread Pedro Larroy
This is the first hangout that I was able to attend, I liked the format and found them valuable. Thanks for organizing and publishing the notes. Looking forward to the next one. Pedro On Thu, Oct 25, 2018 at 6:44 AM Steffen Rochel wrote: > Carin - please see > >

Re: [DISCUSS] - Revisions to Committer Criteria

2018-10-24 Thread Steffen Rochel
Carin - please see https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Hangout+October+24th+2018+8am+and+5pm+PDT : Discussion about committer proposal: - Proposal default should be to have separation between committer and PPMC election - Criteria are vague, should we add some example

Re: [DISCUSS] - Revisions to Committer Criteria

2018-10-24 Thread Carin Meier
A request to whoever is taking notes at the MXNet Hangouts that are occurring today. Could you please recap feedback from the meeting in regards to document revisions here for everyone? I would like to attend the session later today, but may not due to family obligations. Thanks! Carin On Tue,

Re: [DISCUSS] - Revisions to Committer Criteria

2018-10-23 Thread Steffen Rochel
Carin - I got feedback on my proposal and made changes. I incorporated Tianqi's suggesiton that we should strive to nominate committer/PPMC candidates from outside ones own organization. It should not be considered as a hard rule, but recommendation. Steffen On Mon, Oct 22, 2018 at 2:18 PM Carin

Re: [DISCUSS] - Revisions to Committer Criteria

2018-10-22 Thread Carin Meier
Thanks Steffen helping draft up the proposal for Committer and PPMC guidelines. Please everyone review and provide feedback https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Become+an+Apache+MXNet+(incubating)+Committer+and+PPMC+Member+Proposal . I plan to start a vote on this Friday if the

Re: [DISCUSS] - Revisions to Committer Criteria

2018-10-19 Thread Carin Meier
Great! I started a rough draft for collaboration at https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/MXNET/Become+a+Committer+Proposal . Everyone feel free to enhance and provide feedback. - Carin On Fri, Oct 19, 2018 at 10:55 AM Steffen Rochel wrote: > +1, great suggestion, thanks Carin! > I'm

[DISCUSS] - Revisions to Committer Criteria

2018-10-19 Thread Carin Meier
Background: There is a desire to increase the committer pool and grow the community. This thread is to discuss the possibility of revision the current committer criteria in light of the following goals: - Make it easier to newcomers to be committers - Recognize non-code contributions as paths to