Re: [VOTE] - Relase Apache Clerezza 0.2-incubating (RC5)

2012-02-03 Thread Daniel Spicar
Technically this release candidate is almost identical to RC4. I did a quick test and build on a clean VM. Everything looks fine. +1 Daniel

Re: [DISCUSS] Syncope to Join the Apache Incubator

2012-02-03 Thread Maurizio Cucchiara
Hi, I can't abstain from taking part (the call of the patriotic spirit). Jokes apart, I'm strongly interested in Identity Management (I have been looking for a good solution without success for a long time) and I would be honored to give my contribution. So I'm going to take the freedom to add

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-03 Thread Greg Stein
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 00:58, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: ... And to be honest, even if you (Bill) or the board folks think that there should be an Incubation VP, are you willing to at least try it my way, and then if all hell breaks loose, simply add the role

Re: [VOTE] - Relase Apache Clerezza 0.2-incubating (RC5)

2012-02-03 Thread Reto Bachmann-Gmür
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:28 AM, ant elder antel...@apache.org wrote: On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Reto Bachmann-Gmür r...@apache.org wrote: Hello, While the last release candidate found a lot of acceptance (3 binding +1 in the ppmc) it had to be withdrawn because of missing or

Re: Incubator, or Incubation?

2012-02-03 Thread Ross Gardler
On 3 February 2012 01:13, Marvin Humphrey mar...@rectangular.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 03, 2012 at 12:52:33AM +0100, Leo Simons wrote: The basic idea is to split the current single really big group that is the incubator into smaller groups that still cooperate and discuss and whatnot, but are

Re: [DISCUSS] Syncope to Join the Apache Incubator

2012-02-03 Thread Francesco Chicchiriccò
On 03/02/2012 10:35, Maurizio Cucchiara wrote: Hi, I can't abstain from taking part (the call of the patriotic spirit). Jokes apart, I'm strongly interested in Identity Management (I have been looking for a good solution without success for a long time) and I would be honored to give my

Re: Incubator, or Incubation?

2012-02-03 Thread Greg Stein
Below is *precisely* my view on the matter. Bill annoys me sometimes :-P, but I have to say that I'm in 100% concurrence with him w.r.t thoughts/positioning below. On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 12:25, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: Wow... a post that was too long even for me :)  We

Re: [VOTE] - Relase Apache Clerezza 0.2-incubating (RC5)

2012-02-03 Thread Tommaso Teofili
2012/2/3 Reto Bachmann-Gmür r...@apache.org On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:28 AM, ant elder antel...@apache.org wrote: On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 1:51 PM, Reto Bachmann-Gmür r...@apache.org wrote: Hello, While the last release candidate found a lot of acceptance (3 binding +1 in the

Re: [WITHDRAW][VOTE] - Relase Apache Clerezza 0.2-incubating (RC5)

2012-02-03 Thread Reto Bachmann-Gmür
Ok, thanks. So I withdraw this release candidate, address CLEREZZA-682 and will propose RC6 asap. Reto On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 11:28 AM, Tommaso Teofili tommaso.teof...@gmail.comwrote: 2012/2/3 Reto Bachmann-Gmür r...@apache.org On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:28 AM, ant elder antel...@apache.org

Re: Time to vote the chair?

2012-02-03 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi Chris, On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:24 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: ...I wouldn't have much problem with this, so long as I make it clear that my intention isn't to remain in the position for longer than one month, two months, whatever it takes to move

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-03 Thread Benson Margulies
It seems to me that the proposed new scheme will take quite a bit of setting up. There is some writing to do. More to the point, if I were the board, I would want to pilot the new scheme for some time before tearing down the existing incubator. All of this looks to me like more than 2 months. A

Re: Request to join IPMC

2012-02-03 Thread Christian Grobmeier
Hello Raymond, i forwarded your request to the ipmc private list. Currently there is much discussion going on on various topics so your question might be overseen here. Besides that, you are right, as a Member you can join on request and yes, you need to join the IPMC to mentor a project. It is

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-03 Thread Sam Ruby
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 4:44 AM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 00:58, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: ... And to be honest, even if you (Bill) or the board folks think that there should be an Incubation VP, are you willing to at least

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-03 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Feb 3, 2012, at 12:58 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: http://people.apache.org/committers-by-project.html#incubator-pmc Shane [check] Doug [check] Roy [no] Jim [check] Brett [check] Larry [no] Sam [check] Greg [check] So that's 7 of 9 board members that are on the Incubator

Mentors as the core of the IPMC

2012-02-03 Thread Jim Jagielski
One thing I would like to be bantered about: Long ago, it was customary to have a single mentor for a podling. Nowadays, the feelings are the more, the merrier. Has the above been an experiment which succeeded, failed or is moot? Justify your decision.

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-03 Thread Sam Ruby
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: It seems to me that the proposed new scheme will take quite a bit of setting up. There is some writing to do. More to the point, if I were the board, I would want to pilot the new scheme for some time before tearing

Re: Mentors as the core of the IPMC

2012-02-03 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 2:58 PM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: ...Long ago, it was customary to have a single mentor for a podling. Nowadays, the feelings are the more, the merrier One *active* mentor is good enough for most podlings, but expecting the mentor to be always available

[VOTE] - Relase Apache Clerezza 0.2-incubating (RC6)

2012-02-03 Thread Reto Bachmann-Gmür
Hello, As announced aerlier today I've created a new distribution addressing the two issues with RC5. The assembly for the binary distribution has been changed to put a copy of the notice in the distribution directory. The readme has been adapted as suggested by Ant. As this candidate addresses

Re: Mentors as the core of the IPMC

2012-02-03 Thread ant elder
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 1:58 PM, Jim Jagielski j...@jagunet.com wrote: One thing I would like to be bantered about: Long ago, it was customary to have a single mentor for a podling. Nowadays, the feelings are the more, the merrier. Has the above been an experiment which succeeded, failed or

Re: Mentors as the core of the IPMC

2012-02-03 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 4:07 PM, ant elder ant.el...@gmail.com wrote: ... A problem with multiple mentors is that with no single person responsible its too easy for no one to do any mentoring because they all leave the work for the others to do. The recent change to the Champion role (what

Re: Time to vote the chair?

2012-02-03 Thread Greg Stein
On Feb 2, 2012 11:20 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: Hi Benson, I wouldn't have much problem with this, so long as I make it clear that my intention isn't to remain in the position for longer than one month, two months, whatever it takes to move towards

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Daniel, On Feb 3, 2012, at 1:29 AM, Daniel Shahaf wrote: Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote on Thu, Feb 02, 2012 at 20:20:26 -0800: Thanks Christian. I'll accept, thanks for your kind words, and for those of Marvin and Joe, and the comments from Benson and others. I will note that

Re: Time to vote the chair?

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Bertrand, On Feb 3, 2012, at 4:33 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: Hi Chris, On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:24 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: ...I wouldn't have much problem with this, so long as I make it clear that my intention isn't to remain in the

Re: Request to join IPMC

2012-02-03 Thread Raymond Feng
Thanks, Christian. Raymond Feng Sent from my iPhone On Feb 3, 2012, at 4:51 AM, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: Hello Raymond, i forwarded your request to the ipmc private list. Currently there is much discussion going on on various topics so your question might be overseen

Re: Time to vote the chair?

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Bertrand, On Feb 3, 2012, at 4:33 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: Hi Chris, On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:24 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: ...I wouldn't have much problem with this, so long as I make it clear that my intention isn't to remain in the

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Greg, On Feb 3, 2012, at 1:44 AM, Greg Stein wrote: On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 00:58, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: ... And to be honest, even if you (Bill) or the board folks think that there should be an Incubation VP, are you willing to at least try it my

Re: Incubator, or Incubation?

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hey Greg, On Feb 3, 2012, at 2:26 AM, Greg Stein wrote: Below is *precisely* my view on the matter. Bill annoys me sometimes :-P, but I have to say that I'm in 100% concurrence with him w.r.t thoughts/positioning below. I was in sort of concurrence as well. I think what you guys are

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Benson, On Feb 3, 2012, at 4:34 AM, Benson Margulies wrote: It seems to me that the proposed new scheme will take quite a bit of setting up. There is some writing to do. More to the point, if I were the board, I would want to pilot the new scheme for some time before tearing down the

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Sam, On Feb 3, 2012, at 5:50 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 4:44 AM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 00:58, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: ... And to be honest, even if you (Bill) or the board folks think that there

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Jim, On Feb 3, 2012, at 5:55 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: [...snip...] So that's 7 of 9 board members that are on the Incubator PMC, and a good chance they are here now, and reading this. What do Board members think? IPMC hats on? Great. Board hats on? Great too. Would be great to get

Re: Time to vote the chair?

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Greg, On Feb 3, 2012, at 7:22 AM, Greg Stein wrote: On Feb 2, 2012 11:20 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: Hi Benson, I wouldn't have much problem with this, so long as I make it clear that my intention isn't to remain in the position for longer than

Re: Time to vote the chair?

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
On Feb 3, 2012, at 8:22 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: Hi Bertrand, On Feb 3, 2012, at 4:33 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: Hi Chris, On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:24 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: ...I wouldn't have much problem with this, so long as

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-03 Thread Sam Ruby
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: On Feb 3, 2012, at 5:50 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: What I care most about is addressed by this proposal: that there be an identified person to which feedback can be directed for each report. Sure, I get

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hey Sam, On Feb 3, 2012, at 9:05 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: On Feb 3, 2012, at 5:50 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: What I care most about is addressed by this proposal: that there be an identified person to

Re: [DISCUSS] Syncope to Join the Apache Incubator

2012-02-03 Thread Colm O hEigeartaigh
Hi, Syncope proposal [1] is still looking for more mentors: who is interested in Identity Management and wants to get involved in one of first Open Source projects in this field? I am interested in this project and would like to come on board as a mentor if possible. I'm an ASF member and

Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Jukka Zitting
Hi, [Forking a new thread thread to make this easier to track.] On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/IncubatorDeconstructionProposal As already mentioned by others, instead of deconstructing everything in

Re: [DISCUSS] Syncope to Join the Apache Incubator

2012-02-03 Thread Francesco Chicchiriccò
On 03/02/2012 18:23, Colm O hEigeartaigh wrote: Hi, Syncope proposal [1] is still looking for more mentors: who is interested in Identity Management and wants to get involved in one of first Open Source projects in this field? I am interested in this project and would like to come on board as

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Karl Wright
+1 on this. Work the bugs out before everyone transitions. Karl On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Jukka Zitting jukka.zitt...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, [Forking a new thread thread to make this easier to track.] On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:22 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J)

Re: Incubator, or Incubation?

2012-02-03 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/3/2012 11:11 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:26 AM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: Below is *precisely* my view on the matter. Bill annoys me sometimes :-P, but I have to say that I'm in 100% concurrence with him w.r.t thoughts/positioning below. While I agree that in

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-03 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/3/2012 8:07 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 7:34 AM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: It seems to me that the proposed new scheme will take quite a bit of setting up. There is some writing to do. More to the point, if I were the board, I would want to pilot the

Re: Mentors as the core of the IPMC

2012-02-03 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/3/2012 7:58 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: One thing I would like to be bantered about: Long ago, it was customary to have a single mentor for a podling. Nowadays, the feelings are the more, the merrier. By the same measure, there is a role of Champion. If we can avoid fracturing that role

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/3/2012 11:47 AM, Karl Wright wrote: +1 on this. Work the bugs out before everyone transitions. One doesn't preclude the other. As I wrote in response to an almost entirely different thread, Podlings are accountable to the Incubator PMC. A Project, Incubating would be accountable to the

Re: Incubator, or Incubation?

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hey Bill, On Feb 3, 2012, at 10:19 AM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 2/3/2012 11:11 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:26 AM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: Below is *precisely* my view on the matter. Bill annoys me sometimes :-P, but I have to say that I'm in 100% concurrence

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
On Feb 3, 2012, at 10:24 AM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 2/3/2012 8:07 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: [...snippage...] I just don't think it is realistic to imagine that in 60 days from some near-term board meeting, we can set up this new plan, debug it, and transition the existing clutch. While

RE: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Franklin, Matthew B.
-Original Message- From: Jukka Zitting [mailto:jukka.zitt...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 12:27 PM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?) Hi, [Forking a new thread thread to make this easier to track.] On

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/3/2012 12:51 PM, Franklin, Matthew B. wrote: So that everyone affected by these proposals has the opportunity to engage in the discussion, I recommend that we pull these out of e-mail for a while and ask everyone who has a new plan for the incubator to draft proposals on the wiki as

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Greg Stein
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 14:04, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: On 2/3/2012 12:51 PM, Franklin, Matthew B. wrote: So that everyone affected by these proposals has the opportunity to engage in the discussion, I recommend that we pull these out of e-mail for a while and ask

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Ate Douma
On 02/03/2012 06:47 PM, Karl Wright wrote: +1 on this. Work the bugs out before everyone transitions. +1 on that Ate Karl On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 12:27 PM, Jukka Zittingjukka.zitt...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, [Forking a new thread thread to make this easier to track.] On Fri, Feb 3, 2012

RE: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Franklin, Matthew B.
-Original Message- From: Greg Stein [mailto:gst...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 2:13 PM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?) On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 14:04, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote:

Re: [DISCUSS] Syncope to Join the Apache Incubator

2012-02-03 Thread Alex Karasulu
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 11:35 AM, Maurizio Cucchiara mcucchi...@apache.orgwrote: Hi, I can't abstain from taking part (the call of the patriotic spirit). Jokes apart, I'm strongly interested in Identity Management (I have been looking for a good solution without success for a long time) and I

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Ate Douma
On 02/03/2012 08:35 PM, Franklin, Matthew B. wrote: -Original Message- From: Greg Stein [mailto:gst...@gmail.com] Sent: Friday, February 03, 2012 2:13 PM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?) On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at

Re: Incubator, or Incubation?

2012-02-03 Thread Greg Stein
I believe there is a minor typo below: On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 17:00, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 1:19 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: On 2/3/2012 11:11 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:26 AM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote:

Re: Incubator, or Incubation?

2012-02-03 Thread Roy T. Fielding
On Feb 3, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: There is a place in the middle, which very much intrigues me. Instead of replacing 1 IPMC with n PMCs, having n+1 PMCs, with the Incubator playing a role much like legal or trademarks (or infra or press or...). In particular, when problems arise

Re: Incubator, or Incubation?

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
On Feb 3, 2012, at 2:37 PM, Roy T. Fielding wrote: On Feb 3, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: There is a place in the middle, which very much intrigues me. Instead of replacing 1 IPMC with n PMCs, having n+1 PMCs, with the Incubator playing a role much like legal or trademarks (or infra or

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-03 Thread Doug Cutting
On 02/02/2012 09:58 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: What do Board members think? IPMC hats on? Great. Board hats on? Great too. Would be great to get opinions now rather than have to wait. I like the simplicity of erasing the layer of management that is the Incubator. The board is a

Re: Time to vote the chair?

2012-02-03 Thread Benson Margulies
At this point I am going to frankly campaign for myself. I am willing to be the chair of the incubator as we know it, and strive to incrementally improve it. I have no objection to that process including a deliberate consideration of Chris' proposal for a radical restructuring. Given some time,

Re: Incubator, or Incubation?

2012-02-03 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/3/2012 4:46 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: On Feb 3, 2012, at 2:37 PM, Roy T. Fielding wrote: On Feb 3, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: There is a place in the middle, which very much intrigues me. Instead of replacing 1 IPMC with n PMCs, having n+1 PMCs, with the Incubator

Re: Incubator, or Incubation?

2012-02-03 Thread Sam Ruby
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Roy T. Fielding field...@gbiv.com wrote: On Feb 3, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: There is a place in the middle, which very much intrigues me.  Instead of replacing 1 IPMC with n PMCs, having n+1 PMCs, with the Incubator playing a role much like legal or

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Ralph Goers
On Feb 3, 2012, at 11:12 AM, Greg Stein wrote: On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 14:04, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: On 2/3/2012 12:51 PM, Franklin, Matthew B. wrote: So that everyone affected by these proposals has the opportunity to engage in the discussion, I recommend that we

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/3/2012 5:55 PM, Ralph Goers wrote: Disbanding the PMC seems to me to be a very reactionary approach to the problem. That's because disbanding the IPMC isn't in response to /that/ problem, so little wonder you are confused. Disbanding the IPMC, and making PPMC contributors part of

[VOTE] Release Giraph 0.1-incubator (RC0)

2012-02-03 Thread Jakob Homan
Howdy- The Giraph project is excited to ask incubator for a vote on our first release. The vote passed within the project as follows: PPMC +1s x 4: Avery, Hyunsik, Jake, Claudio Mentors +1s x 1: Owen Peanut gallery +1s x 1: Harsh Release notes:

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-03 Thread Ross Gardler
Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. On Feb 3, 2012 4:27 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: Hi Greg, On Feb 3, 2012, at 1:44 AM, Greg Stein wrote: On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 00:58, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov

Re: Incubator, or Incubation?

2012-02-03 Thread Ross Gardler
On 3 February 2012 23:38, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 5:37 PM, Roy T. Fielding field...@gbiv.com wrote: On Feb 3, 2012, at 2:00 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: There is a place in the middle, which very much intrigues me.  Instead of replacing 1 IPMC with n PMCs, having

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Ralph Goers
On Feb 3, 2012, at 4:20 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 2/3/2012 5:55 PM, Ralph Goers wrote: Disbanding the PMC seems to me to be a very reactionary approach to the problem. That's because disbanding the IPMC isn't in response to /that/ problem, so little wonder you are confused.

Anyone care to talk to ComDev? (was Re: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Ross Gardler
My biggest problem is that the proposal moves undefined responsibilities to ComDev while none of the candidates have actually spoken to ComDev about this. Doesn't that strike the candidates as a little odd? l want to know what ComDev is being asked to do. The proposal in the wiki is not clear in

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/3/2012 7:06 PM, Ralph Goers wrote: It would be perfectly reasonable to me for the IPMC to find other ways for a PPMC to have binding votes. I don't see a reasonable alternative structure. Feel free to propose one. I explored the idea of having subcommittees make these releases. That

Re: Anyone care to talk to ComDev? (was Re: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/3/2012 7:06 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: Do any of the candidates want to take a little time to define the role they see for ComDev? Sounds like additional documentation for the proposal Committee: Previous responsibility --- Revised responsibility _ ___

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Ross Gardler
On 4 February 2012 01:06, Ralph Goers ralph.go...@dslextreme.com wrote: The main problem I see, and what Joe seems to complain about a lot, is that mentors seem to fail at mentoring.  Creating a project that reports to the board whose mentors stop mentoring just pushes the problem to the

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/3/2012 7:19 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: On 4 February 2012 01:06, Ralph Goers ralph.go...@dslextreme.com wrote: The main problem I see, and what Joe seems to complain about a lot, is that mentors seem to fail at mentoring. Creating a project that reports to the board whose mentors stop

Re: TL;DR

2012-02-03 Thread Ross Gardler
On 3 February 2012 23:17, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: One way to make the load lighter is to try to make one decision at a time. +1 Entirely selfishly, I suggest looking at the chair election first. All nominees have said they back the radical reform plan. That plan as it

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Ralph Goers
On Feb 3, 2012, at 5:17 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 2/3/2012 7:06 PM, Ralph Goers wrote: It would be perfectly reasonable to me for the IPMC to find other ways for a PPMC to have binding votes. I don't see a reasonable alternative structure. Feel free to propose one. I thought I

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Ross, On Feb 3, 2012, at 4:41 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. On Feb 3, 2012 4:27 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: Hi Greg, On Feb 3, 2012, at 1:44 AM, Greg Stein wrote: On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Ralph Goers
On Feb 3, 2012, at 5:27 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 2/3/2012 7:19 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: On 4 February 2012 01:06, Ralph Goers ralph.go...@dslextreme.com wrote: The main problem I see, and what Joe seems to complain about a lot, is that mentors seem to fail at mentoring. Creating a

Re: Anyone care to talk to ComDev? (was Re: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hey Bill, On Feb 3, 2012, at 5:18 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 2/3/2012 7:06 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: Do any of the candidates want to take a little time to define the role they see for ComDev? Sounds like additional documentation for the proposal Committee: Previous

Re: TL;DR

2012-02-03 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/3/2012 7:38 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: All nominees have said they back the radical reform plan. That plan as it currently stands reads, to me, as nuke the IPMC and pass all responsibility for ensuring projects are adequately mentored to ComDev. Ross, I'm not a candidate. But I

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/3/2012 7:40 PM, Ralph Goers wrote: I thought I did. The proposal that Chris put forth seems to make podlings formal PMCs that report to the board simply so they have authority to vote on releases, add new committers, etc.. My proposal is to give podlings the authority to make the

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
On Feb 3, 2012, at 5:40 PM, Ralph Goers wrote: [...snip...] My interest goes beyond any of those topics, though. Incubator is very tedious. Very little is resolved. Deck chairs are shuffled. But at the end of the day, projects don't have ownership of their code, many micro-managers do,

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/3/2012 7:47 PM, Ralph Goers wrote: On Feb 3, 2012, at 5:27 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: The existing problem remains the revised problem. Any solution applicable to the IPMC intervening in a dysfunctional PPMC applies to the Champion and VP, Incubator intervening in a dysfunctional

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Ralph Goers
On Feb 3, 2012, at 5:57 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 2/3/2012 7:40 PM, Ralph Goers wrote: I thought I did. The proposal that Chris put forth seems to make podlings formal PMCs that report to the board simply so they have authority to vote on releases, add new committers, etc..

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Ralph Goers
On Feb 3, 2012, at 6:01 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 2/3/2012 7:47 PM, Ralph Goers wrote Well, to be blunt, that sucks. No. In all reality, it doesn't. Far too many resources were drained in the past five years on a handful of projects which never had a hope of graduating. An

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Ralph Goers
On Feb 3, 2012, at 6:05 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 2/3/2012 7:40 PM, Ralph Goers wrote: My interest goes beyond any of those topics, though. Incubator is very tedious. Very little is resolved. Deck chairs are shuffled. But at the end of the day, projects don't have ownership of

Re: TL;DR

2012-02-03 Thread Benson Margulies
On Fri, Feb 3, 2012 at 8:38 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: On 3 February 2012 23:17, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: One way to make the load lighter is to try to make one decision at a time. +1 Entirely selfishly, I suggest looking at the chair election

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
On Feb 3, 2012, at 6:11 PM, Ralph Goers wrote: On Feb 3, 2012, at 6:05 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 2/3/2012 7:40 PM, Ralph Goers wrote: My interest goes beyond any of those topics, though. Incubator is very tedious. Very little is resolved. Deck chairs are shuffled. But at

Re: [VOTE] Release Giraph 0.1-incubator (RC0)

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Jakob, My suggestion: let it run for at least 72 hours. It doesn't need to close until you've got all the VOTEs you need, and at least for 72 hours. And yes I intend to review it and VOTE. :) Cheers, Chris On Feb 3, 2012, at 4:35 PM, Jakob Homan wrote: Howdy- The Giraph project is

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-03 Thread Ross Gardler
On 4 February 2012 01:47, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: On Feb 3, 2012, at 4:41 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: On Feb 3, 2012 4:27 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: ... if you'll recall Jim's message to the members in the past 2

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Franklin, Matthew B.
On 2/3/12 9:28 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: On Feb 3, 2012, at 6:11 PM, Ralph Goers wrote: On Feb 3, 2012, at 6:05 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 2/3/2012 7:40 PM, Ralph Goers wrote: My interest goes beyond any of those topics, though. Incubator

Re: TL;DR

2012-02-03 Thread Ross Gardler
On 4 February 2012 01:56, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: On 2/3/2012 7:38 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: All nominees have said they back the radical reform plan. That plan as it currently stands reads, to me, as nuke the IPMC and pass all responsibility for ensuring projects are

Re: Anyone care to talk to ComDev? (was Re: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Ross Gardler
On 4 February 2012 02:01, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: ... Sounds like additional documentation for the proposal Committee:  Previous responsibility   ---   Revised responsibility _   ___           __

Re: TL;DR

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
On Feb 3, 2012, at 7:16 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: On 4 February 2012 01:56, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: On 2/3/2012 7:38 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: All nominees have said they back the radical reform plan. That plan as it currently stands reads, to me, as nuke the IPMC and

Re: Anyone care to talk to ComDev? (was Re: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Ross, On Feb 3, 2012, at 7:27 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: On 4 February 2012 02:01, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: ... Sounds like additional documentation for the proposal Committee: Previous responsibility --- Revised responsibility _

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread Ralph Goers
On Feb 3, 2012, at 6:28 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: On Feb 3, 2012, at 6:11 PM, Ralph Goers wrote: Your statement above could just as easily be applied to having each podling be a subproject of the IPMC (as it is today), but be given the authority and responsibility they are

Re: Evolution instead of a revolution (Was: Time to vote the chair?)

2012-02-03 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/3/2012 9:01 PM, Franklin, Matthew B. wrote: Personally, I feel that walking in the door as a full PMC with authority could be just as problematic in the long run as not granting it once the community has demonstrated viability. I think that everyone here agrees. These would not be

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-03 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/3/2012 8:41 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: Lets not forget that the model referred to *included* the IPMC. The IPMC once had a useful function, it was a safety net for fledgling communities. The IPMC never served that purpose. Projects were scuttled even in its first year. The IPMC served to

Re: TL;DR

2012-02-03 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/3/2012 9:16 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: On 4 February 2012 01:56, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: Pass all responsibility for mentoring to the incubating projects and the members, and responsibility for ensuring they are mentored to the board. The projects then turn to

Re: TL;DR

2012-02-03 Thread Scott Wilson
On 3 Feb 2012, at 23:17, Benson Margulies wrote: A number of people are asking for the incubator PMC to take a deep breath and allow room to digest and contemplate the various issues that have led to a bumper crop of email. These are complex questions, and even if we could avoid intemperate

Re: TL;DR

2012-02-03 Thread Christian Grobmeier
On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 12:17 AM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: One way to make the load lighter is to try to make one decision at a time. Entirely selfishly, I suggest looking at the chair election first. +1 Too many loose ends - we need to get something done now. I have