Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-12 Thread Greg Stein
On Wed, Nov 11, 2009 at 06:18, Niall Pemberton niall.pember...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 1:25 AM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: The Apache Incubator is about EDUCATION. It is about TEACHING podlings how to work here at Apache. It is not about making podlings thoughtlessly

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-11 Thread Niall Pemberton
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 1:25 AM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: The Apache Incubator is about EDUCATION. It is about TEACHING podlings how to work here at Apache. It is not about making podlings thoughtlessly follow checklists. It is about TEACHING them what are the important aspects of

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread Daniel Shahaf
Craig L Russell wrote on Mon, 9 Nov 2009 at 14:12 -0800: Hi Greg, I'm afraid that you have totally mistranslated my message and I have no idea why. I'm not trying to pick a fight. I'm trying to be reasonable. I don't perceive your reaction as positive. I'm not going to continue

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
Greg Stein wrote: The Apache Incubator is about EDUCATION. It is about TEACHING podlings how to work here at Apache. I'm a little confused. I'm reading a really long rant here, but I expect if you look at what nearly all mentors do in their respective podlings, this is exactly what they

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
Justin Erenkrantz wrote: On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Martijn Dashorst martijn.dasho...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Justin Erenkrantz jus...@erenkrantz.com wrote: To be clear, it's on the mentors to decide what is applicable and necessary for graduation - not the

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
Joe Schaefer wrote: From: Justin Erenkrantz jus...@erenkrantz.com Let me put it another way: if the IPMC accepts a proposal with one mentor, then I'm fine with that one mentor acting on behalf of the IPMC without the need to constantly go back to the IPMC for approval. -- justin For

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
Greg Stein wrote: Yup. And I'll note that that limbo you describe has been an issue with the Board for a long while now. That is why the Board instructed the IPMC to request all podlings to list two items in their reports: 1) when did you arrive? 2) what is left? Specifically to focus

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
Martijn Dashorst wrote: Would a waiver be possible for Diversity (large project dominated by 1 or 2 vendors)? For the minimum required binding votes (small communities of 2 committers)? Such things have been requested, and granted in the past, based on the demonstrated ability of the project

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:56 PM, Justin Erenkrantz jus...@erenkrantz.com wrote: ...Let me put it another way: if the IPMC accepts a proposal with one mentor, then I'm fine with that one mentor acting on behalf of the IPMC without the need to constantly go back to the IPMC for approval I see

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 5:43 PM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: ...I am seeking a waiver of the make a release requirement. And you can simply wait for me to send that, rather than continuing to speculate about whether I'm going to rely on seniority or on experience I like that - at

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread Greg Stein
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 03:48, William A. Rowe, Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: Greg Stein wrote: The Apache Incubator is about EDUCATION. It is about TEACHING podlings how to work here at Apache. I'm a little confused.  I'm reading a really long rant here, but I expect if you look at what

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread Greg Stein
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 03:59, William A. Rowe, Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: Greg Stein wrote: Yup. And I'll note that that limbo you describe has been an issue with the Board for a long while now. That is why the Board instructed the IPMC to request all podlings to list two items in their

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread Kevan Miller
On Nov 10, 2009, at 10:44 AM, Greg Stein wrote: On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 03:48, William A. Rowe, Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: Greg Stein wrote: The Apache Incubator is about EDUCATION. It is about TEACHING podlings how to work here at Apache. I'm a little confused. I'm reading a

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread Greg Stein
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 11:23, Kevan Miller kevan.mil...@gmail.com wrote: On Nov 10, 2009, at 10:44 AM, Greg Stein wrote: ... And that is exactly what I'd like to do. But when the Incubator *imposes* requirements of release that does not meet the project's own quality guidelines, for an

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread Jukka Zitting
Hi, On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: We're making a 1.6.7 release in the next 2-3 weeks, as I stated before. The Incubator can see how that works (I also gave pointers to 1.6.6). +1 Since Subversion release procedures already meet most Apache policies,

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
Greg Stein wrote: On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 03:48, William A. Rowe, Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: Quite frankly, all svncorp releases could, with reasonable documentation [read: mailing list archives, CLA's and code grant] be licensed as ASF releases under the AL 2.0, irrespective of their

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Tue, November 10, 2009 10:08:40 AM Subject: Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion) Greg wrote: Look at the context

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread Greg Stein
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 13:02, Jukka Zitting jukka.zitt...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 7:40 PM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: We're making a 1.6.7 release in the next 2-3 weeks, as I stated before. The Incubator can see how that works (I also gave pointers to 1.6.6).

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread Greg Stein
I have no idea why the term Board even comes up in your response. What's that got to do with my problems with the IPMC attempting to impose make-work on the svn podling? On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 13:03, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: Greg Stein wrote: On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
Joe Schaefer wrote: - Original Message From: William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Tue, November 10, 2009 10:08:40 AM Subject: Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion) Greg wrote

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
Greg Stein wrote: I have no idea why the term Board even comes up in your response. What's that got to do with my problems with the IPMC attempting to impose make-work on the svn podling? Because when you post to a broad-list such as general@, you are communicating to all incubating podlings

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread Jukka Zitting
Hi, On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 8:28 PM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: Unfortunately, some documentation needs to be brought in sync. See: http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html#checklist I'm nitpicking, but even there we only ask the podlings to demonstrate ability to create

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Jukka Zitting jukka.zitt...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Tue, November 10, 2009 1:25:40 PM Subject: Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion) Hi, On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 8:28 PM

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread Greg Stein
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 16:39, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: - Original Message From: Jukka Zitting jukka.zitt...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Tue, November 10, 2009 1:25:40 PM Subject: Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Tue, November 10, 2009 1:58:28 PM Subject: Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion) On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 16:39, Joe Schaefer wrote

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread Greg Stein
On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 17:35, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: ... Neither 1.6.6 nor the upcoming 1.6.7 are Apache-branded releases. The input that I received was that that was insufficient -- a branded release was necessary. I haven't seen that discussion, but unless you actually

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-10 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Tue, November 10, 2009 2:54:28 PM Subject: Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion) On Tue, Nov 10, 2009 at 17:35, Joe Schaefer wrote

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-09 Thread Leo Simons
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 1:25 AM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: The Apache Incubator is about EDUCATION. It is about TEACHING podlings how to work here at Apache. So what are you teaching with e-mails like this, Greg? When you disagree with someone, SHOUT a bit and write a long rant? Or

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-09 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:25 AM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: The Apache Incubator is about EDUCATION. It is about TEACHING podlings how to work here at Apache. ... The Incubator PMC is here to TEACH podlings. Stop and think before attempting to apply rules and procedures. +1. The

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-09 Thread Greg Stein
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 09:14, Leo Simons m...@leosimons.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 1:25 AM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: The Apache Incubator is about EDUCATION. It is about TEACHING podlings how to work here at Apache. So what are you teaching with e-mails like this, Greg?

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-09 Thread Martijn Dashorst
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Justin Erenkrantz jus...@erenkrantz.com wrote: To be clear, it's on the mentors to decide what is applicable and necessary for graduation - not the IPMC as a whole. Nope... The whole IPMC has been tasked with oversight. The mentors are proxies for the whole IPMC.

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-09 Thread Martijn Dashorst
Yes, *AND* ensuring legal dots are put on the i's and j's. This is done through checking the release and ensuring that it is in adherence to our policies which you and others have crafted. *All* podlings have to ensure they have the correct licensing headers, notices and other bits in place before

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-09 Thread Greg Stein
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 09:27, Martijn Dashorst martijn.dasho...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, *AND* ensuring legal dots are put on the i's and j's. This is done through checking the release and ensuring that it is in adherence to our policies which you and others have crafted. *All* podlings have to

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-09 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:26 PM, Martijn Dashorst martijn.dasho...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 3:15 PM, Justin Erenkrantz jus...@erenkrantz.com wrote: To be clear, it's on the mentors to decide what is applicable and necessary for graduation - not the IPMC as a whole. Nope... The

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-09 Thread Branko Čibej
Martijn Dashorst wrote: Yes, *AND* ensuring legal dots are put on the i's and j's. This is done through checking the release and ensuring that it is in adherence to our policies which you and others have crafted. *All* podlings have to ensure they have the correct licensing headers, notices

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-09 Thread Leo Simons
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:15 PM, Justin Erenkrantz jus...@erenkrantz.com wrote: To be clear, it's on the mentors to decide what is applicable and necessary for graduation - not the IPMC as a whole.  The IPMC as a whole has only two roles: approving a proposal and recommending graduation Also,

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-09 Thread Andrus Adamchik
Hi Greg, I am not on either side of the debate here, but Martijn is correct in pointing that the formal standard was applied to *all* podlings to date. There's more than a few projects in the ASF that were originally developed in the open, with strong communities. And in those cases that

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-09 Thread Greg Stein
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:11, Andrus Adamchik and...@objectstyle.org wrote: Hi Greg, I am not on either side of the debate here, but Martijn is correct in pointing that the formal standard was applied to *all* podlings to date. I understand, and will simply ask was that the right thing to do?

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-09 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:03 PM, Leo Simons m...@leosimons.com wrote: Also, to be clear, as an IPMC member I spend quite a bit of time with projects where I am not a mentor, casting (binding) votes on things like their releases. I will continue to do that, inline with procedure and policy and

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-09 Thread Martijn Dashorst
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Justin Erenkrantz jus...@erenkrantz.com wrote: This is where I think the Incubator has gone awry: the claim that you are an IPMC member implies that you have merit on a project (in the form of a binding vote) is false. Not sure if I am looking at the same

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-09 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:24 PM, Justin Erenkrantz jus...@erenkrantz.com wrote: ...I'm mildly uncomfortable with mentors who aren't actually involved in the project telling a community what to do - but I accept that as a necessity of the Incubation process.  However, I'm much more uncomfortable

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-09 Thread Andrus Adamchik
On Nov 9, 2009, at 5:23 PM, Greg Stein wrote: I mean, really... how many other projects that are 9.5 years old(*) do we expect to see arriving here? And of those, how many *started* with the ideas and precepts of the Apache Software Foundation? I suspect it will be zero, so wasting a lot of

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-09 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote: OTOH, podlings that don't have 3 active mentors can't get 3 binding votes internally, so IPMC members have to jump in sometimes. Thanks to those of us who do! I view the proposal accepting the projects with the

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-09 Thread Greg Stein
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 10:53, Andrus Adamchik and...@objectstyle.org wrote: On Nov 9, 2009, at 5:23 PM, Greg Stein wrote: I mean, really... how many other projects that are 9.5 years old(*) do we expect to see arriving here? And of those, how many *started* with the ideas and precepts of the

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-09 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message From: Justin Erenkrantz jus...@erenkrantz.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Mon, November 9, 2009 7:56:53 AM Subject: Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion) On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 4:39 PM, Bertrand

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-09 Thread Niall Pemberton
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 2:49 PM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 09:27, Martijn Dashorst martijn.dasho...@gmail.com wrote: Yes, *AND* ensuring legal dots are put on the i's and j's. This is done through checking the release and ensuring that it is in adherence to our

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-09 Thread Craig L Russell
Hi Greg, I'm afraid that you have totally mistranslated my message and I have no idea why. I'm not trying to pick a fight. I'm trying to be reasonable. I don't perceive your reaction as positive. I'm not going to continue this discussion until you have something concrete to discuss. I

Re: Insanity. Apache Incubator should be about education (was: [PROPOSAL][VOTE] Subversion)

2009-11-08 Thread Niclas Hedhman
On Mon, Nov 9, 2009 at 9:25 AM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: snip content=well said slammer / The Incubator PMC is here to TEACH podlings. Stop and think before attempting to apply rules and procedures. Amen, Amin, Quod erat demonstrandum, So be it. or your own favorite conclusion