Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-09 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 3:31 AM, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: ...I think the IPMC is doing almost all of the above better. Everything except for Failed. I think that now we are blaming the mentor. Let's get over it. Not every podling will work That's distinct concerns IMO:

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-09 Thread Dave Fisher
On Jan 9, 2015, at 1:35 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: On Fri, Jan 9, 2015 at 3:31 AM, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: ...I think the IPMC is doing almost all of the above better. Everything except for Failed. I think that now we are blaming the mentor. Let's get over it. Not every

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-08 Thread Dave Fisher
Hi - We could better spend our energy looking at podlings with Mentor problems and deciding which of three possible states fits the podling. - Failed - no community is trully involved and there is nothing an active mentor could do. Let's just admit it and retire the podling. - Needs Help - a

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-08 Thread jan i
On Wednesday, January 7, 2015, Alan D. Cabrera l...@toolazydogs.com wrote: On Jan 7, 2015, at 10:46 AM, jan i j...@apache.org javascript:; wrote: On 7 January 2015 at 19:32, Alan D. Cabrera l...@toolazydogs.com javascript:; wrote: On Jan 7, 2015, at 10:13 AM, Branko Čibej

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-08 Thread Andy Seaborne
On 08/01/15 16:48, Chip Childers wrote: On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 08:18:59PM -0800, Marvin Humphrey wrote: Retiring the role of Champion sounds like an idea whose time has come. We gave the Champion additional oversight responsibilities a while back -- but how many times since then has having

RE: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-08 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
: Thursday, January 8, 2015 7:06 AM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: proposal: mentor re-boot On 08.01.2015 15:32, Alan D. Cabrera wrote: The two mentor minimum is critical. I was going to make it three but reasoned that if two were active, they could do the job. Why? I've not yet

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-08 Thread Alan D. Cabrera
On Jan 8, 2015, at 10:06 AM, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) ross.gard...@microsoft.com wrote: +1 All we care about is that the podling has an active mentor who knows when to ask for support and gets that support when they need it. Following that statement to a logical conclusion, all

RE: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-08 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
Open Technologies, Inc. A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation -Original Message- From: shaposh...@gmail.com [mailto:shaposh...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Roman Shaposhnik Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2015 8:09 AM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: proposal: mentor re-boot On Thu

RE: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-08 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
[mailto:chipchild...@apache.org] Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2015 8:42 AM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: proposal: mentor re-boot On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 05:20:40PM -0800, Henry Saputra wrote: +1 I would recommend to remove that particular line about mentor staying as mentor sake

RE: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-08 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
the broader IPMC and sought out help from people privately who I trust to do the job well. Ross -Original Message- From: Alan D. Cabrera [mailto:l...@toolazydogs.com] Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2015 10:11 AM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: proposal: mentor re-boot On Jan

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-08 Thread Benson Margulies
On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 1:16 PM, Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH) ross.gard...@microsoft.com wrote: Chip is correct. The tools we use in board meetings make it easy for us to see how many PMC members in a TLP resolution are members. If there are not enough we will sometimes put the project on an

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-08 Thread Chip Childers
On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 08:18:59PM -0800, Marvin Humphrey wrote: Retiring the role of Champion sounds like an idea whose time has come. We gave the Champion additional oversight responsibilities a while back -- but how many times since then has having that additional layer made a difference?

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-08 Thread Chip Childers
On Wed, Jan 07, 2015 at 05:20:40PM -0800, Henry Saputra wrote: +1 I would recommend to remove that particular line about mentor staying as mentor sake. Either mentors join in as full fledge PMC (and as committer) or not at all. +1, with the one comment that I've heard the board(s) review a

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-08 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 7:05 AM, Branko Čibej br...@apache.org wrote: On 08.01.2015 15:32, Alan D. Cabrera wrote: The two mentor minimum is critical. I was going to make it three but reasoned that if two were active, they could do the job. Why? I've not yet seen a single argument that would

RE: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-08 Thread Ross Gardler (MS OPEN TECH)
. Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation -Original Message- From: Benson Margulies [mailto:bimargul...@gmail.com] Sent: Thursday, January 8, 2015 10:36 AM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: proposal: mentor re-boot On Thu, Jan 8, 2015 at 1:16 PM

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-07 Thread Alan D. Cabrera
On Jan 7, 2015, at 8:18 PM, Marvin Humphrey mar...@rectangular.com wrote: What has changed in the last year and a half is that we no longer ignore it when podlings fail to report -- we put them into monthly and review the situation month to month. Between that and requiring Mentor

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-07 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 12:54 PM, Alan D. Cabrera l...@toolazydogs.com wrote: We do have problems; see above. To address our problems, I advocate incremental, reversible changes and controlled experiments. With that said, my proposal is not a radical overhaul. There are parts of it I can get

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-07 Thread Henry Saputra
Alan, thanks for the clarification. I agree that this is in the context of podling/ incubator projects. - Henry On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 2:21 PM, Alan D. Cabrera l...@toolazydogs.com wrote: On Jan 7, 2015, at 1:45 PM, Henry Saputra henry.sapu...@gmail.com wrote: One wording that could confuse

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-07 Thread Branko Čibej
On 07.01.2015 22:45, Henry Saputra wrote: If a mentor asked to stay as PMC after graduation just for the sake of continue mentoring, then I would argue that the podling was not ready for graduation. A graduated TLP inviting the former mentor to the PMC is a different matter, but then the IPMC

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-07 Thread Alan D. Cabrera
On Jan 7, 2015, at 12:13 PM, Marvin Humphrey mar...@rectangular.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Alan D. Cabrera l...@toolazydogs.com wrote: https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/MentorRebootProposal From that page: People who wish to become mentors that are not in the IPMC

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-07 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 9:42 AM, Alan D. Cabrera l...@toolazydogs.com wrote: https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/MentorRebootProposal From that page: People who wish to become mentors that are not in the IPMC must be a novice mentor, whose mentorship is not counted as an active mentor,

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-07 Thread Alan D. Cabrera
On Jan 7, 2015, at 11:35 AM, Upayavira u...@odoko.co.uk wrote: On Wed, Jan 7, 2015, at 06:46 PM, jan i wrote: On 7 January 2015 at 19:32, Alan D. Cabrera l...@toolazydogs.com wrote: On Jan 7, 2015, at 10:13 AM, Branko Čibej br...@apache.org wrote: On 07.01.2015 18:42, Alan D.

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-07 Thread Alan D. Cabrera
On Jan 7, 2015, at 12:54 PM, Alan D. Cabrera l...@toolazydogs.com wrote: The Incubator has made important progress. I want to quickly acknowledge that we have made immense, immense, progress thanks in no small part to our IPMC chairs over the years. A lot of hard work was done and that

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-07 Thread Henry Saputra
One wording that could confuse people: after which they are removed from the PMC unless they are committers. If someone already a PMC, he or she is also a committer. In ASF a committer is someone who can commit code into the repository. If a mentor asked to stay as PMC after graduation just for

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-07 Thread Alan D. Cabrera
On Jan 7, 2015, at 1:45 PM, Henry Saputra henry.sapu...@gmail.com wrote: One wording that could confuse people: after which they are removed from the PMC unless they are committers. If someone already a PMC, he or she is also a committer. In ASF a committer is someone who can commit code

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-07 Thread Henry Saputra
+1 I would recommend to remove that particular line about mentor staying as mentor sake. Either mentors join in as full fledge PMC (and as committer) or not at all. - Henry On Wed, Jan 7, 2015 at 4:56 PM, Branko Čibej br...@apache.org wrote: On 07.01.2015 22:45, Henry Saputra wrote: If a

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-07 Thread Branko Čibej
On 07.01.2015 18:42, Alan D. Cabrera wrote: I’ve written up a more comprehensive proposal that would not only hold mentors accountable but also give them a fair bit of autonomous authority during releases. https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/MentorRebootProposal

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-07 Thread Alan D. Cabrera
On Jan 7, 2015, at 10:13 AM, Branko Čibej br...@apache.org wrote: On 07.01.2015 18:42, Alan D. Cabrera wrote: I’ve written up a more comprehensive proposal that would not only hold mentors accountable but also give them a fair bit of autonomous authority during releases.

Re: proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-07 Thread jan i
On 7 January 2015 at 19:32, Alan D. Cabrera l...@toolazydogs.com wrote: On Jan 7, 2015, at 10:13 AM, Branko Čibej br...@apache.org wrote: On 07.01.2015 18:42, Alan D. Cabrera wrote: I’ve written up a more comprehensive proposal that would not only hold mentors accountable but also give

proposal: mentor re-boot

2015-01-07 Thread Alan D . Cabrera
I’ve written up a more comprehensive proposal that would not only hold mentors accountable but also give them a fair bit of autonomous authority during releases. https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/MentorRebootProposal https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/MentorRebootProposal What we would gain is