Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Conor MacNeill
Stephen Colebourne wrote: Unless I am mistaken, being a PMC member implies an overseing role for the whole of jakarta, No, not quite, IMHO. The PMC as a *whole* has an oversight role for the whole of Jakarta but individual PMC members do not need to oversee all of Jakarta. In fact this is the

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Costin Manolache
Conor MacNeill wrote: purely PMC role. All releases of Jakarta sub-projects must be approved by the PMC. This isn't something that has been done in Jakarta to date, One good first step in this direction would be to at least Cc: the pmc list on all [Vote result] messages, so all pmc should be

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Sam Ruby
Jeffrey Dever wrote: I am not excited by the idea of only PMC members voting on releases to the exclusion of active committers. I'm the release prime for Commons HttpClient where all committers vote on all issues all the time, including releases. HttpClient is somewhat unusual in commons as

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Jeffrey Dever
I am not excited by the idea of only PMC members voting on releases to the exclusion of active committers. I'm the release prime for Commons HttpClient where all committers vote on all issues all the time, including releases. HttpClient is somewhat unusual in commons as it is rather a

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr .
On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 12:18 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: Jeffrey Dever wrote: I am not excited by the idea of only PMC members voting on releases to the exclusion of active committers. I'm the release prime for Commons HttpClient where all committers vote on all issues all the time,

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Morgan Delagrange
--- Jeffrey Dever [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I am not excited by the idea of only PMC members voting on releases to the exclusion of active committers. I'm the release prime for Commons HttpClient where all committers vote on all issues all the time, including releases.

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Henri Yandell
On Wed, 19 Feb 2003, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 12:18 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: The goal is to make all active committers PMC members. Would it be quicker just to make all active committers PMC members by default? If the idea is that every release-manager

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Jeffrey Dever
If the implication is that release management = project management, I don't agree. Typically there can only be one release manager, but it's takes lots of people to keep a project going. Certainly every release manager should forward themselves as PMC nominees, but the body of qualified

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Costin Manolache
Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 12:18 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: Jeffrey Dever wrote: I am not excited by the idea of only PMC members voting on releases to the exclusion of active committers. I'm the release prime for Commons HttpClient where all committers vote

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Costin Manolache
Jeffrey Dever wrote: I am not excited by the idea of only PMC members voting on releases to the exclusion of active committers. I'm the release prime for Commons It is not to the exclusion of active committers. Http-client is part of jakarta-commons - and acording to the charter any

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread robert burrell donkin
On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, at 11:42 PM, Stephen Colebourne wrote: Yesterday I received the Jakarta Monthly Newsletter. Interesting as always, until I got to the section on PMC nominations. There, I suddenly found my name listed as elected to the Jakarta PMC. This came as a complete

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Jeffrey Dever
It is not to the exclusion of active committers. Http-client is part of jakarta-commons - and acording to the charter any jakarta-commons committer ( which is close to all jakarta ) can vote. As you probably know - only those who are really interested do that. I agree that we're not yet ready

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Jeffrey Dever
Completely agree. We should see what the new PMC roles/responsibilites are before accepting PMC membership. robert burrell donkin wrote: On Tuesday, February 18, 2003, at 11:42 PM, Stephen Colebourne wrote: Yesterday I received the Jakarta Monthly Newsletter. Interesting as always, until I

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Sam Ruby
robert burrell donkin wrote: actively inviting new PMC members to join is something that i think should be done. in the same way that a developer receives a letter from apache (after a successful vote) inviting them to become a committer, i'd say that committers who have been voted onto the

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr .
On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 02:19 PM, Costin Manolache wrote: Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 12:18 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: Jeffrey Dever wrote: I am not excited by the idea of only PMC members voting on releases to the exclusion of active committers.

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Sam Ruby
Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: Shouldn't it be that a committer has been around for a reasonable amount of time? How else would they be a committer? From the perspective of other ASF projects (e.g., HTTPD), Jakarta gives out committer-ship like candy. With HTTPD, a track record of approximately

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Pier Fumagalli
On 19/2/03 17:18 Sam Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Jeffrey Dever wrote: I am not excited by the idea of only PMC members voting on releases to the exclusion of active committers. I'm the release prime for Commons HttpClient where all committers vote on all issues all the time, including

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr .
On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 03:41 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: Shouldn't it be that a committer has been around for a reasonable amount of time? How else would they be a committer? From the perspective of other ASF projects (e.g., HTTPD), Jakarta gives out

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Ceki Gülcü
At 15:41 19.02.2003 -0500, you wrote: Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: Shouldn't it be that a committer has been around for a reasonable amount of time? How else would they be a committer? From the perspective of other ASF projects (e.g., HTTPD), Jakarta gives out committer-ship like candy. With

Re: [PMC VOTE] PMC Nominations

2003-02-19 Thread Ceki Gülcü
At 19:26 13.02.2003 -0500, you wrote: Charles Burdick wrote: Selection criteria aside, I nominate Morgan for the PMC. Now that I think of it, let me just skim through the Jakarta-Announcements archive from various points last year. - Danny Angus - Peter Carlson - Morgan Delagrange - Pier

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Sam Ruby
Pier Fumagalli wrote: On 19/2/03 17:18 Sam Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The goal is to make all active committers PMC members. I think this is utterly wrong for an umbrella project like Jakarta. Interesting. 100% of the ASF board members that I have talked to have given me exactly the

Re: [PMC VOTE] PMC Nominations

2003-02-19 Thread robert burrell donkin
hi ceki wouldn't it be less confusing to have a separate vote for mark? while i'm thinking about it, is general or pmc the right place for votes of this kind? - robert On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 09:15 PM, Ceki Gülcü wrote: At 19:26 13.02.2003 -0500, you wrote: Charles Burdick

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
One good first step in this direction would be to at least Cc: the pmc list on all [Vote result] messages, so all pmc should be aware of the decisions made. It is important to emphasize *result*. Not to be discouraging but you could quickly overwhelm the PMC with threads of discussion

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Andrew C. Oliver
Talk less. Nominate more. -Andy - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: [PMC VOTE] PMC Nominations

2003-02-19 Thread Ceki Gülcü
Hi Robert, I think Mark's nomination follows the sprit set by Sam's initial note. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=jakarta-generalm=104275438831116w=2 As such, I don't see a need for a separate vote. At 22:16 19.02.2003 +, you wrote: hi ceki wouldn't it be less confusing to have a

Re: [PMC VOTE] PMC Nominations

2003-02-19 Thread Henri Yandell
Nominating like this seems counter-productive. At least in the spirit it usually occurs. ie) lots of +1's thrown about on the list etc. It'll be a nightmare. Why not just go into a nomination phase in which someone [I'm happy to do this if need be] collates a list of nominations, and then the

Re: [PMC VOTE] PMC Nominations

2003-02-19 Thread Sam Ruby
Henri Yandell wrote: Just a view against the 'jump right in and nominate a person at a time' idea. +1 FYI: My preference is for monthly batches. My aim was to complete each batch in time for the board meeting, but this one went astray... Suggestion: let's call this round complete at this

Re: [PMC VOTE] PMC Nominations

2003-02-19 Thread robert burrell donkin
On Wednesday, February 19, 2003, at 10:25 PM, Ceki Gülcü wrote: Hi Robert, I think Mark's nomination follows the sprit set by Sam's initial note. http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=jakarta-generalm=104275438831116w=2 As such, I don't see a need for a separate vote. my reasoning was purely

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Leo Simons
Hi peeps, I am on the avalon PMC. I was a bit scared of the idea of being a PMC member at first, thinking about all the additional responsibility and all the additional things I would need to do. Guess what? No need for that at all! The additional responsibility being on a PMC entails wasn't

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Leo Simons
Pier Fumagalli wrote: So, unless this: The PMC is responsible for the strategic direction and success of the Jakarta Project. This governing body is expected to ensure the project's welfare and guide its overall direction. Changes to identify that individual PMC members might have oversight

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Sam Ruby
Ceki Gülcü wrote: By the way, when are the next membership nominations? Martin Poeschl wrote: how does someone become an ASF member? i know, by nomination from another member .. but when does that ever happen?? This is scheduled to coincide with members meetings which, in turn, are

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Pier Fumagalli
On 19/2/03 21:31 Sam Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Pier Fumagalli wrote: On 19/2/03 17:18 Sam Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: The goal is to make all active committers PMC members. I think this is utterly wrong for an umbrella project like Jakarta. Interesting. 100% of the ASF board

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Pier Fumagalli
On 19/2/03 23:00 Leo Simons [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Guess what? No need for that at all! The additional responsibility being on a PMC entails wasn't additional at all. Avalon is ONE project... Jakarta, I can't count them with my hands AND feet. Pier

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Conor MacNeill
Pier Fumagalli wrote: On 19/2/03 21:31 Sam Ruby [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: This is not a convincing enough argument to make me change my point of view. Pier Fair enough. I think it is fair to interpret the paragraph you quoted The PMC is responsible for the strategic direction and

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Pier Fumagalli
On 20/2/03 2:34 Conor MacNeill [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: A bit like saying the government is responsible for running the country. That doesn't mean every minister will have expertise in every portfolio Ministers might not know the details, but know the overall direction and actions of all the

NOMINATE HttpClient committers

2003-02-19 Thread Jeffrey Dever
I would like to nominate the following committers from the Commons HttpClient project to the PMC. They are all very active and have been for many months. There are other committers that could be nominated, but the following are those whose primary association to Jakarta is through

Re: PMC Nomination

2003-02-19 Thread Costin Manolache
Pier Fumagalli wrote: ... Now, under Jakarta, there might be projects on which one might like to be involved and spend time on (therefore bearing the responsibilities of being a PMC member over _that_ particular code base), but there might be project that one don't want to be even remotely