G'day all,
As some of you may be aware, we asked the board to comment on how
involved the XML PMC should be in releases being made by the XML
sub-projects. This was discussed at the board meeting, and Dirk came
back with the response below (which is being forwarded in line with his
OK in the
Hi Berin and all,
Although the question of whether to split the PMC, and generally of how to
increase oversight, are interesting ones, the comments in Dirk's note about
"a release which is made without sufficient +1's votes" has generated a bit
of confusion among some Xerces-J committers.
His
> direct oversite and report back to the broader PMC. (Does that make it
> a TLP I wonder :>.)
And obviously - breaking XML into the smallest granules possible - thus
having 50+ extra TLP's just shifts this problem to the board. So that is
not a good idea either (hence the 3 to 5 number). I.e. a
> "a release which is made without sufficient +1's votes" has generated a bit
> of confusion among some Xerces-J committers.
Yes - I kind of expected this.
> Historically, the project has (with one or two lapses) generally worked by
> having a release manager send a note to the Xerces-J developm
> From: Dirk-Willem van Gulik
> > direct oversite and report back to the broader PMC. (Does that make it
> > a TLP I wonder :>.)
>
> And obviously - breaking XML into the smallest granules possible - thus
> having 50+ extra TLP's just shifts this problem to the board. So that is
> not a good id
Neil,
Before I jump in and comment on the original
e-mail, I thought it just worth stating that I
don't believe anyone is making a comment that
there is insufficient peer review in any given
sub-project. We may need to change our processes
a bit to formalise them and ensure they are
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