> > I'll leave that thread going for a day or two more to see if there are any > last comments, then we need to decide what to do. There's been a bit of > spin > and FUD around the diversity issue, we do more than meet the minimum > requirements, but given the muddied waters how about waiting a little > before > restarting the vote? We've at least a couple of new committers coming up, > and there is that ongoing discussion about non-day job committers, so i > think it may be better to wait for those so we can be really comfortable > with the diversity when calling the new vote.
I'd like to see more discussion from the members of the IPMC. Frankly it is very difficult for a podling to navigate the IPMC and the graduation process without more feedback. The main discussion (aside from wordsmithing) on this VOTE thread has been from one interested party, two mentors, and one IPMC member. If the major corporate (IBM) only had a few committers then this vote would have gone through. However, even with the two additional committers that are being voted now, the numeric weight of IBM's involvement is always going to make this project look wierd if you just look at percentages. But the Podling graduation process is not meant to be about percentages. (Its also worth pointing out that at least three of the committers from IBM are NOT paid to work on Tuscany as a day job.) But the point I'm trying to make is that this project is no less diverse because it has a strong input from one company. Despite that strong block of committers, the project has a very open and welcoming feel, is constantly attracting a steady feed of new committers and interest, and is growing organically. Paul
