Good to see we are in agreement on this. Thanks everyone who voted. Looks like this is unanimous at this point. I will start the proceedings in the Hadoop PMC to make ZooKeeper a TLP.
Patrick On Thu, Oct 14, 2010 at 5:37 PM, Flavio Junqueira <f...@yahoo-inc.com> wrote: > +1. Frankly, I don't see concretes benefits for the community with > ZooKeeper becoming a TLP, but perhaps it will become clear over time. Now it > is certainly cool to have our own top-level domain: > http://zookeeper.apache.org/ rocks! > > -Flavio > > On Oct 14, 2010, at 1:00 PM, Benjamin Reed wrote: > > +1 > > ben > > On 10/14/2010 11:47 AM, Henry Robinson wrote: > > +1, > > > I agree that we've addressed most outstanding concerns, we're ready for > > TLP. > > > Henry > > > On 14 October 2010 13:29, Mahadev Konar<maha...@yahoo-inc.com> wrote: > > > +1 for moving to TLP. > > > Thanks for starting the vote Pat. > > > mahadev > > > > On 10/13/10 2:10 PM, "Patrick Hunt"<ph...@apache.org> wrote: > > > In March of this year we discussed a request from the Apache Board, and > > Hadoop PMC, that we become a TLP rather than a subproject of Hadoop: > > > Original discussion > > http://markmail.org/thread/42cobkpzlgotcbin > > > I originally voted against this move, my primary concern being that we > > were > > not "ready" to move to tlp status given our small contributor base and > > limited contributor diversity. However I'd now like to revisit that > > discussion/decision. Since that time the team has been working hard to > > attract new contributors, and we've seen significant new contributions > > come > > in. There has also been feedback from board/pmc addressing many of these > > concerns (both on the list and in private). I am now less concerned about > > this issue and don't see it as a blocker for us to move to TLP status. > > > A second concern was that by becoming a TLP the project would lose it's > > connection with Hadoop, a big source of new users for us. I've been > > assured > > (and you can see with the other projects that have moved to tlp status; > > pig/hive/hbase/etc...) that this connection will be maintained. The > > Hadoop > > ZooKeeper tab for example will redirect to our new homepage. > > > Other Apache members also pointed out to me that we are essentially > > operating as a TLP within the Hadoop PMC. Most of the other PMC members > > have > > little or no experience with ZooKeeper and this makes it difficult for > > them > > to monitor and advise us. By moving to TLP status we'll be able to govern > > ourselves and better set our direction. > > > I believe we are ready to become a TLP. Please respond to this email with > > your thoughts and any issues. I will call a vote in a few days, once > > discussion settles. > > > Regards, > > > Patrick > > > > > > > *flavio* > *junqueira* > > research scientist > > f...@yahoo-inc.com > direct +34 93-183-8828 > > avinguda diagonal 177, 8th floor, barcelona, 08018, es > phone (408) 349 3300 fax (408) 349 3301 > > >
