Please vote as to whether you think ZooKeeper should become a
top-level Apache project, as discussed previously on this list. I've
included below a draft board resolution.
Do folks support sending this request on to the Hadoop PMC?
Patrick
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X. Establish the Apache ZooKeeper Project
WHEREAS, the Board of Directors deems it to be in the best
interests of the Foundation and consistent with the
Foundation's purpose to establish a Project Management
Committee charged with the creation and maintenance of
open-source software related to distributed system coordination
for distribution at no charge to the public.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, that a Project Management
Committee (PMC), to be known as the "Apache ZooKeeper Project",
be and hereby is established pursuant to Bylaws of the
Foundation; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Apache ZooKeeper Project be and hereby is
responsible for the creation and maintenance of software
related to distributed system coordination; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache ZooKeeper" be
and hereby is created, the person holding such office to
serve at the direction of the Board of Directors as the chair
of the Apache ZooKeeper Project, and to have primary responsibility
for management of the projects within the scope of
responsibility of the Apache ZooKeeper Project; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and
hereby are appointed to serve as the initial members of the
Apache ZooKeeper Project:
* Patrick Hunt <ph...@apache.org>
* Flavio Junqueira <f...@apache.org>
* Mahadev Konar <maha...@apache.org>
* Benjamin Reed <br...@apache.org>
* Henry Robinson <he...@apache.org>
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Patrick Hunt
be appointed to the office of Vice President, Apache ZooKeeper, to
serve in accordance with and subject to the direction of the
Board of Directors and the Bylaws of the Foundation until
death, resignation, retirement, removal or disqualification,
or until a successor is appointed; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the initial Apache ZooKeeper PMC be and hereby is
tasked with the creation of a set of bylaws intended to
encourage open development and increased participation in the
Apache ZooKeeper Project; and be it further
RESOLVED, that the Apache ZooKeeper Project be and hereby
is tasked with the migration and rationalization of the Apache
Hadoop ZooKeeper sub-project; and be it further
RESOLVED, that all responsibilities pertaining to the Apache
Hadoop ZooKeeper sub-project encumbered upon the
Apache Hadoop Project are hereafter discharged.
