Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-hadoop-general-archive@minotaur.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-general-archive@minotaur.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id A2810657D for ; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:40:59 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 13172 invoked by uid 500); 14 Jul 2011 00:40:58 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-general-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 12852 invoked by uid 500); 14 Jul 2011 00:40:57 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@hadoop.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@hadoop.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 12844 invoked by uid 99); 14 Jul 2011 00:40:56 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:40:56 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.2 required=5.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,RCVD_IN_DNSWL_LOW,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (nike.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [209.85.214.176] (HELO mail-iw0-f176.google.com) (209.85.214.176) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Thu, 14 Jul 2011 00:40:47 +0000 Received: by iwi5 with SMTP id 5so8998331iwi.35 for ; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:40:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.155.2 with SMTP id s2mr1984194icw.26.1310604026703; Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:40:26 -0700 (PDT) Received: from [10.10.10.140] ([70.35.59.2]) by mx.google.com with ESMTPS id y3sm4360928iba.4.2011.07.13.17.40.25 (version=TLSv1/SSLv3 cipher=OTHER); Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:40:26 -0700 (PDT) From: sanjay Radia Mime-Version: 1.0 (Apple Message framework v1084) Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=Apple-Mail-33--563144084 Subject: Re: HDFS-1623 branching strategy Date: Wed, 13 Jul 2011 17:40:21 -0700 In-Reply-To: To: general@hadoop.apache.org References: <20967111-1229-4149-88D3-B4DEB8F49C64@hortonworks.com> Message-Id: X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1084) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org --Apple-Mail-33--563144084 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii On Jul 11, 2011, at 3:50 PM, Eli Collins wrote: > On Mon, Jul 11, 2011 at 3:05 PM, Jakob Homan = wrote: >> Eli wrote: >>> .... >=20 > This is the *branch* policy, which if I understand correctly, the > branch maintainer sets.=20 >=20 > Thanks, > Eli I do not understand the new role "branch maintainer". If this is to make = decisions about the branch, content and direction, I am not in favor of = that. I think it should be a collaborative process for folks working on = the HA branch and not an individuals call. HA is a collaborative project based around the design that we = published. Aaron has volunteered to help merge trunk into this branch; = others working on the project can also help in merging. When it is = finally merged into trunk we will go through the normal rules (as = proposed by Jakob, 3+1s etc., assuming it passes).= --Apple-Mail-33--563144084--