From general-return-4323-apmail-hadoop-general-archive=hadoop.apache.org@hadoop.apache.org Fri Sep 9 19:21:20 2011 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 6A58D86BD for ; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 19:21:20 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 19023 invoked by uid 500); 9 Sep 2011 19:21:19 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-hadoop-general-archive@hadoop.apache.org Received: (qmail 18645 invoked by uid 500); 9 Sep 2011 19:21:17 -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 18637 invoked by uid 99); 9 Sep 2011 19:21:17 -0000 Received: from minotaur.apache.org (HELO minotaur.apache.org) (140.211.11.9) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:21:17 +0000 Received: from localhost (HELO mail-yw0-f48.google.com) (127.0.0.1) (smtp-auth username cdouglas, mechanism plain) by minotaur.apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 09 Sep 2011 19:21:16 +0000 Received: by ywm39 with SMTP id 39so1139892ywm.35 for ; Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:21:16 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.42.19.74 with SMTP id a10mr516296icb.166.1315596075892; Fri, 09 Sep 2011 12:21:15 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.42.131.193 with HTTP; Fri, 9 Sep 2011 12:21:15 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: <9C0A256C-7DA3-4C40-9F64-A6812B1E2A8B@eecs.berkeley.edu> <-4341369250559116202@unknownmsgid> <4E69ED0C.1090402@apache.org> Date: Fri, 9 Sep 2011 12:21:15 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: abandoning 22 - was: Content request for 0.20.205 Sustaining Release From: Chris Douglas To: general@hadoop.apache.org Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable On Fri, Sep 9, 2011 at 11:08 AM, Eli Collins wrote: > The release manager - not the developers - are responsible for and > have the final say as to what patches get merge to their branch. =A0If > the RM wants all this work they need to either corral the developers > to do the merging or do the merging themselves. In short, it's their > responsibility to get people to invest in the branch. This. The rest of this thread is pointless. -C