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Date: Fri, 2 Sep 2011 07:20:34 +0200
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Subject: Re: Decisionmaking [was: Re: New HBase Logo]
From: Bernd Fondermann <bernd.fondermann@googlemail.com>
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On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 05:46, Stack <stack@duboce.net> wrote:
> Thanks for the below input and the refresher on the apache way Bernd.
> =A0It helps.
>
> First off, in general, this PMC is pretty good at keeping it public.
> Quite a few questions up on private are first met with the response,
> 'why is this on the private mailing list?'. =A0You can see for yourself
> being an Apache Member (I just OK'd your request to join the private
> mailing list too).
>
> More below.
>
> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 6:22 AM, Bernd Fondermann
> <bernd.fondermann@googlemail.com> wrote:
>> On Thu, Sep 1, 2011 at 06:30, Stack <stack@duboce.net> wrote:
>> There are two things here I think got mixed up.
>> a. who makes decisions
>> b. where are decisions being made
>>
>> Decisions about a project are made on public mailing lists. Only very
>> few things are to be discussed in private (new committers, new PMC
>> members, personal conflicts, security issues).
>> Discussing a new logo does not belong on closed lists, IMHO.
>
> Your quote from my mail is my recognizing that the logo arrival is
> dirty and am asking forgiveness for not operating sufficiently out in
> the open.
>
> The logo process was not done on these lists because it started out
> complicated and remained so till the end.

That's the first time I hear that having a new logo could be such a pain.
Congrats to HBase to come to a decision.

> If folks want to redo this process because it was not done out in the
> open, lets do it.

No... Maybe in a few years, when 90's-style logos come out of fashion ;-P

  Bernd

  Bernd