Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-httpd-dev-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-dev-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 4243010F0B for ; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:16:27 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 59961 invoked by uid 500); 10 Jul 2013 13:16:25 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-httpd-dev-archive@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 59907 invoked by uid 500); 10 Jul 2013 13:16:25 -0000 Mailing-List: contact dev-help@httpd.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk Reply-To: dev@httpd.apache.org list-help: list-unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Delivered-To: mailing list dev@httpd.apache.org Received: (qmail 59899 invoked by uid 99); 10 Jul 2013 13:16:25 -0000 Received: from nike.apache.org (HELO nike.apache.org) (192.87.106.230) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:16:25 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.7 required=5.0 tests=RCVD_IN_DNSWL_NONE,SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: error (nike.apache.org: encountered temporary error during SPF processing of domain of jim@jagunet.com) Received: from [76.96.59.243] (HELO qmta13.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net) (76.96.59.243) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:16:18 +0000 Received: from omta11.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net ([76.96.62.36]) by qmta13.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id ychH1l0040mv7h05DdFdmi; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:15:37 +0000 Received: from [192.168.199.10] ([69.251.80.74]) by omta11.westchester.pa.mail.comcast.net with comcast id ydFd1l0061cCKD93XdFdxt; Wed, 10 Jul 2013 13:15:37 +0000 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Mime-Version: 1.0 (Mac OS X Mail 6.5 \(1508\)) Subject: Re: [VOTE] The 'RM' Baton From: Jim Jagielski In-Reply-To: <20130710014107.38de654a@hub> Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2013 09:15:36 -0400 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Message-Id: References: <20130710014107.38de654a@hub> To: dev@httpd.apache.org X-Mailer: Apple Mail (2.1508) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=comcast.net; s=q20121106; t=1373462137; bh=v497wPS4tdf8AybuiJ7jy6dPOuF+7EBOWqwulf44TzY=; h=Received:Received:Content-Type:Mime-Version:Subject:From:Date: Message-Id:To; b=W/upKowLd9/t60dlBivRBE15fFn1LCLQKtFKyP+uylcvMs+1453wioJ4g2K2oewna it4ZZ3MWefg+i3HeulylyHseZzARwk5ycbDhlNwdCAgM2lyUMYRhZohDyzP1Rqsnav pNvJ37evQfIvWfpByijHyzaLt9LFdufunUSa2B+2S5VXRW+LY4pIckloVTTnrHEtMa czdzjq3On+0JujWkIPgqDgFM/glLsjaoV6NrnzVNxUL/EHj2qXPBA2EhHsQAHyhH1P vXmlE+X+Wr3S/gdrqlnLyAGPvvrXhNMOb2nV3pcz/sZ58YgBV9+jXTYQn1SX4kBca8 flKY6tHRmCetQ== X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org -1. On Jul 10, 2013, at 2:41 AM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: > Fellow httpd devs, > > A major problem which has occurred repeatedly, since the rapid pace of > release candidates in the 2.0 series, is that the RM baton has been > announced and dropped on the ground for weeks, if not many months. The > prime directive of open source at the ASF is to release early and to > release often, and the Apache HTTP Project is failing that directive. > > Refer to http://httpd.apache.org/dev/release.html on our project's > RM rights and responsibilities. Anyone, at any time, can propose > a release candidate. No individual should ever be able to hijack > the project with the promise to do something they can't/won't actually > accomplish. > > While we all get busy, and derailed by nice-to-have additions, the > activity 10:59 and 11:01 EDT Tuesday is a prime example of where the > desire to release the code conflicts with the desire to include even > more changes. The pattern must be broken if we are to release code > to the public often and early, which brings us to a concrete proposal... > > Proposed: An RM intent-to-tag announcement is valid for 10 days. If > no prospective release has been tagged in those 10 days, the 'baton' > has been dropped, the RM's intent is nullified, and any committer is > encouraged to pick up that baton and proceed to tag a candidate for > release. > > +/-1 > [ ] An intent-to-tag is valid for only 10 days > >