RE: Board Commentary: Metro and Avalon

2004-09-24 Thread Stephen McConnell
Noel: Community dynamics, evolution, collective management, and how things unfold. Well, it's probably good stuff to document. If on the other-hand you want to paint me as the Dr. Claw, well, your going to have to send me a complete package - the car, the costume, and don't forget the cat! Chee

Re: Board Commentary: Metro and Avalon

2004-09-24 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- everyone knows i cannot keep my mouth shut to save my life. Niclas Hedhman wrote: > >> If you don't understand this, you don't understand Apache. > That itself sounds more like communism under Stalin than an open society > willing to discuss issues. and *that

Re: Board Commentary: Metro and Avalon

2004-09-24 Thread Rodent of Unusual Size
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Niclas Hedhman wrote: > >> You can, but you should damned well ask the author of the original email >> for permission first (and, ideally, you should also ask the persons who >> are the subject of the email). > > Stephen was asked. He has no objections of washi

RE: Board Commentary: Metro and Avalon

2004-09-24 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Stephen McConnell wrote: > Sure - we talked openly about developer and user attrition. > Was that bad? Was it better to stay fragment and unable to > really and properly work with other projects as a single > community? Yes - attrition comes at a price. Any regrets > - sure. Would I do it agai

httpd 2.0.52-rc1 is running on minotaur

2004-09-24 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
...since Thursday, 23-Sep-2004 12:43:57 PDT, thank you Greg Ames for putting this live. If anyone observes any misbehavior please let [EMAIL PROTECTED] know about it! This release replaces 2.0.51, which introduced some rather nasty flaws around the Satisfy security directive, and we are working f

RE: Board Commentary: Metro and Avalon

2004-09-24 Thread Stephen McConnell
> -Original Message- > From: Noel J. Bergman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > You make it sound as if the Board was off on a lark, when the fact is that > the situation has all too often discussed in many circles, and the Board > has been fairly closely monitoring the project for more than two

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2004-09-24 Thread Rich Bowen
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 Are any of you fine folks planning to be at the Ohio LinuxFest next weekend? ohiolinux.org If so, please drop me a note so we can meet up at some point. - -- And everyone said, "If we only live, We too will go to sea in a Sieve - To the hills of t

Re: Board Commentary: Metro and Avalon

2004-09-24 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Sam Ruby wrote: Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: Since you don't seem sensible to common sense [snip] Just don't expect to change people, as it will never happen, especially if you are attacking them. Consider taking your own advice. Thanks, will do. -- Nicola Ken Barozzi [EMAIL PROTECT

Re: Board Commentary: Metro and Avalon

2004-09-24 Thread Sam Ruby
Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: Since you don't seem sensible to common sense [snip] Just don't expect to change people, as it will never happen, especially if you are attacking them. Consider taking your own advice. - Sam Ruby - To uns

RE: Board Commentary: Metro and Avalon

2004-09-24 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Niclas Hedhman wrote: > The goal initially was to highlight that "The Apache Way" > speaks highly of the positive sides of meritocracy, but > ignores any possible 'misuse' of the system. Actually, I believe that this speaks quite to the opposite of ignoring abuse of the system, as you put it. An

Re: Board Commentary: Metro and Avalon

2004-09-24 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Niclas Hedhman wrote: ... I have quoted a fraction of a long mail, with the consent of the "victim". It's customary to say so in the beginning of the mail. If that is too much exposure of the Board activities, then I suggest you take disciplinary actions against me. (Hold on, there aer no procedure

RE: Board Commentary: Metro and Avalon

2004-09-24 Thread J Aaron Farr
> -Original Message- > From: Niclas Hedhman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > ... > Now, since I aired this on community@, I am getting the feeling that this > is a touchy subject and should not be discussed in open. That worries me > more. What is there to hide? Why can't I ask for a clarificati

RE: Board Commentary: Metro and Avalon

2004-09-24 Thread Stephen McConnell
> -Original Message- > From: Henning Schmiedehausen [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > As a non-member of the Avalon community, I've noticed that a rift opened > up there from far, far away. > > But as my primary project in the Jakarta Community (Turbine) considers > moving closer to Avalon, I'

Re: Board Commentary: Metro and Avalon

2004-09-24 Thread Niclas Hedhman
On Friday 24 September 2004 20:40, Brian W. Fitzpatrick wrote: > On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 07:18, Niclas Hedhman wrote: > > The goal initially was to highlight that "The Apache Way" speaks highly > > of the positive sides of meritocracy, but ignores any possible 'misuse' > > of the system. > > And that

Re: Board Commentary: Metro and Avalon

2004-09-24 Thread Brian W. Fitzpatrick
On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 07:18, Niclas Hedhman wrote: > On Friday 24 September 2004 20:02, Brian W. Fitzpatrick wrote: > > Perhaps you could explain to the list why you feel it is necessary to > > air this subject (which was started on a private list) in a semi-public > > forum like [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Board Commentary: Metro and Avalon

2004-09-24 Thread Niclas Hedhman
On Friday 24 September 2004 20:02, Brian W. Fitzpatrick wrote: > Perhaps you could explain to the list why you feel it is necessary to > air this subject (which was started on a private list) in a semi-public > forum like [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > What is your goal in doing this? The goal initially wa

Re: Board Commentary: Metro and Avalon

2004-09-24 Thread Brian W. Fitzpatrick
Niclas, Perhaps you could explain to the list why you feel it is necessary to air this subject (which was started on a private list) in a semi-public forum like [EMAIL PROTECTED] What is your goal in doing this? -Fitz On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 05:45, Niclas Hedhman wrote: > On Friday 24 September 2

Re: Board Commentary: Metro and Avalon

2004-09-24 Thread Niclas Hedhman
On Friday 24 September 2004 17:44, Henning Schmiedehausen wrote: > Could some of the Avalon folks maybe state in a few (!) > sentences, what is the issue over Avalon / Merlin and the rejected Metro > proposal? "Few" is very difficult :o) Regarding the deferred Metro proposal I have a brief summa

Re: Board Commentary: Metro and Avalon

2004-09-24 Thread Henning Schmiedehausen
On Fri, 2004-09-24 at 11:18, Niclas Hedhman wrote: [...] > That is all well and dandy. But it only reflects the "promotion" aspect, not > the "demotion" aspect. Example, > > * if I am voted in as a committer into a project, and then -1 every vote for > new committers. Does that quantify as bein

Re: Board Commentary: Metro and Avalon

2004-09-24 Thread Niclas Hedhman
On Friday 24 September 2004 15:08, Nicola Ken Barozzi wrote: > People are invited to join the PMC only if other PMC members see their > merits and want them to come in, not because there is some rule that > sums up the commits done or the length of the emails written. > PMC members are there beca

Re: Board Commentary: Metro and Avalon

2004-09-24 Thread Nicola Ken Barozzi
Niclas Hedhman wrote: ... in effect anyone could potentially be at the whim of high ranking officers (Board) and to a lesser degree PMCs(?) Apache is a meritocracy, not a kolkhoz[1]. People are invited to join the PMC only if other PMC members see their merits and want them to come in, not becaus

RE: Board Commentary: Metro and Avalon

2004-09-24 Thread Stephen McConnell
> -Original Message- > From: Niclas Hedhman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > Sent: 23 September 2004 19:10 > To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > Cc: community@apache.org; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]; > [EMAIL PROTECTED]; [EMAIL PROTECTED]