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Subject:    Re: [vote] Submit a motion to the ASF board to exempt Apache::* from
From:       Fred Moyer <fred () redhotpenguin ! com>
Date:       2011-07-28 4:05:13
Message-ID: CAHrynWAcwHOeMACTHrtgpW69uis1EQ+HE2pA7puxaRuJjpwFNg () mail ! gmail ! com
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+1 here.  I took a long at some of the other ASF projects today.
Lucene has 2 major subprojects (solr and lucene), and their PMC
probably 2-3 times as big as ours.

2011/7/25 Torsten Förtsch <torsten.foertsch@gmx.net>:
> On Tuesday, 26 July 2011 04:55:52 Fred Moyer wrote:
>> Getting the releases out for our sub distributions such as
>> Apache::Reload,Apache::SizeLimit,Apache::DBI has been a challenge.
>> With our current release processes, we need twelve +1 votes (3 for
>> core, 3 for AT/ASL/AR) to release a version of mod_perl with Apache::*
>> changes, whereas most ASF projects may only need three +1 votes to
>> release a new version.  We need this exemption since those modules are
>> under the ASF license.
>>
>> We have enough feedback from httpd core during Apache::Test releases
>> that I think we can still go with the standard release process.  But
>> this motion I propose to submit would exempt said modules from those
>> official release process needs.
>>
>> Please vote!
>>
>> Text of proposed motion:
>>
>> 'The mod_perl PMC petitions the ASF board to exempt the
>> Apache::Sizelimit, Apache::Reload, Apache::DBI, and Apache::Reload
>> modules to skip over the normal release rules governing ASF project
>> releases and be released directly to CPAN.  With the large number of
>> sub-projects the mod_perl project has spawned, the number of votes to
>> do a major mod_perl release can reach 12, which is 4x as much as some
>> other ASF projects.  Apache::Test continues to have participation from
>> httpd core members, and as such is consistently able to get enough
>> votes for releases, and does not need this exemption.'
>
> +1
>
> Torsten Förtsch
>
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