From: | Bruce Momjian <pgman(at)candle(dot)pha(dot)pa(dot)us> |
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To: | Lamar Owen <lamar(dot)owen(at)wgcr(dot)org> |
Cc: | Tom Lane <tgl(at)sss(dot)pgh(dot)pa(dot)us>, Christopher Kings-Lynne <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au>, Thomas Lockhart <lockhart(at)fourpalms(dot)org>, pgsql-hackers(at)postgresql(dot)org |
Subject: | Re: Time to move on... |
Date: | 2002-11-16 03:05:47 |
Message-ID: | 200211160305.gAG35lP22461@candle.pha.pa.us |
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Lamar Owen wrote:
> On Friday 15 November 2002 10:23, Tom Lane wrote:
> > "Christopher Kings-Lynne" <chriskl(at)familyhealth(dot)com(dot)au> writes:
> > > To the rest of the hackers, is it normal practice to perhaps vote in a
> > > new member of the steering committee?
> >
> > Uh ... it's never happened before ... so there is no "normal practice".
>
> IMHO, replacement of a core member should be treated the same as bringing in a
> new core member, which, IIRC, is by invitation and vote of the balance of the
> core members.
>
> If a replacement is immediately necessary, that is. Having five core versus
> six core isn't a great handicap, as the potential replacement pool consists
> of people who are already doing development now. Having an odd number of
> core has its advantages.
I will reiterate for the new folks that the core group doesn't do much
more than decide if the final release will be on a Friday or a Monday,
and deal with private issues like discipline. I think we deal with such
issues perhaps 2-4 times a year.
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