Date: 2003-12-24T04:46:48 Editor: NicolaKen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Wiki: Incubator Wiki Page: PpmcProposal URL: http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/PpmcProposal
Last version Change Log: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ @@ -6,17 +6,50 @@ == Members of the PPMC == - * all members of the future PMC (committers + landing PMC members) - * all Incubator PMC members + * project developers-committers + * landing PMC members that want to help (if there is a landing PPMC) + * Incubator PMC members that want to help The Mentors are the only ones /required/ to participate on the -dev list. The other Incubator members would have to "catch up" to the extent that PPMC discussion requires external context. -Incubator PMC members not engaged in active discussion and development on a project are on the project PPMC in quality of observers. They should refrain from voting on PPMC decisions unless really necessary, thus acting as vetoers of last resort. +Incubator PMC members not engaged in active development or discussion on a project are still able to eventually intervene in quality of observers. They should refrain from voting on project decisions unless really necessary, thus acting as vetoers of last resort. == Reporting the the main Incubator PMC == Development and discussions go on the dev lists, where the Mentors are the ones doing active oversight. -The status update occurs on the PPMC list. Thus, the notion of reporting to the "main Incubator PMC" is a non-issue, as all Incubator PMC members are also on the PPMC. +The status updates are posted to [email protected], prior ACK from any Incubator PMC member. -If there is an issue to be addressed by the PPMC, and that issue is to be discussed in public, the PPMC would have to subscribe to the public list for discussion. There would be a summary posting to the PPMC list letting everyone know of the issue, with references to the archives. +== FAQ == + +Joe Developer: "So, how does this 'incubation' thing work then?" +Website: "Well, we want to do our best to make new projects feel +welcome at the ASF, and we want the ASF to feel comfortable bringing +the new project under its hood. This requires a get-to-know-the-ropes +period, which we call incubation. We establish something dubbed a +PPMC, which is a mailing list where a project's core group learns how +to deal with all those 'serious' intricacies that come with being a part +of the ASF, like quarterly reports, voting in committers, STATUS +file management, voting procedures, etc etc. + +Also, we'll take a good look at any IP/licensing/copyright/trademark +issues that may exist during the incubation process. As soon as it is +clear that a project has truely captured the ASF spirit and all legal +issues are sorted out, the project leaves incubation and lives on on +its own." + +Joe Developer: "So, what is this PPMC thing?" +Website: "A mailing list where the project's core group learns what +it means to be part of the ASF. To help them do that, there's a group +of ASF people called the Incubator PMC. Also, there will often be +other interested ASF members to help out and answer questions." + +Joe PPMC Member: "So how do I...?" +Website: "We don't have clean answers to most of those questions +(yet). Just post an e-mail about the question/issue/problem, and we'll +figure things out together." + +Joe PPMC Member: "I don't have any more questions!" +Website: "Well, good! Go on then, out of the womb, go and +manage things on your own. By the way, would you be interested +in a position on the Incubator PMC to help out new projects?" --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
