On Mon, Aug 15, 2011 at 4:17 PM, Carl Trieloff <[email protected]> wrote: > On 08/15/2011 10:09 AM, Chris Lalancette wrote: >> On 08/12/11 - 04:42:30PM, David Lutterkort wrote: >>> I'd like to put the graduation of Deltacloud to a toplevel project under >>> the Board of the ASF to a vote. >>> >>> This vote is solely concerned with whether we, the Deltacloud community, >>> feel we are ready to go through the graduation process. There are a few >>> steps we have to take as part of the graduation process (write charter, >>> draft resolution for the board, decide who the VP and initial PMC will >>> be) I'll start separate discussions for all these items. >>> >>> For now, please vote on whether you think Deltacloud is ready to become >>> a TLP by Wednesday, Aug 17th by 17:00 PDT. >> The code is getting more mature, and the community is growing, so this seems >> like a decent time. However, before voting, I have a couple of questions. >> >> 1) Besides being listed as a top-level Apache project, are there any >> additional benefits to graduating? > > - you move out of incubator > - you get a deltaloud.apache.org url which helps with google search hits etc > - you can make your own releases without incubator/ member votes > - you get listed on apache front page > - apache will promote the project > - project gets full apache branding > - etc I think there is a full list in the incubator FAQ >
So, no difference at all (it's ironic obviously!) :) For sake of completeness: http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html Cheers, Francesco > >> 2) What are the additional responsibilities a top-level project has over an >> incubator project (if any)? >> > > > yes, the responsibility of the project moves from the IPMC to the > deltacloud PMC. > The project needs to report directly to the board. > > >> Thanks, > >
