Thank you Phil, Context and advice is very helpful. Thanks Lewis On Monday, January 12, 2015, Phil Steitz <[email protected]> wrote:
> On 1/11/15 7:15 PM, Lewis John Mcgibbney wrote: > > hi Commons Dev@, > > Over in the Crawler Commons project [0] we are discussing the topic of > > donating code to TheASF and potentially under the Apache Commons project. > > Crawler commons is a Java library which builds and maintains shares > > components for crawlers. We have been making pretty regular releases > > recently and the code is in a pretty decent state with around 4 active > > committers. > > I wondered if someone could describe how such efforts have worked > > previously. This will hopefully give us a better idea of what is required > > to bring the codebase to Apache. > > The code is already licensed under ASLv2.0 > > [0] https://code.google.com/p/crawler-commons/ > > Hi Lewis, > > Generally this kind of thing begins either in the Incubator or in > the Commons Sandbox. In Commons, you need to start by doing what > you just did - float the idea of a commons component along the lines > of what you have in mind. It's great if current Commons community > members are interested in contributing to the new thing. Remember > that we are not a "software library" at the ASF - we take > "donations" only so that we can grow communities around them. > > Assuming a generally positive response to the idea, things with > existing code need to start with a software grant (see the Incubator > doco on how to do this). Then to get out of the Commons Sandbox, so > you can cut an ASF release, you need to have developed a community > here and the PMC has to vote to promote the component. See the > "Promotion" section on this (somewhat outdated, but in spirit > correct) page [1]. One thing to bear in mind is that while ASF > committers automatically get karma to the Commons Sandbox (and now > proper) repos, we don't have a facility like the Incubator for > granting Karma to members of incubating communities. That means > that if you start here rather than in the Incubator, non-ASF > committers will need to earn merit and be voted in as ASF committers > like any other new Commons committer. > > Welcome to Commons! > > Phil > > [1] http://wiki.apache.org/commons/CommonsEtiquette > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] <javascript:;> > For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] > <javascript:;> > > -- *Lewis*
