Thanks for everyone's thoughtful responses on this. In retrospect, my initial reply was over the top and I apologize for that. It sounds like we have some agreement here. I'll cancel the current graduation vote, Ioannis will handle the next release, and then I'll submit a new vote.
-Jordan On Jul 25, 2013, at 10:34 AM, Ioannis Canellos <[email protected]> wrote: > Even though, I agree that 5 active committers is a sensible number of > committers before graduation, I've seen projects being successful TLPs with > less. I also don't feel that that multiple release managers are required > (they are really nice to have though). > > I understand the discomfort of some of the mentors, so I'll volunteer to > manage the next release. > > On the other hand I see nothing wrong with a project staying in the incubator > longer. It only costs 72 hours per release and nothing more. > > Sent from my iPhone > > On 25 Ιουλ 2013, at 18:38, Luciano Resende <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Wed, Jul 24, 2013 at 11:11 PM, Jordan Zimmerman < >> [email protected]> wrote: >> >>> I agree with Eric here. The pace in Incubator is stifling. It was my >>> understanding that the Incubator's purpose was to establish community and >>> have a project learn the Apache Way. Curator already had a thriving >>> community before it came into the Incubator. What is was lacking was >>> diverse committers. Over four months we've demonstrated that we can attract >>> new committers. I fully expect that more committers will come on when (if) >>> Curator is a TLP. >>> >>> -JZ >> I think the main issue for the project is that the mentors want to make >> sure the new committers can move the project on in case you or some other >> committer is not available. If we can demonstrate a release done by someone >> other committer, and also a process of proposing and adding a new committer >> from someone other then you, this project will have my +1 for graduation. >> >> >> -- >> Luciano Resende >> http://people.apache.org/~lresende >> http://twitter.com/lresende1975 >> http://lresende.blogspot.com/
