We’ve completed the first two steps of incubation - passed the IPMC vote and created an email list - so let’s get started!
First of all, welcome to Apache! We’re excited to have a new project under way. I’m a mentor for Hop. That means I’m an Apache member, I’ve been through this process before, and my job is to teach you how things work at Apache. This email is intended as a discussion thread where people can ask any questions they have about Incubation. It will be archived at https://lists.apache.org/[email protected]. Apache does a lot of its business on email. Email is inclusive because it is asynchronous and archived. It is easy to participate if English is not your first language or if you are in a different time zone. Apache folks talk about “community over code”. Build the community first, and good code will follow. And Apache communities literally exist in the mailing lists. Please join the community by posting to this thread. Introduce yourself, ask questions! There’s a misperception that incubation is about proving that you can write excellent code. It’s actually about proving that you can operate as a community following the Apache Way. Along the way, you’ll make some releases, and also deal with some red tape like clearance of IP and brand, but the main thing is community building. You’re probably doing many things right already. Would it be useful to have a Zoom call so that the initial committers and mentors can meet each other and ask questions? (It’s not very Apache to do calls, but I think it’s an efficient way to get things started.) I’d be happy to host a call - maybe Wednesday or Thursday? Something between 1600 and 2000 UTC would me morning for me in California and evening for those of you in Europe. We can have a second call for people in timezones like China/India/Australia. Let me know about the call, but also post any other questions/observations you may have. Julian
