Following the community discussion, my observations from general@incubator, and https://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html#the_graduation_process , I will do the following:
1. Call for a formal graduation vote on dev@. 2. While that is happening, let general@ know we are voting. Should the dev@ vote pass: 3. Prepare a charter with the community. 4. Start a discussion on general@. Should the discussion look mostly positive: 5. Call a vote on general@.