Hi, I think it is fine here. My main reason for the incubator list was just b/c this project was completely developed offline. So, it is (to me) a new project. That's all.
For me, a software grant would be pretty much enough. -M On Mon, Jul 7, 2008 at 5:03 PM, [EMAIL PROTECTED] <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > It's great that people are thinking carefully about the right way to handle > this new code. But after some pondering, I'm happy for it to go directly > into a sandbox here and not through the incubator. > > My reasons are: > > Incubation is necessary when a brand-new project is created, in order to be > sure that a new non-apache development group learn to use apache-style > collaboration. But that's not relevant in this case; Werner is familiar with > all this and I'l confident he will make sure everything happens in the open. > > Incubation is also necessary when the code is for an existing project but > that existing project doesn't have committers that will review/commit > patches for the new code and doesn't want to grant new unknown people commit > rights immediately. But again that's not relevant here; Werner will > presumably be acting as reviewer for patches. > > So all we need to be concerned about here is that the code is legally > unencumbered (a grant should do that), and that there is enough of a > community to maintain it long term (which some time in the sandbox can > test). And of course that we're all happy with the architecture etc. But for > that we need to see the code :-) > > I can't see any other reasons for requiring incubation... > > Definitely worth asking the incubator group their opinion too, but hopefully > they just push it back to us.. > > Regards, Simon > > Martin Marinschek schrieb: >> >> Yes, definitely incubator should be kept in the loop. But I feel a >> Grant should be enough, if it is part of the sandbox. >> >> regards, >> >> Martin >> >> On 7/7/08, Matthias Wessendorf <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: >> >>>> >>>> Well best probably is to ask there, but I dont think there should >>>> be too much of a problem of getting it in directly without >>>> having to go through the incubator, due to the nature of the code being >>>> developed 100% by me. >>>> >>> >>> I am fine with that. But I just want to make sure everything is fine >>> and correct with the Apache guidelines. Since the scope of the >>> contribution is a (to my understanding) separate project. Perhaps >>> a software grant is pretty fine. Perhaps even that is not needed. >>> >>> Don't get me wrong. I am not against this >>> (I was pinged offline already asking "why"). >>> So, again I am not against it. I just want to make sure >>> we follow the right way. >>> >>> -M >>> >>> >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> So, IMO the best is to give a heads-up on the [EMAIL PROTECTED] list. >>>>> So see, what their feeling is about this. They deal with these type of >>>>> things more frequently than everybody of us. >>>>> >>>>> Generally, I think it is a good project. >>>>> >>>>> > > -- Matthias Wessendorf further stuff: blog: http://matthiaswessendorf.wordpress.com/ sessions: http://www.slideshare.net/mwessendorf mail: matzew-at-apache-dot-org
