Thank you Ross! That seems accurate to me. :)
On 26 March 2014 00:50, Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote: > My name came up and so my filters drew me to this interesting thread. > > Before I comment I should point out that I have not reviewed all the > archives, only this thread. I should also point out that although I > championed this project I did not take on a role as a mentor and have not > been tracking the project. My opinion is therefore non-binding. > > Taking this thread as my only source of data I see no community > related reason why the project should not move for graduation. There seems > to be a little disconnect over what is required in reporting new committers > etc. I hope mentors are addressing that and I trust mentors have ensured > releases are being conducted correctly. But from a community perspective > things look fine. > > Noah has asked whether the PMC is having issues with recognizing non-WSO2 > contributions. Noah has not pointed to specific cases where this can be > seen happening, he is merely raising it as a potential issue. From what I > can tell Noah is more interested in having the PPMC think about and more > clearly document the meritocratic process for this project. This is > important, but need not be a blocker on graduation. The PPMC will > eventually figure out that it needs to be done if the project is to > succeed. Indeed, we see evidence of actions in the PPMC to directly address > this. > > There is no requirement for diversity in an Apache project, only a > requirement for the project to operate in a way that facilitates diversity. > I see no evidence of Stratos avoiding diversity. > > Lets not forget that things can always be done better, our goal should not > be perfection or projects would never graduate. > > Ross > > > Ross Gardler (@rgardler) > Senior Technology Evangelist > Microsoft Open Technologies, Inc. > A subsidiary of Microsoft Corporation > > > > > > On 23 March 2014 10:06, Sanjiva Weerawarana <[email protected]> wrote: > >> On Sun, Mar 23, 2014 at 9:54 PM, Noah Slater <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> On 23 March 2014 17:10, Lakmal Warusawithana <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> > All together we have done 9 votes, 6 for wso2 and 3 for non-wso2. (I >>> know >>> > some are still not announced but all vote are finalized, hence the >>> current >>> > status) >>> >>> Those numbers look much better. >>> >>> (Though I still don't think we should be talking about un-announced >>> elections. These people may not accept yet, or the IPMC/board might >>> reject the appointments, and that could be embarrassing for them. We >>> have to be very circumspect about this sort of thing!) >>> >>> I still suspect we ought to wait a little while longer to see how this >>> plays out. >>> >> >> Its clear your view on this is to wait. That's fine - you are of course >> entitled to your view. As a long time ASF Member I personally think your >> view is rather narrow on this but obviously that's my biased view. >> >> According to http://incubator.apache.org/projects/stratos.html, there >> are a bunch of mentors and of course we have Ross as the champion. What do >> the rest of the mentors think? >> >> Champion rgardler Ross Gardler Mentors azeez Afkham Azeez . smarruSuresh >> Marru.mpierceMarlon Pierce.chipchildersChip Childers.mnourMohammad >> Nour.nslaterNoah Slater.antelderAnt Elder >> In an earlier reply to this thread Chip pretty much said he feels we're >> good to go forward. However I will not put words in anyone's email! In any >> case we need to hear from the other 6 mentors too. >> >> Sanjiva. >> -- >> Sanjiva Weerawarana, Ph.D. >> Founder, Chairman & CEO; WSO2, Inc.; http://wso2.com/ >> email: [email protected]; office: (+1 650 745 4499 | +94 11 214 5345) >> x5700; cell: +94 77 787 6880 | +1 408 466 5099; voip: +1 650 265 8311 >> blog: http://sanjiva.weerawarana.org/; twitter: @sanjiva >> Lean . Enterprise . Middleware >> > > -- Noah Slater https://twitter.com/nslater
