Richard S. Hall wrote: > Alex Karasulu wrote: >> Noel J. Bergman wrote: >>> Richard S. Hall wrote: >>>> I think this should be priority number one. >>>> >>> >>> Just keep in mind that this is not the Incubator's priority. >>> Releases can >>> be sanctioned, but the only reason why we permit them at all is to >>> help with >>> community building. And I observe that a number of folks are saying >>> that >>> they won't adopt the code while it is in the Incubator, which is just >>> fine >>> with us, so you might get more bang for the buck doing a post-Incubation >>> release. >>> >> >> I agree with Noel here. If the community had growth issues I'd push >> for a release but this community is growing and healthy. A release >> from the incubator requires special considerations and may lessen the >> value of your release since technically it's not an official ASF >> product until the podling exits the incubator. > > Well, you guys have more Apache experience than I do, so I am more than > willing to defer to your judgment. But what does this really mean? How > does this change our focus? No matter what, getting a release is still a > priority for me.
It just means that whatever you release has more standing. It is an official Apache release. More people thus are likely to try it, so you'll get better feedback. I guess that's the point in it. Upayavira
