I'll be an incubation mentor, no problemo. - Morgan
--- Rodney Waldhoff <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > With 4 binding +1s (Thomas Mahler, Rodney Waldhoff, > John McNally, Geir > Magnusson), this proposal has been approved by a 3/4 > majority of the DB > PMC, as required by > <http://db.apache.org/newproject.html> > > The next step, according to > <http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Incubation_Policy.html#Entry+to+Incubation%0D%0A>, > is for the DB PMC to nominate one or more "mentors" > for the incubation > process. At least one of these mentors must be an > ASF member, and then > forward all of this info to the incubator PMC for > their approval. > > If I remember correctly, Jason volunteered to act as > this mentor at one > point (although I can't seem to find the email right > now), but I think > he's currently mentoring another incubating project > as well, so I don't > know if he still has the time/interest to take on > another. Failing that, > as I've mentioned before, both James and Morgan are > active axion > committers and ASF members as well, if either of > those folks wanted to > step up to the plate. Otherwise the DB PMC will > have to pick someone, I > suppose. > > It is my hope and more or less my expectation that > axion should move > through the incubator in a matter of weeks rather > than months. I should > hope it is largely a matter of ensuring any axion > committers who aren't > already apache committers get a signed CLA on file, > moving the cvs > repository over, and making sure everything has got > an ASF licence on top. > I don't think "incubator mentor for axion" will be a > long term > commitment, and shouldn't be too much work. I'll be > more than happy to > help push the process along. As before, there is a > basic work plan at > <http://axion.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=689>. > > On Tue, 11 Nov 2003, Rodney Waldhoff wrote: > > > As has been long discussed here and elsewhere, the > following is a proposal > > for migrating the Axion database project to Apache > DB. > > > > If approved by the Apache DB PMC, it is our > understanding that Axion will > > then enter the incubation process. We suggest > Jason van Zyl be named the > > "champion" or "sponsoring individual" (or whatever > we're calling it these > > days) since he is an Axion committer, an Apache DB > PMC member, an ASF > > member and has volunteered for the job, although a > number of Axion > > committers are also ASF members and hence would > meet the incubator's > > "champion" criteria. > > > > Non-normatively, there is working draft of how we > expect this migration to > > proceed available at > > > <http://axion.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=698>. > > > > ========================================= > > > > Proposal for Creating an Axion sub-project within > the Apache DB Project > > > > (0) Rationale and Consideration of Sub-Project > Criteria > > > > Axion is a relational database engine currently > developed and released > > under an Apache/BSD-like license. > > > > While it has not yet had a formal 1.0 release, > Axion is not a new project. > > Axion has had three binary "milestone" releases, > the first of which was > > released over a year ago (9 July 2002) [1]. The > project has been under > > active development since early 2002 [2] and has > shown regular and diverse > > growth in both the development and user > communities. > > > > The Axion team has operated under meritocratic > guidelines [3] similar to > > and derived from those of the ASF since its > inception. > > > > The Axion project has strong personal ties to the > Apache community. Many > > members of the Axion community are contributors or > committers to one or > > more ASF projects, serve on one or more ASF PMCs > or are ASF members. [4] > > > > The Axion project has strong technical ties to the > Apache community. > > Axion uses several ASF libraries [5], and as a > project, has contributed > > code back to those libraries where appropriate > [6]. Some existing ASF > > projects use or support Axion currently, others > have expressed an interest > > in doing so (notably the Apache Directory > Project). > > > > Similarly, many current ASF projects could > advantage of a robust, > > ASF-licensed Java database engine and there > several projects with which > > Axion could collaborate on infrastructural > components. > > > > (1) Scope > > > > The project will create and maintain a (primarily > relational) database > > engine and related utilities, to be distributed > under an ASF-license. > > > > (2) Initial Source > > > > The initial source of the project will be the > material currently available > > from <http://axion.tigris.org/>. This source is > currently available under > > an ASF-style license, and the community has > elected to migrate to an ASF > > license. [7] > > > > (3) Apache DB Resources to be Created > > > > (3.1) Mailing Lists > > > > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > * [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > (perhaps others as needed) > > > > (3.2) Version Control Repository > > > > * cvs/db-axion on cvs.apache.org > > > > (3.3) Web Site > > > > * http://db.apache.org/axion/ > > > > (3.4) Other > > > > Issue tracking (bugzilla), email archive > (eyebrowse), etc. entries as > > appropriate. > > > > (4) Initial Set of Committers > > > > The following is the current set of committers to > Axion at Tigris. > > > > * Ahimanikya Satapathy (tigris id: ahimanikya) > > * Chuck Burdick (tigris id: cburdick) > > * David Pekarek Krohn (tigris id: dkrohn) > > * Daniel Rall (tigris id: dlr, apache id: dlr) > > * Doug Sale (tigris id: dsale, apache id: dsale) > > * Geir Magnusson Jr. (tigris id: geir, apache id: > geirm) > > * James Burke (tigris id: jburke) > > * James Strachan (tigris id: jstrachan, apache id: > jstrachan) > > * Jason van Zyl (tigris id: jvanzyl, apache id: > jvanzyl) > > * Morgan Delagrange (tigris id: morgand, apache > id: morgand) > > * Martin Poeschl (tigris id: mpoeschl, apache id: > mpoeschl) > > * Rodney Waldhoff (tigris id: rwald, apache id: > rwaldhoff) > > * Steve Polyak (tigris id: spolyak) > > > > Each of these folks an "inactive" or "emeritus" > committer to Axion at > > Apache DB. An "inactive" committer may become > "active" by (1) submitting > > a signed CLA > > > (<http://incubator.apache.org/forms/ASF_Contributor_License_2_form.pdf>) > > to the ASF, if they haven't already and (2) > notifying the Axion dev list > > of their intention to become active. > > > > (A) End Notes and Links > > > > [1] <http://axion.tigris.org/releases/index.html> > > > > [2] > <http://axion.tigris.org/servlets/SummarizeList?listName=cvs> > > > > [3] <http://axion.tigris.org/guidelines.html> > > > > [4] Compare those with the "Developer" role or > stronger at > > > <http://axion.tigris.org/servlets/ProjectMemberList> > with > > <http://www.apache.org/~jim/committers.html> > > > > [5] Currently Axion uses 8 external libraries when > you include required > > and optional build, test and run-time > dependencies. Of these, 6 are ASF > > libraries (Ant, Jakarta-Commons-Codec, > Jakarta-Commons-Collections, > > Jakarta-Commons-Logging, Jakarta-Regexp, Maven). > > > > [6] Most notably, the commons-primitives > component, > > which was initially developed within Axion then > contributed to > > Jakarta-Commons, although there have been other > less substantial > > enhancements and contributions. > > > > [7] See > <http://axion.tigris.org/servlets/ReadMsg?list=dev&msgNo=697>, > > > <http://axion.tigris.org/servlets/BrowseList?list=dev&by=thread&from=131142> > > and others. > > > > -- > - Rod <http://radio.weblogs.com/0122027/> ===== Morgan Delagrange http://jakarta.apache.org/commons http://axion.tigris.org
