I'd say after X months (6? 12?), there should be a VOTE on incubator PMC whether to continue that project or not.
thanks, dims On 12/22/05, Rich Bowen <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Please forgive if this has been discussed in the past. I respond very > well to "go look in the archives" responses. However, since folks' > attention seems to be pointed this way, I thought I'd ask. > > As I look through the list of projects in the incubator, trying to > figure out where I can be useful, I notice several projects that have > been in the incubator for a LONG time. > > Which got me thinking ... is there a graceful exit option? I see on the > list that one project is listed as a "Failed incubation", which seems > really harsh. Is there an option for "You're very nice, but you just > don't fit at the ASF"? Or is it assumed that the two options are > "Graduate" and "Keep trying." > > If a project has been in the incubator for more than 2 years, isn't it a > safe assumption that they're not moving along very well, and we need to > cut them loose and let them get on with their lives? > > Perhaps, as long as we're talking of establishing limits, there needs to > be a time deadline as well. Say, if you don't graduate in X TimeUnits > (12 months? 24 months?) then we need to find a way to gracefully say, > this isn't going to work out. It's a disservice to the project to keep > them hanging if there's no real progress. It's a disservice to the > infrastructure to keep them incubating if they're never going to hatch. > > This isn't necessarily failure. There are a lot of good projects that > just don't fit here. It's not a condemnation. > > -- > Rich Bowen > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Davanum Srinivas : http://wso2.com/blogs/ --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
