Hola,
I am curious of how Apache Incubator works and whether there are rules (written rules or generally understood rules without being written down) governing issues like: 1. How a project can be accepted into Incubator; 2. How a project should be started once accepted (how soon, what kind of activity, etc). 3. What happens for situations like Kabuki? Should a project be removed from Apache?
There's some rules written down at http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Incubation_Policy.html and other documents on the incubator.apache.org site. Once accepted, we typically work on intellectual property clearance and setting up infrastructure (source code repository, mailing lists, etc.) for the project. Once that's done, work can continue on the project using ASF infrastructure: commits into the ASF repository, releases from ASF mirrors, etc. Most activity that can be done on a normal project can also be done on an incubating project, subject to some additional oversight and checks / criteria, such as clearly indicating the incubation status of the project in releases. For situations like Kabuki, a number of things may happen, as I understand it. It could still turn out in a positive manner, if more people indicate interest and start actively working on the project. It could end up like Axion or Depot, which were "retired from incubation" (see http://incubator.apache.org/projects/index.html). Or somewhere in the middle... Yoav --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
