I am glad that I brought up the discussion on Tuscany graduation with Bill Rowe at ApacheConEU 2008. Happy to see this gain momentum and the positive responses :).
++Vamsi On Wed, Apr 16, 2008 at 9:11 AM, Niclas Hedhman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On Sunday 13 April 2008 19:30, Robert Burrell Donkin wrote: > > IMHO the emphasis on committer affiliation is misguided. overloading > > the word diversity was also probably a mistake. maybe we need to focus > > on narrower concepts with alternative names. > > > > 1. the incubator should be concerned about the composition of the > > proposed PMC. > > > > 2. for a top level project to succeed, it needs to be able to > > encrourage, recruit and mentor new independent developers. > > +1. > > Also, my personal and highly subjective interpretation of the (if present) > intent around diversity boils down to one scenario; > > * A company pulls the plug for paid developers - will the project survive? > > Other cases of dominance have been brought up, such as forcing the > company's > will upon the community, rejection to expand the developer community and > PMC > membership, and so forth. I find these issues less important, as ASF > Members > can (and should) monitor PMCs in general and raise flags to the board if > misuse is happening, and we have been there before and can deal with it. > > So, for the case of Tuscany; I am satisfied with the diversity goal, and > encourage Tuscany community with the aid of Mentors to move for > graduation. > > > Cheers > -- > Niclas Hedhman, Software Developer > > I live here; http://tinyurl.com/2qq9er > I work here; http://tinyurl.com/2ymelc > I relax here; http://tinyurl.com/2cgsug > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
