On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 5:28 AM, ant elder <ant.el...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 2:55 AM, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> > wrote: >> On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 7:37 PM, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote: >>> On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Benson Margulies <bimargul...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>>> Sam, >>>> >>>> Rather than argue about the existence and interpretation of messages >>>> about squashing stale podlings, how about this adjustment to my >>>> presentation: >>>> >>>> 1. OK, let's forget about dumping aged podlings >>> >>> We have quite a number of "aged podlings" with no activity and AWOL >>> mentors. I don't want to forget about that. I continue to want to >>> focus on that. Not on tossing, or allowing to continue indefinitely, >>> or graduating prematurely. Instead I want to verify that the people >>> who signed on as mentors, presumably in good faith at that time, are >>> still on board. >> >> Sam, >> >> I started this separate thread because I view this situation as >> distinctive from the problem you are referring to here. I take that >> situation just as seriously as you do, I think. If you'd prefer that I >> drop this (less urgent) problem until that one is under control. I'm >> happy to do so. >> >>> >>>> 2. The third option I presented was 'graduate with an asterix'. >>>> However, I didn't really intend to claim that no other possibilities >>>> existed. Another possibility is 'remain under the supervision of the >>>> incubator PMC but with more autonomy.' I could elaborate, but I'd >>>> rather see if there is a remote consensus to go in any direction like >>>> this. >>> >>> You want to see if people will agree to sign a blank check? My >>> suggestion is that you present a more concrete proposal than "more >>> autonomy" if you want people to agree to it. >> >> No, I'm not asking for a blank check. I'm asking you and the other >> more experienced people if you think that the idea of treating >> Isis-like podlings differently from other podlings by giving them more >> autonomy and less oversight makes any sense to you. If you all say, >> 'no, we don't want to change anything,' I'll drop it. If you say 'hmm, >> let's talk details,' then I'll attempt to flesh out details. However, >> since your bottom line is 'make a more concrete proposal,' then I >> will, but I will wait a bit to see if this thread attracts any other >> thoughts about the overall concept first. >> > > Hi Benson, > > I don't know about the more autonomy proposal but I had a quick look > at Isis. If they've never added any new committers thats a worry but > other than that they seem to meet all the other graduation > requirements. Do you or the other mentors have any feel for why > they've not added any new committers - are they over protective of > their code or have they really just had no one ever come along > offering patches or anything?
As far as I've been able to determine, no one has come along. > > ...ant > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
