There is no explicit rule (to my knowledge). The number "3" came about because that's how many votes are needed for a release. With >3 mentors on the project it means the project needs to come to the IPMC for additional votes. As we've seen this can become very messy.
Ross On 5 June 2013 15:48, Alan Cabrera <l...@toolazydogs.com> wrote: > Mentors come and go. Is there an explicit rule that a podling needs three > mentors before it can start to be incubated? > > > Regards, > Alan > > On Jun 5, 2013, at 7:37 AM, "Mattmann, Chris A (398J)" > <chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: > >> Paul, guys; I just noticed that HotdoG only has 2 mentors right now >> (myself, and pramirez). >> >> Is there another IPMC mentor that would be willing to sign up >> for the project? I think we should probably cancel the VOTE Paul, >> and restart it with another mentor. >> >> Besides that, Adam Estrada (VP, SIS) has expressed interest also >> in the proposal. So we should sort that out. Sorry for the delay, >> hopefully we can restart the VOTE shortly when we have a 3rd mentor >> and sort out Adam's participation. >> >> Paul can you send a [CANCEL] [VOTE] thread? >> >> Cheers, >> Chris >> >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. >> Senior Computer Scientist >> NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA >> Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 >> Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov >> WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department >> University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA >> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >> >> >> >> >> >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: <Mattmann>, jpluser <chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov> >> Reply-To: "general@incubator.apache.org" <general@incubator.apache.org> >> Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 11:21 AM >> To: "general@incubator.apache.org" <general@incubator.apache.org> >> Subject: [DISCUSS] [VOTE] Accept Apache HotdoG into the Incubator >> >>> Hey Jim, >>> >>> I think it should probably read: >>> >>> We're looking for people interested in HotDog and to move the proposal >>> into the Apache Community. The project is moving from a previously >>> open source external community into Apache. >>> >>> >>> I've updated the proposal on the wiki as such: >>> >>> https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/HotdoGProposal >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> Chris >>> >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. >>> Senior Computer Scientist >>> NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA >>> Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 >>> Email: chris.a.mattm...@nasa.gov >>> WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department >>> University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA >>> ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> -----Original Message----- >>> From: Jim Jagielski <j...@jagunet.com> >>> Reply-To: "general@incubator.apache.org" <general@incubator.apache.org> >>> Date: Tuesday, June 4, 2013 10:55 AM >>> To: "general@incubator.apache.org" <general@incubator.apache.org> >>> Subject: Re: [VOTE] Accept Apache HotdoG into the Incubator >>> >>>> >>>> On Jun 4, 2013, at 1:28 PM, "Ramirez, Paul M (398J)" >>>> <paul.m.rami...@jpl.nasa.gov> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> We're looking for developers and sponsors. >>>>> >>>> >>>> Sponsors?? >>>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> 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 >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org