Since I am relatively new to the Incubator (given that it turns 13 in
just 2½ month), I will ask a question that may have been answered in the
earlier years:
Have we given any thought to some sort of mentor rotation policy?
One could argue that what we especially lack right now is the 'outsider'
view on podlings before it is 'too late', so perhaps changing (or at
least adding some new) mentors along the way, not just by choice, but by
design/policy, we could perhaps, just perhaps, catch some potential
cases of myopia or "in the loop" issues that seems to, arguably, be the
cause of some of the concerns raised lately.
I realize that this, with the ASF being an all volunteer org, is not
something you simply implement in a fortnight, but I think it's worth
discussing.
With regards,
Daniel.
On 2015-07-26 22:33, Ted Dunning wrote:
I think my own experience as a mentor over recent years is useful here. I
thought I understood what was necessary for apache releases when, in fact, I
understood release requirements for releases like the ones I had previously
seen.
The wider by shepherds and by the general votes was a pain because of the added
delay but it substantially increased the quality of the releases and improved
the processes the group had.
With more perspective now, I find that individual mentors often have somewhat
specialized expertise and my experience was absolutely not unique.
Marvin and Ross also make good and important points orthogonal to this.
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