On Thu, Sep 29, 2011 at 03:00, David Crossley <[email protected]> wrote: > Bernd Fondermann wrote: >> Ross Gardler wrote: >> > Mladen Turk wrote: >> >> Graham Leggett wrote: >> >>> Mladen Turk wrote: >> >>> >> >>>> Make sure lab projects can make releases. >> >>>> The reason for no releases policy is a mystery to me and >> >>>> it actually forced me to move one of my projects from >> >>>> labs to sourceforge. >> >>> >> >>> The reason for "no releases" is that if you want to make releases, you >> >>> should be in the incubator. >> >> >> >> And for the incubator you need a community >> > >> > No you don't. You need mentors and a champion (shouldn't be hard for >> > anyone who is already an ASF committer). You need a desire to build >> > community. You do not need a community, the incubator is there to >> > incubate community, not code: >> > >> > "The Apache Incubator has two primary goals: >> > >> > Ensure all donations are in accordance with the ASF legal standards >> > Develop new communities that adhere to our guiding principles" >> >> Although, to be honest, no-community proposals have been turned down in the >> past. > > Apache PhotArk (incubating) started with one person.
Yes, I wasn't claiming that /all/ such proposals were turned down, but /some/ definitively were. PhotArk is a special case because AFAIR it was started by an ASF member and other ASF committers immediately joined. Bernd --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
