Re: Is the incubator out of control?

2005-12-22 Thread Steven Noels
On 21 Dec 2005, at 10:50, Ted Leung wrote: Unfortunately, I don't agree with that.I think that the incubation process is setting an incredibly low bar for access to the Apache brand name, and this is a bad thing. Corporations see the value of the brand name, that's why they want to come

Re: Is the incubator out of control?

2005-12-22 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Dec 21, 2005, at 7:46 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: Jim Jagielski wrote: I think the Incubator would best serve the ASF if we/they had the ultimate authority to vote on, even if the PMC approves a proposed project, acceptance. You are entitled to that view, but until the Board formally

Re: Is the incubator out of control?

2005-12-22 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 12/22/05, Jim Jagielski [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: On Dec 21, 2005, at 7:46 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: Jim Jagielski wrote: I think the Incubator would best serve the ASF if we/they had the ultimate authority to vote on, even if the PMC approves a proposed project, acceptance.

Re: Is the incubator out of control?

2005-12-22 Thread Martin Marinschek
Do you mean the incubator PMC or the project PMCs? I do think that there is much at stake also for the project PMCs If the projects they bring in don't work out, this will also be a problem for the project community. regards, Martin On 12/22/05, robert burrell donkin [EMAIL PROTECTED]

Re: Incubating java projects

2005-12-22 Thread James Strachan
On 22 Dec 2005, at 06:36, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: On Wed, 2005-12-21 at 19:47 -0800, Greg Stein wrote: On Tue, Dec 20, 2005 at 11:16:13AM -0800, Alan D. Cabrera wrote: Dumb question, is it a requirement that the incubating project move to the org.apache package? I would say yes. Big

RE: Is the incubator out of control?

2005-12-22 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Jim Jagielski wrote: Noel J. Bergman wrote: Jim Jagielski wrote: I think the Incubator would best serve the ASF if we/they had the ultimate authority to vote on, even if the PMC approves a proposed project, acceptance. You are entitled to that view, but until the Board formally sets that

RE: Incubating java projects

2005-12-22 Thread Noel J. Bergman
James Strachan wrote: I don't see why we need to force a major package name change on our users. Branding and consistency. A wrapper package can be used to deprecate the old names. --- Noel - To unsubscribe,

Re: iBatis..

2005-12-22 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 12/22/05, Larry Meadors [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) We are not in the incubator anymore. 2) Odd...not sure what's up with that. if it's wrong, patch it :) - robert - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional

Re: Growth

2005-12-22 Thread Alan D. Cabrera
On 12/21/2005 7:22 AM, Davanum Srinivas wrote: Folks, Right now any PMC can automatically ok projects into incubator. How about we change that rule? So that the only pmc that can approve a proposal is the incubator PMC. Without putting too much thought into my response I think that the

RE: Incubating java projects

2005-12-22 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Greg Stein wrote: Alan D. Cabrera wrote: Dumb question, is it a requirement that the incubating project move to the org.apache package? I would say yes. As would (and did) most others. We should add this to the Incubation checklist. I don't want to see another mistake made as was

Re: Incubating java projects

2005-12-22 Thread Alan D. Cabrera
On 12/21/2005 3:13 AM, Leo Simons wrote: On Wed, Dec 21, 2005 at 10:59:11AM +, James Strachan wrote: On 20 Dec 2005, at 19:33, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: It's not actually a dumb question, but rather one that I always took for granted... I realized when asked by Alan that we never

Re: Is the incubator out of control?

2005-12-22 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Dec 22, 2005, at 12:56 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: I do understand your point, but as I also understand from the comments of both the current ASF Chairman and his predecessor, the Incubator's authority comes into play when we vote to release from the Incubator, rather than when another

Re: Is the incubator out of control?

2005-12-22 Thread Alan D. Cabrera
On 12/22/2005 10:34 AM, Jim Jagielski wrote: On Dec 22, 2005, at 12:56 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: I do understand your point, but as I also understand from the comments of both the current ASF Chairman and his predecessor, the Incubator's authority comes into play when we vote to release

Re: Is the incubator out of control?

2005-12-22 Thread robert burrell donkin
(for the benefit of those joining the thread, here's the context) On 12/22/05, robert burrell donkin [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: the way people vote are a matter of record and so reputations are at stake both inside and outside apache. voting for a duff release or contributing to a failure

Re: Is the incubator out of control?

2005-12-22 Thread Erik Abele
On 21.12.2005, at 21:57, Roy T. Fielding wrote: On Dec 21, 2005, at 11:04 AM, Ted Leung wrote: How is this possible when any other PMC can vote to bring a project in without approval of the incubator PMC? Just look at the raft of projects being brought in via Geronimo and the WS PMC.

Re: Is the incubator out of control?

2005-12-22 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Dec 22, 2005, at 1:44 PM, Alan D. Cabrera wrote: I'm confused. Are you stating that the Incubator PMC does not currently have the ultimate authority on who leaves the incubator and who does not? Not at all. No one (afaik) denies the fact that the Incubator is the final arbiter of

RE: Is the incubator out of control?

2005-12-22 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Jim Jagielski wrote: The Chairman does not have ultimate authority, and their PoV or opinion does not count more or less than others, nor does it mean that their interpretation is the rule :) Right, but there is clearly a difference of opinion, so which part of the Board can clarify the

RE: Is the incubator out of control?

2005-12-22 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Alan D. Cabrera wrote: Are you stating that the Incubator PMC does not currently have the ultimate authority on who leaves the incubator and who does not? No, that is clearly an authority delegated by the Board exclusively to the Incubator. --- Noel

Re: Is the incubator out of control?

2005-12-22 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Dec 22, 2005, at 1:55 PM, Jim Jagielski wrote: Instead, the question is whether it also has the authority (and responsibility) to decide who enters Incubation or not. FWIW, I have never envisioned a case where the Incubator would be at odds with the desires of the PMCs and the members. I

Re: iBatis..

2005-12-22 Thread Martin van den Bemt
Larry Meadors wrote: 3) Probaly will not make that change (and break all those apps) until 3.x You are informing new adopters about this ? Since you are forcing them to change quite quickly after their adoption, even though everyone needs to switch to the new package naming eventually

Re: Is the incubator out of control?

2005-12-22 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Dec 22, 2005, at 2:01 PM, Noel J. Bergman wrote: Jim Jagielski wrote: The Chairman does not have ultimate authority, and their PoV or opinion does not count more or less than others, nor does it mean that their interpretation is the rule :) Right, but there is clearly a difference of

Re: iBatis..

2005-12-22 Thread Martin Cooper
On 12/22/05, Larry Meadors [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: 1) We are not in the incubator anymore. 2) Odd...not sure what's up with that. 3) Probaly will not make that change (and break all those apps) until 3.x Regarding #3, you might want to check out this current thread:

Re: AJAX Toolkit Framework Proposal

2005-12-22 Thread Ted Husted
On 12/21/05, Ted Leung [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: I'd love to have a good AJAX project here at Apache, but I'm not at all convinced that this is the best way to get it. I also talked to Alex Russell at Dojo about coming to the ASF (at this year's OSCON), and the overhead thing was already on

Re: Growth

2005-12-22 Thread Rich Bowen
Alan D. Cabrera wrote: On 12/21/2005 7:22 AM, Davanum Srinivas wrote: Folks, Right now any PMC can automatically ok projects into incubator. How about we change that rule? So that the only pmc that can approve a proposal is the incubator PMC. ++1 Without putting too much thought into my

Is there a no graduate option?

2005-12-22 Thread Rich Bowen
Please forgive if this has been discussed in the past. I respond very well to go look in the archives responses. However, since folks' attention seems to be pointed this way, I thought I'd ask. As I look through the list of projects in the incubator, trying to figure out where I can be

Setting up mailing list for Lucene.Net

2005-12-22 Thread George Aroush
Hi Everyone, Does anyone happen to know how or what I need to do to setup mailing list(s) for Lucene.Net? I have been trying to find out how for the past few days without much luck. I am trying to finish off the infrastructure setup for Lucene.Net under incubator, and the mailing list is the

Re: Setting up mailing list for Lucene.Net

2005-12-22 Thread Garrett Rooney
On 12/22/05, George Aroush [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Everyone, Does anyone happen to know how or what I need to do to setup mailing list(s) for Lucene.Net? I have been trying to find out how for the past few days without much luck. I am trying to finish off the infrastructure setup for

Re: Is there a no graduate option?

2005-12-22 Thread Davanum Srinivas
I'd say after X months (6? 12?), there should be a VOTE on incubator PMC whether to continue that project or not. thanks, dims On 12/22/05, Rich Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Please forgive if this has been discussed in the past. I respond very well to go look in the archives responses.

Re: Is there a no graduate option?

2005-12-22 Thread Rich Bowen
Davanum Srinivas wrote: I'd say after X months (6? 12?), there should be a VOTE on incubator PMC whether to continue that project or not. Ok, so say we went with X=12. There are 13 projects that fit that description. Of those, 3 have status updates that date within that X month timeframe,

Re: Is there a no graduate option?

2005-12-22 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
--On December 22, 2005 3:26:57 PM -0500 Rich Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I look through the list of projects in the incubator, trying to figure out where I can be useful, I notice several projects that have been in the incubator for a LONG time. Which got me thinking ... is there a

Re: Is there a no graduate option?

2005-12-22 Thread Mads Toftum
On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 04:51:42PM -0500, Rich Bowen wrote: Ok, so say we went with X=12. There are 13 projects that fit that description. Of those, 3 have status updates that date within that X month timeframe, leaving 10 that, at least to me, appear to be inactive for more than X months.

Re: Setting up mailing list for Lucene.Net

2005-12-22 Thread Garrett Rooney
On 12/22/05, George Aroush [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Hi Garrett, 1) Is this where Jira is: http://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/Dashboard.jspa Yep, that's it. Use the Mailing Lists component in the Infrastructure project. 2) What are the minimum mailing list that I will need? I am thinking

Re: Is there a no graduate option?

2005-12-22 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 12/22/05, Justin Erenkrantz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: --On December 22, 2005 3:26:57 PM -0500 Rich Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: As I look through the list of projects in the incubator, trying to figure out where I can be useful, I notice several projects that have been in the

Re: Growth

2005-12-22 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 12/22/05, Rich Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Alan D. Cabrera wrote: On 12/21/2005 7:22 AM, Davanum Srinivas wrote: Folks, Right now any PMC can automatically ok projects into incubator. How about we change that rule? So that the only pmc that can approve a proposal is the

Re: Incubating java projects

2005-12-22 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 12/22/05, James Strachan [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: snip Thanks everyone for your comments. We should maybe capture some of the points raised in this thread into the incubation guide? +1 submit a patch ;) (been waiting years to say that to james) AUIU the consensus seems to be that the

Re: Is there a no graduate option?

2005-12-22 Thread J Aaron Farr
On 12/22/05, Rich Bowen [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Davanum Srinivas wrote: I'd say after X months (6? 12?), there should be a VOTE on incubator PMC whether to continue that project or not. Ok, so say we went with X=12. There are 13 projects that fit that description. Of those, 3 have status

Re: Is there a no graduate option?

2005-12-22 Thread Thomas Dudziak
It takes as long as it takes. The only requirement I have is that there is a continued effort towards attracting community. If a project goes completely dormant (i.e. no traffic whatsoever), then yes it can fail and should be terminated. However, placing arbitrary limits on the

Re: Is the incubator out of control?

2005-12-22 Thread Roy T. Fielding
On Dec 22, 2005, at 10:53 AM, Erik Abele wrote: On 21.12.2005, at 21:57, Roy T. Fielding wrote: On Dec 21, 2005, at 11:04 AM, Ted Leung wrote: How is this possible when any other PMC can vote to bring a project in without approval of the incubator PMC? Just look at the raft of projects

Re: Is there a no graduate option?

2005-12-22 Thread Roy T. Fielding
On Dec 22, 2005, at 4:15 PM, Rich Bowen wrote: So, in your opinion, there is never a reason to tell a project, no, you don't fit here? As long as they (think they) want to be at the ASF, we should keep moving them in that direction? That happens when a proposal gets no mentors. It could

Re: Is the incubator out of control?

2005-12-22 Thread Erik Abele
On 23.12.2005, at 00:23, Roy T. Fielding wrote: On Dec 22, 2005, at 10:53 AM, Erik Abele wrote: On 21.12.2005, at 21:57, Roy T. Fielding wrote: On Dec 21, 2005, at 11:04 AM, Ted Leung wrote: How is this possible when any other PMC can vote to bring a project in without approval of the

RE: Setting up mailing list for Lucene.Net

2005-12-22 Thread George Aroush
Makes sense. Thanks! -- George -Original Message- From: Otis Gospodnetic [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, December 22, 2005 5:51 PM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Setting up mailing list for Lucene.Net George, 2) What are the minimum mailing list that I will

[doc] [draft #2] How to graduate from the incubator topic

2005-12-22 Thread Jean T. Anderson
This consolidates input from Dims, Craig, David, Dain, and Martin (thanks, everyone). The original thread starts at http://mail-archives.apache.org/mod_mbox/incubator-general/200512.mbox/[EMAIL PROTECTED] . I tried to clarify who should do what: - PPMC means the old PPMC for the graduating

Re: [doc] [draft #2] How to graduate from the incubator topic

2005-12-22 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
On Thu, Dec 22, 2005 at 08:01:14PM -0800, Jean T. Anderson wrote: Incubator Graduation Check List --- [ ] Move svn repo from incubator to new location [ ] *** ? *** requests that infrastructure move svn repository Should it be made via email to

Re: Is the incubator out of control?

2005-12-22 Thread Ted Leung
On Dec 21, 2005, at 12:57 PM, Roy T. Fielding wrote: On Dec 21, 2005, at 11:04 AM, Ted Leung wrote: How is this possible when any other PMC can vote to bring a project in without approval of the incubator PMC? Just look at the raft of projects being brought in via Geronimo and the WS

Re: Is the incubator out of control?

2005-12-22 Thread Sanjiva Weerawarana
On Thu, 2005-12-22 at 21:19 -0800, Ted Leung wrote: Right now, however, all I hear is belly-aching by people who have not been doing any of the Incubator's work, nor that of infrastructure, so have little basis to complain about anything. I was the mentor and co-sponsor for XMLBeans,