Re: [VOTE] Incubator to sponsor and accept Abdera for incubation

2006-06-05 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 6/2/06, Leo Simons <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm not so fond of the actual word "mentor" (or, for that matter, "champion") at all. i dunno - champion's nicely quaint. i quite like the sound of sam having to defend the honour of Abdera in mortal combat :-) (i'll refrain from similar co

Re: [VOTE] Incubator to sponsor and accept Abdera for incubation

2006-06-05 Thread Sam Ruby
Charles Mark wrote: What's happening with Kabuki? Looking at email archives, apparently it was approved in February. Three months later, there is still no development, no community, and no code, and apparently no activity either. Sam Ruby is champion and mentor of Kabuki, right? Would you mind a

Re: [VOTE] Incubator to sponsor and accept Abdera for incubation

2006-06-04 Thread Geir Magnusson Jr
+1 Sam Ruby wrote: > This proposal seems to have generated a lot of geniune interest, so now > I'm calling for a vote for the Incubator to formally accept it. > > A few editorial comments: at this point, I have little doubt that this > codebase will attract a diverse and sustainable community.

Re: [VOTE] Incubator to sponsor and accept Abdera for incubation

2006-06-03 Thread Martin Marinschek
I've let myself be added to the Kabuki team, to make sure I can help out with downstream integration. I'm disappointed that I've not heard much about it so far though on the mailing lists. I'm subscribed to all of them, and nothing but wordless silence. Not good for an incubating project. In comp

RE: [VOTE] Incubator to sponsor and accept Abdera for incubation

2006-06-03 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Charles Mark asked: > What's happening with Kabuki? There is some status in the March report, but it appears that whatever discussion is happening is off-list. > Would you mind an explanation? Is Abdera going to > be different? I'd like to hear from the people who ostensibly make up the fledgli

Re: [VOTE] Incubator to sponsor and accept Abdera for incubation

2006-06-03 Thread Martin Cooper
On 5/31/06, Sam Ruby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This proposal seems to have generated a lot of geniune interest, so now I'm calling for a vote for the Incubator to formally accept it. A few editorial comments: at this point, I have little doubt that this codebase will attract a diverse and sust

Re: [VOTE] Incubator to sponsor and accept Abdera for incubation

2006-06-03 Thread Charles Mark
n? Is Abdera going to be different? -Original Message- From: Sam Ruby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Thursday, June 01, 2006 10:18 AM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [VOTE] Incubator to sponsor and accept Abdera for incubation >>Champion: Sam Ruby >

Re: [VOTE] Incubator to sponsor and accept Abdera for incubation

2006-06-02 Thread Leo Simons
On Thu, Jun 01, 2006 at 10:17:44AM -0400, Sam Ruby wrote: > >>Mentors: > > > > One more would be good :-) > > First, I'm of the camp that the right number of mentors is one, but I > respect that others differ on this. *shrug*. What's in a name...I'll be less brief below :-) > Second, no matter h

Re: [VOTE] Incubator to sponsor and accept Abdera for incubation

2006-06-01 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 6/1/06, Sam Ruby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Leo Simons wrote: >> >>Champion: Sam Ruby >> >>Mentors: >> >> * Garrett Rooney >> * Paul Querna > > One more would be good :-). Perhaps you should volunteer -- you're > pretty good at it...and you'll be working on the stuff anyway... Only as a last

Re: [VOTE] Incubator to sponsor and accept Abdera for incubation

2006-06-01 Thread Jim Jagielski
On May 31, 2006, at 9:13 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: This proposal seems to have generated a lot of geniune interest, so now I'm calling for a vote for the Incubator to formally accept it. A few editorial comments: at this point, I have little doubt that this codebase will attract a diverse and sust

Re: [VOTE] Incubator to sponsor and accept Abdera for incubation

2006-06-01 Thread James M Snell
Yoav Shapira wrote: > Hi, > +1 on accepting the proposal for incubation. > > I am also interested in personally contributing to this project as a > committer, though I regretfully do not have the bandwidth to > effectively mentor this proposal. I hope the proposal team doesn't > mind that I've j

Re: [VOTE] Incubator to sponsor and accept Abdera for incubation

2006-06-01 Thread James M Snell
Sam Ruby wrote: >[snip] > However, with that being said, whatever the wiki page may say, the > people on this project will receive the benefit (ha!) of my personal > style of quiet mentoring. > And your test cases. Don't forget your test cases. Test cases are Good. :-) - James --

Re: [VOTE] Incubator to sponsor and accept Abdera for incubation

2006-06-01 Thread Sam Ruby
Leo Simons wrote: >> >>Champion: Sam Ruby >> >>Mentors: >> >> * Garrett Rooney >> * Paul Querna > > One more would be good :-). Perhaps you should volunteer -- you're > pretty good at it...and you'll be working on the stuff anyway... Only as a last resort. ;-) First, I'm of the camp that the ri

Re: [VOTE] Incubator to sponsor and accept Abdera for incubation

2006-06-01 Thread Yoav Shapira
Hi, +1 on accepting the proposal for incubation. I am also interested in personally contributing to this project as a committer, though I regretfully do not have the bandwidth to effectively mentor this proposal. I hope the proposal team doesn't mind that I've just added myself to the wiki as a

Re: [VOTE] Incubator to sponsor and accept Abdera for incubation

2006-06-01 Thread Davanum Srinivas
+1 from me. On 6/1/06, Paul Fremantle <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: +1 from me. Paul On 6/1/06, Sam Ruby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > This proposal seems to have generated a lot of geniune interest, so now > I'm calling for a vote for the Incubator to formally accept it. > > A few editorial comme

Re: [VOTE] Incubator to sponsor and accept Abdera for incubation

2006-06-01 Thread Paul Fremantle
+1 from me. Paul On 6/1/06, Sam Ruby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This proposal seems to have generated a lot of geniune interest, so now I'm calling for a vote for the Incubator to formally accept it. A few editorial comments: at this point, I have little doubt that this codebase will attract a

Re: [VOTE] Incubator to sponsor and accept Abdera for incubation

2006-06-01 Thread Leo Simons
On Wed, May 31, 2006 at 09:13:25PM -0400, Sam Ruby wrote: > This proposal seems to have generated a lot of geniune interest yup, seems like it. > We request that the Apache Incubator PMC sponsor the Abdera Atom > implementation as an incubating project. > > Champion: Sam Ruby > > Mentors: > >

Re: [VOTE] Incubator to sponsor and accept Abdera for incubation

2006-05-31 Thread Garrett Rooney
On 5/31/06, Sam Ruby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: This proposal seems to have generated a lot of geniune interest, so now I'm calling for a vote for the Incubator to formally accept it. A few editorial comments: at this point, I have little doubt that this codebase will attract a diverse and susta

[VOTE] Incubator to sponsor and accept Abdera for incubation

2006-05-31 Thread Sam Ruby
This proposal seems to have generated a lot of geniune interest, so now I'm calling for a vote for the Incubator to formally accept it. A few editorial comments: at this point, I have little doubt that this codebase will attract a diverse and sustainable community. My concern is now the reverse: