Re: Incubator proposal template

2010-05-31 Thread Matt Hogstrom
I think Joe hit the nail on the head. Its the mentors that help to guide a project. If the mentors don't get it the project is off to a shaky start. On May 29, 2010, at 5:05 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > Frankly the whole idea seems misdirected at incoming projects, > when it should be directed at

Re: Incubator proposal template

2010-05-30 Thread Paul Querna
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 2:05 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: > > > - Original Message > >> From: Upayavira >> To: general@incubator.apache.org >> Sent: Sat, May 29, 2010 4:58:21 PM >> Subject: Re: Incubator proposal template >> >> On Sat, 201

Re: Incubator proposal template

2010-05-29 Thread Ross Gardler
On 29/05/2010 13:55, Tim Williams wrote: I wonder why the proposal template doesn't explicitly ask the proposers about their belief in the Apache Way? When I'm reviewing proposals I am looking for this in the proposal as a whole. There are plenty of places where this shows through, e.g: Rati

Re: Incubator proposal template

2010-05-29 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message > From: Upayavira > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Sat, May 29, 2010 4:58:21 PM > Subject: Re: Incubator proposal template > > On Sat, 2010-05-29 at 08:08 -0700, Joe Schaefer wrote: > I really don't see the upshot, because a

Re: Incubator proposal template

2010-05-29 Thread Upayavira
g to avoid this pitfall', but I do get the fact that they're likely to soon enough be re-arrangements of previous attempts. Upayavira > - Original Message > > From: Tim Williams > > To: general@incubator.apache.org > > Sent: Sat, May 29, 2010 11:01:02 AM >

Re: Incubator proposal template

2010-05-29 Thread Joe Schaefer
I really don't see the upshot, because after a while people will mostly be "plagarizing" the earlier answers of others. - Original Message > From: Tim Williams > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Sat, May 29, 2010 11:01:02 AM > Subject: Re: Incubato

Re: Incubator proposal template

2010-05-29 Thread Tim Williams
On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 10:42 AM, Sanjiva Weerawarana wrote: > Do you seriously expect any answer other than "yay of course" to such a > question?? Hi Sanjiva, Yes, as I'd expect the question to be open-ended.. "Why do you think the Apache Way is a good fit for your project?" (or somesuch) In th

Re: Incubator proposal template

2010-05-29 Thread Sanjiva Weerawarana
Do you seriously expect any answer other than "yay of course" to such a question?? Sanjiva. On Sat, May 29, 2010 at 6:25 PM, Tim Williams wrote: > I wonder why the proposal template doesn't explicitly ask the > proposers about their belief in the Apache Way? It asks about > fascination with th

Incubator proposal template

2010-05-29 Thread Tim Williams
I wonder why the proposal template doesn't explicitly ask the proposers about their belief in the Apache Way? It asks about fascination with the Apache Brand and touch on it a bit in the Alignment section. But being that one could easily be fascinated by a brand from the outside even while not ag