Re: Is the incubator full?

On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Andy Seaborne <a...@apache.org> wrote: > ...Is the incubator full? No, but it needs to be careful about the nature > of the set of mentors... I fully agree with that, we should aim for podlings which are "self-sustaining" in the sense that t

Re: Is the incubator full?

. That agrees with my experience. A commitment to mentoring for 2 or more years is substantial. My experience has been that mentors fade away for all the obvious reasons of volunteers+(lack of)time. Signing up to mentor is the easy part and everyone is well-intentioned. So is the

Re: Is the incubator full?

I like the slider metaphor. When I mentor, I like to start with the slider hard over by active, especially during champion phase, but moving toward passive after the first clean release and report or two. I don't think that inactive projects actually require all that much thought or action. The

Re: Is the incubator full?

> On Aug 24, 2016, at 5:41 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > >> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 7:26 AM, John D. Ament wrote: >> All, >> >> I'm wondering if the Apache Incubator is full right now? > > It seems that this question gets asked about once a year.

Re: Is the incubator full?

podling has different timing; but I'l pretty sure we could find some common-sense milestones. > So I wonder, is the incubator full? Has capacity plateaued and we should > > discourage projects from joining? Are there projects that we should > > strongly encourage to graduate?

Re: Is the incubator full?

> - The number of eyes looking at releases have reduced. > > So I wonder, is the incubator full? Has capacity plateaued and we should > discourage projects from joining? Are there projects that we should > strongly encourage to graduate? I think you may be seeing signs of self-th

Re: Is the incubator full?

. - The discussions involved when a new project comes in have dwindled. - The number of eyes looking at releases have reduced. So I wonder, is the incubator full? Has capacity plateaued and we should discourage projects from joining? Are there projects that we should strongly encourage to graduate

Is the incubator full?

of eyes looking at releases have reduced. So I wonder, is the incubator full? Has capacity plateaued and we should discourage projects from joining? Are there projects that we should strongly encourage to graduate? John