Re: Reform of Incubator

2015-08-11 Thread Niall Pemberton
On Tue, Aug 11, 2015 at 9:27 PM, Branko Čibej wrote: > On 04.08.2015 18:12, Joe Brockmeier wrote: > > What about the Ignite thread was "unfortunate"? That it was a bit > > heated at times, or just the fact that there was disagreement? I fear > > that there's too much bias towards +1'ing things ev

Re: Reform of Incubator

2015-08-11 Thread Branko Čibej
On 04.08.2015 18:12, Joe Brockmeier wrote: > What about the Ignite thread was "unfortunate"? That it was a bit > heated at times, or just the fact that there was disagreement? I fear > that there's too much bias towards +1'ing things even when folks have > legitimate concerns. Heated and disagree

Re: Podlings and the ASF maturity model (was: Reform of Incubator...)

2015-08-07 Thread Niclas Hedhman
Bertrans, yes, something like that. I think a simple page in the regular documentation is good enough, which states the model items, whether fully complies with it, and if not why that is the case. Start out to make it a recommendation to all podlings to take a look and incorporate, thumbs up for t

Re: Podlings and the ASF maturity model (was: Reform of Incubator...)

2015-08-06 Thread jan i
d as part of a report to the Board. > > - Dennis > > -Original Message- > From: Bertrand Delacretaz [mailto:bdelacre...@apache.org ] > Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2015 00:28 > To: Incubator General > > Subject: Re: Podlings and the ASF maturity model (was: Reform of

Re: Podlings and the ASF maturity model (was: Reform of Incubator...)

2015-08-06 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 12:28 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Niclas Hedhman wrote: >> ...the maturity model shouldn't be a set of gating criteria, but that the >> podling should self-assess its position and to what degree, as well as how, >> each point is handled.

RE: Podlings and the ASF maturity model (was: Reform of Incubator...)

2015-08-06 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
Message- From: Bertrand Delacretaz [mailto:bdelacre...@apache.org] Sent: Thursday, August 6, 2015 00:28 To: Incubator General Subject: Re: Podlings and the ASF maturity model (was: Reform of Incubator...) On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Niclas Hedhman wrote: > ...the maturity model shouldn&#

Re: Podlings and the ASF maturity model (was: Reform of Incubator...)

2015-08-06 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Thu, Aug 6, 2015 at 8:46 AM, Niclas Hedhman wrote: > ...the maturity model shouldn't be a set of gating criteria, but that the > podling should self-assess its position and to what degree, as well as how, > each point is handled. Yes, many of the points are non-negotiable, but > don't claim tha

Re: Podlings and the ASF maturity model (was: Reform of Incubator...)

2015-08-05 Thread Niclas Hedhman
Of course there are... CD40 - podlings may not have this prior to coming ASF, hence the full history might not be available. RE40 - interesting clause in itself, both the "can be" and the caveat in it "no guarantee". IMHO, shouldn't be there at all. QU20 - Highly subjective as noted in footnote

Re: Podlings and the ASF maturity model (was: Reform of Incubator...)

2015-08-05 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 12:43 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > Hi, > > On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 12:24 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton > wrote: >> ...I understand the maturity model to be something to aspire to and that >> Apache Projects >> will always be working toward it. I mean TLPs, not podlings, altho

RE: Podlings and the ASF maturity model (was: Reform of Incubator...)

2015-08-05 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
ator General ; dennis.hamil...@acm.org Subject: Podlings and the ASF maturity model (was: Reform of Incubator...) Hi, On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 12:24 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > ...I understand the maturity model to be something to aspire to and that > Apache Projects > will always be worki

Podlings and the ASF maturity model (was: Reform of Incubator...)

2015-08-05 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi, On Wed, Aug 5, 2015 at 12:24 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton wrote: > ...I understand the maturity model to be something to aspire to and that > Apache Projects > will always be working toward it. I mean TLPs, not podlings, although > podlings should be > aware of it and also aspire to it... I don

Re: Reform of Incubator

2015-08-05 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 8:50 PM, Joe Brockmeier wrote: > ...I may misunderstand or have lost track of how that's handled in all the > discussion... you're not alone - IMO the only way such proposals can work is based on a concise wiki page that explains the proposal and gives everybody a single re

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, Just catching up on this thread. Going back a bit. >> #2 The #1 goal is achieved via mentorship. In fact mentorship is >> not even required as the case of Zest (and hopeful Yetus soon) demonstrated. Not to pick on Zest but a casual glance at the current source release shows it contains a

RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
that ... . that used the maturity model format as a suggested form. - D -Original Message- From: jan i [mailto:j...@apache.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 10:37 To: general@incubator.apache.org; orc...@apache.org Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate I

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Arvind Prabhakar
On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 9:15 AM, Joe Brockmeier wrote: > On Mon, Aug 3, 2015, at 07:06 PM, Arvind Prabhakar wrote: > > That said, I have personally been in positions where I have seen IPMC > > members ask - and even demand things at times - that I feel are > > unreasonable requests for the podling

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Andrew Purtell
> >> From: shaposh...@gmail.com [mailto:shaposh...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of > Roman Shaposhnik > >> Sent: Monday, August 3, 2015 12:13 PM > >> To: general@incubator.apache.org > >> Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite > from th

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Andrew Purtell
Can you provide a pointer to a specific example of what you mean? On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 4:06 PM, Arvind Prabhakar wrote: > On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Andrew Purtell > wrote: > > > > > > ​ > > In fact, in my opinion it leads to the very unfortunate side effect of > IPMC > > ​> ​ > > feeli

Re: Reform of Incubator

2015-08-04 Thread Konstantin Boudnik
Sorry if it rubs the wrong way. However, we just have seen through the Ignite discussion (most recent one) the examples where personal expectations were represented as graduation requirements. It is perhaps in good faith - I am not questioning the intention. I am saying that when requirements are u

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (3980)
uot; Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 9:12 AM To: "general@incubator.apache.org" Subject: RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) >As an immediate start to having a tool to support mentors and TLPs you >might want to consider provi

Re: Reform of Incubator

2015-08-04 Thread Konstantin Boudnik
On Tue, Aug 04, 2015 at 02:50PM, Joe Brockmeier wrote: > On 08/04/2015 02:45 PM, Konstantin Boudnik wrote: > > Sorry if it rubs the wrong way. However, we just have seen through the > > Ignite > > discussion (most recent one) the examples where personal expectations were > > represented as graduat

Re: Reform of Incubator

2015-08-04 Thread Joe Brockmeier
On 08/04/2015 02:45 PM, Konstantin Boudnik wrote: > Sorry if it rubs the wrong way. However, we just have seen through the Ignite > discussion (most recent one) the examples where personal expectations were > represented as graduation requirements. It is perhaps in good faith - I am not > questioni

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread jan i
> -Original Message- > From: Bertrand Delacretaz [mailto:bdelacre...@apache.org] > Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 05:57 > To: Incubator General > Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from > the Apache Incubator) > > Hi Daniel, > &g

RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
General Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) Hi Daniel, On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Daniel Gruno wrote: > On 2015-08-04 13:01, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: >>... IMO the Incubator PMC can very much own this checklist, and I >

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Joe Brockmeier
On Tue, Aug 4, 2015, at 12:23 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > It's hard to get the balance right between appropriate oversight and > unwanted meddling. No argument there. I'm unconvinced that a restructuring of the IPMC/PPMC/Mentorship structure as it is today will solve that, though it might push it ar

RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Ross Gardler
t between appropriate oversight and unwanted meddling. Sent from my Windows Phone From: Joe Brockmeier<mailto:j...@zonker.net> Sent: ‎8/‎4/‎2015 9:16 AM To: general@incubator.apache.org<mailto:general@incubator.apache.org> Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Joe Brockmeier
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015, at 07:06 PM, Arvind Prabhakar wrote: > That said, I have personally been in positions where I have seen IPMC > members ask - and even demand things at times - that I feel are > unreasonable requests for the podling. The reason I do not challenge > those is because I feel that t

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Joe Brockmeier
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015, at 03:13 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 3:44 AM, Joe Brockmeier wrote: > > On Sun, Aug 2, 2015, at 10:05 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > >> I've been waiting for a bout a week for other to chime in, but > >> it seems that nobody has so I'll repeat my questi

RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Ross Gardler
eneral@incubator.apache.org<mailto:general@incubator.apache.org> Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) On 2015-08-04 13:01, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 8:33 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: >> ...Which woul

Re: Reform of Incubator

2015-08-04 Thread Julian Hyde
Cos, There is no "bureaucratism outbreak". People are not "express[ing] their expectations as a law-of-the-land". People are trying, in good faith, to make sure that decisions are made consistent with the Apache ethos. And before you ask, no, that ethos cannot be written down; it has to be interpr

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi Daniel, On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Daniel Gruno wrote: > On 2015-08-04 13:01, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: >>... IMO the Incubator PMC can very much own this checklist, and I >> volunteer to contribute to creating it... > If interested, I would very much like to work with you on perhaps tu

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Daniel Gruno
On 2015-08-04 13:01, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 8:33 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: ...Which would be totally fine and gets us back to the point Daniel and I were discussing: a release compliance team (horrible name, I know) as part of ASF IMO it's not a team that's n

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 8:33 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > ...Which would be totally fine and gets us back to the point Daniel and I were > discussing: a release compliance team (horrible name, I know) as part of > ASF IMO it's not a team that's needed, just a clear and "modular" release chec

Re: Reform of Incubator

2015-08-03 Thread Konstantin Boudnik
On Mon, Aug 03, 2015 at 11:36AM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 12:37 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz > wrote: > > On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 4:05 AM, Roman Shaposhnik > > wrote: > >> ...who else thinks the movement towards empowering > >> PPMCs and making IPMC very much like the board mak

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Arvind Prabhakar
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Andrew Purtell wrote: > > > ​ > In fact, in my opinion it leads to the very unfortunate side effect of IPMC > ​> ​ > feeling in need to justify why it exists by micromanaging podlings. > > I've been through incubation as a mentor on Phoenix, Nifi, and now getting >

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Andy Seaborne
m] On Behalf Of Roman Shaposhnik Sent: Monday, August 3, 2015 12:13 PM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 3:44 AM, Joe Brockmeier wrote: On Sun, Aug 2, 2015, at 10:05 PM, Roman

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Andrew Purtell
> ​ In fact, in my opinion it leads to the very unfortunate side effect of IPMC ​> ​ feeling in need to justify why it exists by micromanaging podlings. I've been through incubation as a mentor on Phoenix, Nifi, and now getting up to speed on Trafodion, I have not seen micromanagement of podlings.

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Branko Čibej
be very >> true at IPMC level today." >> >> +1000 >> >> -Original Message- >> From: shaposh...@gmail.com [mailto:shaposh...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Roman >> Shaposhnik >> Sent: Monday, August 3, 2015 12:13 PM >> To: general@incubator

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Branko Čibej
On 03.08.2015 18:36, Marvin Humphrey wrote: > It's not the central Incubator folks like our regular release > reviewers and report contributors who invent these extra criteria Sorry but this has to be said: I see folks on this list inventing policy (or rather, confusing opinion and policy) all the

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Daniel Gruno
On 2015-08-03 21:13, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: Yup. I believe this to be an unfortunate (at least from my standpoint) but and extremely fair observation. As far as I'm concerned the issue of R&Rs of IPMC is in a state of a stalemate right now. We clearly have a "everything's fine lets just add m

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Julian Hyde
- > From: shaposh...@gmail.com [mailto:shaposh...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Roman > Shaposhnik > Sent: Monday, August 3, 2015 12:13 PM > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the > Apache Incubator) > > On Mon,

RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Ross Gardler
al Message- From: shaposh...@gmail.com [mailto:shaposh...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Roman Shaposhnik Sent: Monday, August 3, 2015 12:13 PM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 3:44 AM, J

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 3:44 AM, Joe Brockmeier wrote: > On Sun, Aug 2, 2015, at 10:05 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: >> I've been waiting for a bout a week for other to chime in, but >> it seems that nobody has so I'll repeat my question as of >> a week ago: what would be the effective way to change

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 12:37 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 4:05 AM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: >> ...who else thinks the movement towards empowering >> PPMCs and making IPMC very much like the board makes sense?... > > How is that different from the status quo where a podli

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 7:18 PM, John D. Ament wrote: > I wonder how much of the silence is a notion of "I don't want to be > accountable if something goes wrong in this podling." Right, but that same concern could be applied to every single TLP and yet the board seems to do the right thing with t

RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
+1 -Original Message- From: Marvin Humphrey [mailto:mar...@rectangular.com] Sent: Monday, August 3, 2015 09:37 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) [ ... ] It's not the central Incubator

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Arvind Prabhakar wrote: > On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 12:37 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz > wrote: > >> On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 4:05 AM, Roman Shaposhnik >> wrote: >> > ...who else thinks the movement towards empowering >> > PPMCs and making IPMC very much like the board makes

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Arvind Prabhakar
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 12:37 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 4:05 AM, Roman Shaposhnik > wrote: > > ...who else thinks the movement towards empowering > > PPMCs and making IPMC very much like the board makes sense?... > > How is that different from the status quo where a

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Joe Brockmeier
On Sun, Aug 2, 2015, at 10:05 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > I've been waiting for a bout a week for other to chime in, but > it seems that nobody has so I'll repeat my question as of > a week ago: what would be the effective way to change the > status quo around IPMC an make it more board like? >

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Daniel Gruno
On 2015-08-03 09:37, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 4:05 AM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: ...who else thinks the movement towards empowering PPMCs and making IPMC very much like the board makes sense?... How is that different from the status quo where a podling with active ment

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 4:05 AM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > ...who else thinks the movement towards empowering > PPMCs and making IPMC very much like the board makes sense?... How is that different from the status quo where a podling with active mentors can have their releases +1ed by their mentors

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-02 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 7:05 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > what would be the effective way to change the > status quo around IPMC an make it more board like? The Board works very hard to provide thorough review of the reports it receives. While IPMC review of podling reports is better than it use

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-02 Thread John D. Ament
on proper oversight from mentors and the IPMC, I'm comfortable > with this approach because I never vote +1 without having done due > diligence on the release - I trust others do the same). > > > > > > Ross > > > > -Original Message- > > Fro

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-02 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
ble with this > approach because I never vote +1 without having done due diligence on the > release - I trust others do the same). > > > Ross > > -Original Message- > From: David Nalley [mailto:da...@gnsa.us] > Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 6:05 PM > To: genera

RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Ross Gardler
15 6:05 PM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 8:41 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > The proposed need to announce release votes on the IPMC list is how things > were when the in

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread David Nalley
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 8:41 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: > The proposed need to announce release votes on the IPMC list is how things > were when the incubator was created. The need for IPMC to control the process > is another case of the IPMC over-reaching itself and in so doing causing > problems

RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Ross Gardler
"new" policies (yes, some changes have been good, but it seems to me that many have not) Ross -Original Message- From: Konstantin Boudnik [mailto:c...@apache.org] Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:15 PM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DI

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Konstantin Boudnik
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 01:38PM, Branko Čibej wrote: > On 26.07.2015 10:56, jan i wrote: > > On 26 July 2015 at 10:40, Justin Mclean wrote: > > > >> Hi, > >> > >>> About 40% of the last 100 threads on general@ is "vote release"... Cut > >> that > >>> away is a good start in reforming the Incubator

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Daniel Gruno
On 2015-07-27 01:20, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: I'd like to raise a somewhat orthogonal point. Mainly the fact that our obsession with doing good work with podlings could, very well, be obscuring a much more important issues. And given how limited our resources of eyeballs looking at releases are

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Daniel Gruno wrote: > > > On 2015-07-26 10:56, jan i wrote: >> >> No that is an important service, on the other hand I also agree that the >> mentors should be guiding/running the podlings not general@ >> >> Maybe we can find some middle ground. >> - Mentors "run"

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Daniel Gruno
On 2015-07-26 10:56, jan i wrote: No that is an important service, on the other hand I also agree that the mentors should be guiding/running the podlings not general@ Maybe we can find some middle ground. - Mentors "run" the podlings, can accept releases etc. - Mentors decide when a podlng can

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
David, I think we've been there before a few month ago. In my view, you're articulating collective (IPMC) vs. personal (mentors) responsibility. IIRC, we came to be on different sides of that divide. I'll repeat again what I said in that discussion: I like the mentor responsibility model a LOT fo

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 9:50 AM, toki wrote: > > > On 07/26/2015 04:35 PM, jan i wrote: > >> unless we don't trust the mentors > > It isn't a case of not trusting the mentors, but rather, the ease with > which something can be accidentally overlooked. > > Rephrased. The mentor is too close to the

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 1:56 AM, jan i wrote: > No that is an important service, on the other hand I also agree that the > mentors should be guiding/running the podlings not general@ > > Maybe we can find some middle ground. > - Mentors "run" the podlings, can accept releases etc. > - Mentors deci

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Daniel Gruno
Windows Phone From: David Nalley<mailto:da...@gnsa.us> Sent: ‎7/‎26/‎2015 12:36 PM To: general@incubator.apache.org<mailto:general@incubator.apache.org> Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) Empowe

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Daniel Gruno
Since I am relatively new to the Incubator (given that it turns 13 in just 2½ month), I will ask a question that may have been answered in the earlier years: Have we given any thought to some sort of mentor rotation policy? One could argue that what we especially lack right now is the 'outside

RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Ross Gardler
alley<mailto:da...@gnsa.us> Sent: ‎7/‎26/‎2015 12:36 PM To: general@incubator.apache.org<mailto:general@incubator.apache.org> Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) > > Empower the Mentors to run the podlings, teach the newco

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Ted Dunning
I think my own experience as a mentor over recent years is useful here. I thought I understood what was necessary for apache releases when, in fact, I understood release requirements for releases like the ones I had previously seen. The wider by shepherds and by the general votes was a pain

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread David Nalley
> > Empower the Mentors to run the podlings, teach the newcomers and bring it > to TLP. > As a mentor of podlings, I dislike the above idea. Mentors get busy, they miss things, sometimes big things. Sometimes things that are obvious to an outsider are missed by mentors who don't catch it. I've ce

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Marvin Humphrey
> On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 1:20 AM, Niclas Hedhman wrote: >> About 40% of the last 100 threads on general@ is "vote release"... >> Cut that away is a good start in reforming the Incubator… Many of those vote threads are very high quality and valuable. Successful vote threads are short: a few +1

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread toki
On 07/26/2015 04:35 PM, jan i wrote: > unless we don't trust the mentors It isn't a case of not trusting the mentors, but rather, the ease with which something can be accidentally overlooked. Rephrased. The mentor is too close to the project, to see all of the errors in the project. jonathon

RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Ross Gardler
ral@incubator.apache.org> Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Branko Čibej wrote: > The only downside of this proposal is that it assumes that every podling > has at least three active (!) mentors.

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread jan i
On Sunday, July 26, 2015, Don Bosco Durai wrote: > My only concern is now the mentor(s) need to check everything before > approving. In my experience, during the early stages of the releases, lot > of the license, naming, release location, etc. related issues were > identified during the approval

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Don Bosco Durai
My only concern is now the mentor(s) need to check everything before approving. In my experience, during the early stages of the releases, lot of the license, naming, release location, etc. related issues were identified during the approval in the general@ list. Which were very helpful to us. Know

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Niclas Hedhman
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Branko Čibej wrote: > The only downside of this proposal is that it assumes that every podling > has at least three active (!) mentors. No, I don't necessarily mean that you need 3 mentors either. One active mentor would be fine with me. Empower the podling to st

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Branko Čibej
On 26.07.2015 10:56, jan i wrote: > On 26 July 2015 at 10:40, Justin Mclean wrote: > >> Hi, >> >>> About 40% of the last 100 threads on general@ is "vote release"... Cut >> that >>> away is a good start in reforming the Incubator… >> IMO Which provides a valuable service in showing poddlings on ho

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread jan i
On 26 July 2015 at 10:40, Justin Mclean wrote: > Hi, > > > About 40% of the last 100 threads on general@ is "vote release"... Cut > that > > away is a good start in reforming the Incubator… > > IMO Which provides a valuable service in showing poddlings on how to make > good releases. Do we want t

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, > About 40% of the last 100 threads on general@ is "vote release"... Cut that > away is a good start in reforming the Incubator… IMO Which provides a valuable service in showing poddlings on how to make good releases. Do we want to get rid of that? Thanks, Justin -

Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Niclas Hedhman
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 4:27 AM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: >#2 The #1 goal is achieved via mentorship. In fact mentorship is > not even required > as the case of Zest (and hopeful Yetus soon) demonstrated. >#3 When mentorship is required IPMC entrusts the mentors to guide > the proj