Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)

2012-01-17 Thread Ross Gardler
On 17 January 2012 04:07, Hyrum K Wright hyrum.wri...@wandisco.com wrote: (That, and I haven't yet learned how to wade through the fire hose that is general@incubator to spot potential reminders.) If everything is set up right Marvin will send reminders to the project lists. You might have been

Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)

2012-01-16 Thread Hyrum K Wright
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 4:49 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: And here we return to a thread of some weeks ago. One chair can't review all those reports and push the bounce buttons. Some other people

Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Stuart Monteith stuk...@stoo.me.uk wrote: snip I'll back up what Ant said - Robert and Ant have shown heroic patience as mentors on this project. The situation will resolve itself one

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Joe Schaefer
: Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 11:31 AM Subject: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)] On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Stuart Monteith stuk...@stoo.me.uk

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: It is good that someone finally explained their opinion of a mentor's responsibility to the IPMC out in the open.  Let me disagree with you that mentors are not supposed to be put in the position of judging whether or

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Daniel Shahaf
Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)] On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Stuart Monteith stuk...@stoo.me.uk wrote: snip I'll back up what Ant said

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Joe Schaefer
(was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)] Joe Schaefer wrote on Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 08:48:02 -0800: Why do we need these obscure notions to characterize a failed incubation effort?  Can't we be adults and say it simply didn't work out, no harm no foul, best of luck in your future endeavors

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message - From: Robert Burrell Donkin robertburrelldon...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 12:01 PM Subject: Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)] On Sun

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)] On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote:  It is good that someone finally explained their opinion of  a mentor's responsibility to the IPMC out in the open.  Let  me disagree with you

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread ant elder
On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: It is good that someone finally explained their opinion of a mentor's responsibility to the IPMC out in the open.  Let me disagree with you that mentors are not supposed to be put in the position of judging whether or

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message - From: Robert Burrell Donkin robertburrelldon...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 12:11 PM Subject: Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)] On Sun

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message - From: ant elder ant.el...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 12:12 PM Subject: Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)] On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 4:48 PM

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)] On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 5:08 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote:  - Original Message -  From: Robert Burrell Donkin robertburrelldon...@gmail.com  To: general@incubator.apache.org  Cc:  Sent: Sunday, January

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Christian Grobmeier
(was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)] On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote:  It is good that someone finally explained their opinion of  a mentor's responsibility to the IPMC out in the open.  Let  me disagree with you that mentors are not supposed to be put

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Joe Schaefer
PM Subject: Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)] On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: From: Robert Burrell Donkin robertburrelldon...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Jukka Zitting
Hi, On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 6:08 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: Last time I looked, mentors were delegated this duty by the IPMC. If not, let's go ahead and do that just to add clarity. It's indeed pretty clearly documented already:

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Daniel Shahaf
- From: Daniel Shahaf d...@daniel.shahaf.name To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 12:00 PM Subject: Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)] Joe Schaefer wrote on Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 08:48

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Joe Schaefer
, 2012 12:37 PM Subject: Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)] Relevant difference: when we reject a project we do that on public lists, when you apply to a university the fact you did so is private. Joe Schaefer wrote

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Benson Margulies
I would appreciate it if the participants in this discussion would be really clear about their views about several different podling profiles. a: A reasonably diverse group of 5-7 people start a podling. A year later, they've made a release or two, but no one new has turned up. Mentors attest to

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
You didn't annoy me Benson, I think you're spot on, +1. Cheers, Chris On Jan 15, 2012, at 9:57 AM, Benson Margulies wrote: I would appreciate it if the participants in this discussion would be really clear about their views about several different podling profiles. a: A reasonably diverse

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Mohammad Nour El-Din
Hi Robert... On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 5:31 PM, Robert Burrell Donkin robertburrelldon...@gmail.com wrote: On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Stuart Monteith stuk...@stoo.me.uk wrote: snip I'll back up what Ant said -

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Mohammad Nour El-Din
but otherwise happy podlings)] On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 11:55 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Stuart Monteith stuk...@stoo.me.uk wrote: snip I'll back up what Ant said - Robert and Ant have shown heroic patience as mentors on this project

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Mohammad Nour El-Din
- From: Robert Burrell Donkin robertburrelldon...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 11:31 AM Subject: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)] On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 11:55

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Mohammad Nour El-Din
@incubator.apache.org Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 12:01 PM Subject: Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)] On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 4:48 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: It is good that someone finally explained

Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)]

2012-01-15 Thread Joe Schaefer
...@yahoo.com Sent: Sunday, January 15, 2012 1:23 PM Subject: Re: Parking Projects [WAS Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)] On Sun, Jan 15, 2012 at 5:48 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: It is good that someone finally explained their opinion

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-12 Thread Ralph Goers
On Jan 12, 2012, at 4:11 AM, Niclas Hedhman wrote: On Thu, Jan 12, 2012 at 2:47 PM, Daniel Shahaf d...@daniel.shahaf.name wrote: I was thinking about this differently: mentors be responsible for ensuring IPMC has a complete picture, but normally the PPMC members write the reports. (Not

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-12 Thread Niclas Hedhman
1 responsible mentor doesn't exclude 3 or more IPMC members helping out, but if everyone is supposed to do it, it will happen that no one feel enough obligated to do so. Why do we have a PMC Chair? Why not 3? There is purpose of elevated responsibility, it works outside ASF and I am confident it

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-11 Thread ant elder
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 12:53 AM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: Let's stop discussing this issue in the abstract then and take a look at the current set of reports.  Of the ones with signatures of mentors, I'm not sure looking at signatures on past reports is going to be useful.

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-11 Thread Ross Gardler
On 10 January 2012 22:03, Marcel Offermans marcel.offerm...@luminis.nl wrote: Whilst I agree there is value in demonstrating a starting podling what a good report should look like by doing it for them, I also strongly believe in learning by doing, so I would still propose that a podling has

RE: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-11 Thread Franklin, Matthew B.
-Original Message- From: Niclas Hedhman [mailto:nic...@hedhman.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 11:25 PM To: general@incubator.apache.org; Joe Schaefer Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings I like Joe's suggestion of having Mentors writing a report. But I would like the PPMC

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-11 Thread Michael Stroucken
Joe Schaefer wrote: Let's stop discussing this issue in the abstract then and take a look at the current set of reports. Of the ones with signatures of mentors, I see very little to gripe about- the topics and subjects are mostly relevant to the podling's progress towards graduation. Now lets

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-11 Thread Benson Margulies
On Tue, Jan 10, 2012 at 9:42 PM, Michael Stroucken m...@cmu.edu wrote: Joe Schaefer wrote: Let's stop discussing this issue in the abstract then and take a look at the current set of reports.  Of the ones with signatures of mentors, I see very little to gripe about- the topics and subjects

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-11 Thread Joe Schaefer
Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings On 10 January 2012 22:03, Marcel Offermans marcel.offerm...@luminis.nl wrote: Whilst I agree there is value in demonstrating a starting podling what a good report should look like by doing it for them, I also strongly believe in learning

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-11 Thread Daniel Shahaf
...@opendirective.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: antel...@apache.org; Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 7:05 AM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings On 10 January 2012 22:03, Marcel Offermans marcel.offerm...@luminis.nl wrote

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-11 Thread Joe Schaefer
...@daniel.shahaf.name To: Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com Cc: general@incubator.apache.org general@incubator.apache.org; antel...@apache.org antel...@apache.org Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 2:07 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings You've identified several problems in your last

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-11 Thread ant elder
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: I hate the fact that these discussions continue to happen in a vacuum devoid of any grasp of the reality that mentors typically don't do a fucking thing for their podlings.  No they don't discuss reports on list, nor

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-11 Thread Joe Schaefer
@incubator.apache.org Cc: Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 2:55 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: I hate the fact that these discussions continue to happen in a vacuum devoid of any grasp of the reality

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-11 Thread Ross Gardler
...@apache.org To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Sent: Wednesday, January 11, 2012 2:55 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:52 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: I hate the fact that these discussions continue to happen

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-11 Thread Daniel Shahaf
Ross Gardler wrote on Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 20:33:22 +: Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. On Jan 11, 2012 7:59 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: It IS lame because we've been beating that dead horse for over a year now without any changes taking

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-11 Thread ant elder
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: It IS lame because we've been beating that dead horse for over a year now without any changes taking place. What changes would you like to see? Even if we did require all mentors to sign the reports to indicate they're

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-11 Thread Sam Ruby
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 3:48 PM, ant elder antel...@apache.org wrote: On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:58 PM, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: It IS lame because we've been beating that dead horse for over a year now without any changes taking place. What changes would you like to see? I

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-11 Thread Benson Margulies
And here we return to a thread of some weeks ago. One chair can't review all those reports and push the bounce buttons. Some other people have to step up to help. On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 4:14 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 3:48 PM, ant elder

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-11 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
I read them. I'm also in favor of Daniel's suggestion to have a smaller, trimmer IPMC. Me and Christian suggested that as well I believe or at least I did (although my small number was something like 30) or something, but that's a heck of a lot less than we have now on the IPMC. Cheers, Chris

-1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)

2012-01-11 Thread Sam Ruby
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: And here we return to a thread of some weeks ago. One chair can't review all those reports and push the bounce buttons. Some other people have to step up to help. This Board member reads each and every one of them

Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)

2012-01-11 Thread ant elder
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 10:49 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 4:19 PM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: And here we return to a thread of some weeks ago. One chair can't review all those reports and push the bounce buttons. Some other people

Re:-1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)

2012-01-11 Thread Ross Gardler
Thank you Sam. Re Cordova: no idea why this has not been submitted. It had been written by a community member and commented by myself and Jukka on the Dev list in plenty of time. Jukka already raised this issue on the Dev list prior to your mail here. Conclusion, new project learning the ropes.

Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)

2012-01-11 Thread Brian LeRoux
Re: Cordova was completely my fault. I think after writing it and getting some quick consensus/approval my brain mistakenly filed it as done. Won't happen again! On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 3:08 PM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com wrote: Thank you Sam. Re Cordova: no idea why this has not

Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)

2012-01-11 Thread Stuart Monteith
Hi, Does not having the report forwarded imply being pushed out of the incubator? As far as I can tell, the point being made was that there was nothing going on in the project, and so nothing should be reported - I'll leave Benson to clarify. I'll back up what Ant said - Robert and

Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)

2012-01-11 Thread Sam Ruby
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Stuart Monteith stuk...@stoo.me.uk wrote: Hi,        Does not having the report forwarded imply being pushed out of the incubator? As far as I can tell, the point being made was that there was nothing going on in the project, and so nothing should be reported

Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)

2012-01-11 Thread Benson Margulies
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Stuart Monteith stuk...@stoo.me.uk wrote: Hi,        Does not having the report forwarded imply being pushed out of the incubator? As far as I can tell, the point being made was that there was nothing going on in the project, and so nothing should be reported

Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)

2012-01-11 Thread Marcel Offermans
On Jan 11, 2012, at 23:49 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: -1 for forwarding no the following reports from projects that are over a year old and lacking crisp plan for graduatuation: Celix A plan is being discussed on the list, but did not make it into this month's report. I would kindly like to ask

Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)

2012-01-11 Thread Benson Margulies
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:55 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Stuart Monteith stuk...@stoo.me.uk wrote: Hi,        Does not having the report forwarded imply being pushed out of the incubator? As far as I can tell, the point being made was that there

Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)

2012-01-11 Thread Mark Struberg
12, 2012 12:55 AM Subject: Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings) On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Stuart Monteith stuk...@stoo.me.uk wrote: Hi,        Does not having the report forwarded imply being pushed out of the incubator? As far as I can

Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)

2012-01-11 Thread Sam Ruby
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Marcel Offermans marcel.offerm...@luminis.nl wrote: On Jan 11, 2012, at 23:49 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: -1 for forwarding no the following reports from projects that are over a year old and lacking crisp plan for graduatuation:  Celix A plan is being discussed on

Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)

2012-01-11 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 1/11/2012 6:02 PM, Marcel Offermans wrote: On Jan 11, 2012, at 23:49 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: -1 for forwarding no the following reports from projects that are over a year old and lacking crisp plan for graduatuation: Celix A plan is being discussed on the list, but did not make it into

Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)

2012-01-11 Thread Marcel Offermans
On Jan 12, 2012, at 1:09 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:02 PM, Marcel Offermans marcel.offerm...@luminis.nl wrote: On Jan 11, 2012, at 23:49 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: -1 for forwarding no the following reports from projects that are over a year old and lacking crisp plan for

Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)

2012-01-11 Thread Marcel Offermans
On Jan 12, 2012, at 1:11 AM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 1/11/2012 6:02 PM, Marcel Offermans wrote: On Jan 11, 2012, at 23:49 PM, Sam Ruby wrote: -1 for forwarding no the following reports from projects that are over a year old and lacking crisp plan for graduatuation: Celix A plan

Re: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)

2012-01-11 Thread Sam Ruby
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Marcel Offermans marcel.offerm...@luminis.nl wrote: The only point I was trying to make is that, as soon as discussions here were going in a direction where podlings over a year old should start coming up with a more concrete plan for graduation, I started

RE: -1 on this months board report (was: Small but otherwise happy podlings)

2012-01-11 Thread Noel J. Bergman
Apparently Benson feels that it is unreasonable to expect at least one Incubator PMC member to actually read the one report that this PMC sends on. Yes, I'm irritated. To be clear, *I* read every word of every Board report that we send on. I don't take issue with whatever else you wrote. I

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-11 Thread Luciano Resende
On Wed, Jan 11, 2012 at 5:23 AM, Franklin, Matthew B. mfrank...@mitre.org wrote: -Original Message- From: Niclas Hedhman [mailto:nic...@hedhman.org] Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 11:25 PM To: general@incubator.apache.org; Joe Schaefer Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings I

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-11 Thread Daniel Shahaf
Schaefer Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings I like Joe's suggestion of having Mentors writing a report. But I would like the PPMC get some experience as well, since once they graduate they are tossed into the fire of producing real board reports on their own. Possible extension

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-10 Thread Dan Haywood
in the coming days. fwiw, I have LieGrue, strub - Original Message - From: Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Sent: Monday, January 9, 2012 2:10 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 9:55 PM

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-10 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jan 8, 2012, at 11:41 PM, Kalle Korhonen wrote: Should smaller incubator projects be encouraged to graduate as sub-projects of existing projects or is that not an option anymore? Specifically, I was thinking about Amber, which might just work as a sub-project of Apache Shiro if they are

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-10 Thread ant elder
, then going to sign-off on the wiki. - Original Message - From: William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Upayavira u...@odoko.co.uk Sent: Monday, January 9, 2012 1:23 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings On 1/9/2012 11:40 AM, Upayavira

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-10 Thread Joe Schaefer
for the first 6 months to a year, then going to sign-off on the wiki. - Original Message - From: William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Upayavira u...@odoko.co.uk Sent: Monday, January 9, 2012 1:23 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-10 Thread Marcel Offermans
6 months to a year, then going to sign-off on the wiki. - Original Message - From: William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Upayavira u...@odoko.co.uk Sent: Monday, January 9, 2012 1:23 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-10 Thread Joe Schaefer
to the mentors who are providing it. - Original Message - From: Marcel Offermans marcel.offerm...@luminis.nl To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: antel...@apache.org; Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 5:03 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-10 Thread Marcel Offermans
it. - Original Message - From: Marcel Offermans marcel.offerm...@luminis.nl To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: antel...@apache.org; Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 5:03 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings Whilst I agree

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-10 Thread Joe Schaefer
; Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com Cc: Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 5:21 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings I see your point. I still think that if you read a bad report it does not matter who wrote it, in the end you can still blame the mentors because it's

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-10 Thread Ralph Goers
. - Original Message - From: Marcel Offermans marcel.offerm...@luminis.nl To: general@incubator.apache.org; Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com Cc: Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 5:21 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings I see your point. I still think that if you

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-10 Thread Joe Schaefer
report along to the board and continue to ignore the podling? - Original Message - From: Ralph Goers ralph.go...@dslextreme.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 7:43 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings I'm not worried about

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-10 Thread Joe Schaefer
, January 10, 2012 7:53 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings Let's stop discussing this issue in the abstract then and take a look at the current set of reports.  Of the ones with signatures of mentors, I see very little to gripe about- the topics and subjects are mostly relevant

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-10 Thread Niclas Hedhman
Cc: Sent: Tuesday, January 10, 2012 4:47 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings I like the idea of mentors being expected to signoff on the wiki just to show that they are paying attention, but i also agree that it might be useful to have along with the poddling reports to have

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-10 Thread Marcel Offermans
On Jan 11, 2012, at 4:10 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: UNSIGNED JANUARY REPORTS: Celix Celix is late reporting this month because of holidays. A report is being worked on, written by the PPMC and actively monitored by me. You can expect it later today. Greetings, Marcel

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-09 Thread Ross Gardler
Benson, I dint have time for a full response. However, I have a couple podlings that are in a similar position to Isis. That is, reasonably healthy, but small community. The ASF is about communities, if there is no community there is no TLP. Without having a concrete proposal from you regardunf

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-09 Thread ant elder
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 2:55 AM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 7:37 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: Sam, Rather than argue about the existence and interpretation of

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-09 Thread Benson Margulies
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 5:28 AM, ant elder ant.el...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 2:55 AM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 7:37 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-09 Thread sebb
On 9 January 2012 04:41, Kalle Korhonen kalle.o.korho...@gmail.com wrote: On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 10:23 AM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: This has been the subject of prior conversations, but I'm opening a thread in some hope of reaching a definitive resolution. Some of our

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-09 Thread Ross Gardler
On 9 January 2012 12:46, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 5:28 AM, ant elder ant.el...@gmail.com wrote: ... I don't know about the more autonomy proposal but I had a quick look at Isis. If they've never added any new committers thats a worry but other than

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-09 Thread Sam Ruby
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: Sam, I started this separate thread because I view this situation as distinctive from the problem you are referring to here. I take that situation just as seriously as you do, I think. If you'd prefer that I drop

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-09 Thread Mark Struberg
Message - From: Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Sent: Monday, January 9, 2012 2:10 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: Sam, I started this separate

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-09 Thread Upayavira
Regarding attrition of mentors, it was discussed having mentors 'sign' the board report for their podling. Could that be encouraged, and used as a sign of minimum 'activity' for a mentor? Upayavira On Mon, Jan 9, 2012, at 08:10 AM, Sam Ruby wrote: On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 9:55 PM, Benson

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-09 Thread Benson Margulies
On Mon, Jan 9, 2012 at 12:40 PM, Upayavira u...@odoko.co.uk wrote: Regarding attrition of mentors, it was discussed having mentors 'sign' the board report for their podling. Could that be encouraged, and used as a sign of minimum 'activity' for a mentor? I feel that what I am learning here is

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-09 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 1/9/2012 7:04 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: I don't think Wookie should graduate, but it certainly shouldn't be kicked out (and I don't think it will be). However, as I not above incubation may be holding it back. The question for me is, can we do more for projects that are in this position?

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-09 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 1/9/2012 11:40 AM, Upayavira wrote: Regarding attrition of mentors, it was discussed having mentors 'sign' the board report for their podling. Could that be encouraged, and used as a sign of minimum 'activity' for a mentor? How about simply sign off on podling-dev@? Even if it is Thanks

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-09 Thread Joe Schaefer
: Monday, January 9, 2012 1:23 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings On 1/9/2012 11:40 AM, Upayavira wrote: Regarding attrition of mentors, it was discussed having mentors 'sign' the board report for their podling. Could that be encouraged, and used as a sign of minimum 'activity

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-09 Thread Mark Struberg
is imo important as well. LieGrue, strub - Original Message - From: Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com To: general@incubator.apache.org general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Upayavira u...@odoko.co.uk Sent: Monday, January 9, 2012 7:27 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-09 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 1/9/2012 12:27 PM, Joe Schaefer wrote: Lame. I would actually like to see mentors WRITING the reports at least for the first 6 months to a year, then going to sign-off on the wiki. My point was, all mentors need to reply to the draft. -One- of them, or a leader in the community would

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-09 Thread Upayavira
: Upayavira u...@odoko.co.uk Sent: Monday, January 9, 2012 1:23 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings On 1/9/2012 11:40 AM, Upayavira wrote: Regarding attrition of mentors, it was discussed having mentors 'sign' the board report for their podling. Could that be encouraged

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-09 Thread Joe Schaefer
them come graduation time? - Original Message - From: Upayavira u...@odoko.co.uk To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Sent: Monday, January 9, 2012 2:42 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings I was even thinking something like 'miss two reports, you're no longer

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-09 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
On Jan 9, 2012, at 10:27 AM, Joe Schaefer wrote: Lame. I would actually like to see mentors WRITING the reports at least for the first 6 months to a year, then going to sign-off on the wiki. +1 on the mentors WRITING the reports part. I always try to do that until my podlings beat me to it

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-09 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
:42 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings I was even thinking something like 'miss two reports, you're no longer a mentor', but that might be a bit draconian :-) I know I would fail according to the above criteria. But I suspect a clear minimum would help keep me at least

Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-08 Thread Benson Margulies
This has been the subject of prior conversations, but I'm opening a thread in some hope of reaching a definitive resolution. Some of our non-graduating podlings have a common problem. They look good in all ways except growth. This inhibits graduation from 2.5 standpoints: 1) they are dubiously

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-08 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 6:23 PM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: snip c) graduate them, but with some conditions. Apache already fixes inquorate (too small) TLPs (by moving to attic or rebooting). Dead TLPs are discovered by the board when no report is submitted. The problem for

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-08 Thread Benson Margulies
If the Incubator is not sure that a podling is small but healthy, then would the board be in a better position to make that judgement after graduation? In the case at hand (Isis), I'd propose that the IPMC could assert that they are healthy -- with an asterix. Never having seen them

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-08 Thread Sam Ruby
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 4:12 PM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: the voices here advocating squashing podlings that don't graduate in some fixed time interval [citation needed] As someone who has been vocal on the subject, I have been very careful to NOT suggest automatic

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-08 Thread Mark Struberg
worried. LieGrue, strub - Original Message - From: Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2012 10:12 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings If the Incubator is not sure that a podling is small

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-08 Thread Benson Margulies
To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Sent: Sunday, January 8, 2012 10:12 PM Subject: Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings  If the Incubator is not sure that a podling is small but healthy, then  would the board be in a better position to make that judgement after  graduation? In the case

Re: Small but otherwise happy podlings

2012-01-08 Thread Benson Margulies
On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 7:37 PM, Sam Ruby ru...@intertwingly.net wrote: On Sun, Jan 8, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: Sam, Rather than argue about the existence and interpretation of messages about squashing stale podlings, how about this adjustment to my