On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 8:23 AM, Henri Yandell <flame...@gmail.com> wrote:
> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote: > > On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:41 PM, Noel J. Bergman <n...@devtech.com> > wrote: > >> > >> We are, however, recognizing that we've had growth issues of our own. > As > >> David Crossley pointed out, he made mistakes last month related to the > >> Reporting Schedule, and we continue to have issues. The Incubator is > almost > >> as big as the rest of the ASF combined. David posted a plot chart > >> reflecting our growth: http://incubator.apache.org/history/ > > > > Excellent plot chart. As with most plot charts, the end result is a > > Rorschach test. I'll tell you what I (personally) see in this chart: > > a failure to perform garbage collection. My personal perspective is > > that incubation shouldn't generally take more than a year. That > > doesn't mean that there won't be exceptions, and in a few rare cases, > > some that go well beyond that arbitrary time limit, but the point is > > that those should be the exception rather than the rule. > > Now that time is freeing up a tiny bit, I need to document a thread > from August that would put pressure on projects who haven't done their > IP handling. I'm less worried about a podling who haven't graduated > after 12 months and more worried about a podling who haven't managed > to get their CLAs right within 3 months. We still have far too many > podlings who haven't signed off on that (first) part of their > incubation. > > So +1 in sentiment, but a different focus. > +1 on the same point > > Hen > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > -- Thanks - Mohammad Nour ---- "Life is like riding a bicycle. To keep your balance you must keep moving" - Albert Einstein
