Re: [DISCUSS] Syncope to Join the Apache Incubator

2012-02-01 Thread Emmanuel Lecharny
On 2/1/12 1:04 AM, Benson Margulies wrote: Dear Proposed Syncope mentors: Please post messages on this thread indicating your prior experience as mentors, Does mentors have to have any experience ? Is this a new policy for being a mentor on an incubator project, or something you just are

Re: [DISCUSS] Syncope to Join the Apache Incubator

2012-02-01 Thread Simone Tripodi
Hi Benson, I am an ASF Member since 2011 and, despite the TLPs in which I am involved, I've been taking part in a good number of incubating projects at ASF, such as BVal, Amber, Any23 (official Mentor), DirectMemory and OGNL (graduated in commons). I feel quiet confident that I can cover the

Re: [DISCUSS] Syncope to Join the Apache Incubator

2012-02-01 Thread Ross Gardler
On 1 February 2012 09:06, Emmanuel Lecharny elecha...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/1/12 1:04 AM, Benson Margulies wrote: Dear Proposed Syncope mentors: Please post messages on this thread indicating your prior experience as mentors, Does mentors have to have any experience ? Is this a new policy

Re: [DISCUSS] Syncope to Join the Apache Incubator

2012-02-01 Thread Emmanuel Lécharny
On 2/1/12 10:39 AM, Ross Gardler wrote: On 1 February 2012 09:06, Emmanuel Lecharnyelecha...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/1/12 1:04 AM, Benson Margulies wrote: Dear Proposed Syncope mentors: Please post messages on this thread indicating your prior experience as mentors, Does mentors have to have

Re: [Incubator Wiki] Update of February2011 by brianleroux

2012-02-01 Thread Tim Williams
Wrong year:) --tim On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Apache Wiki wikidi...@apache.org wrote: Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on Incubator Wiki for change notification. The February2011 page has been changed by brianleroux:

Re: [DISCUSS] Syncope to Join the Apache Incubator

2012-02-01 Thread Alex Karasulu
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 11:39 AM, Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.comwrote: On 1 February 2012 09:06, Emmanuel Lecharny elecha...@gmail.com wrote: On 2/1/12 1:04 AM, Benson Margulies wrote: Dear Proposed Syncope mentors: Please post messages on this thread indicating your prior

[VOTE] - Relase Apache Clerezza 0.2-incubating (RC5)

2012-02-01 Thread Reto Bachmann-Gmür
Hello, While the last release candidate found a lot of acceptance (3 binding +1 in the ppmc) it had to be withdrawn because of missing or incorrect NOTICE and license files. Also the source distribution contained the sources of modules that are not part of the release profile. The new release

Fwd: mentoring individuals as well as projects

2012-02-01 Thread Ross Gardler
A discussion on the private list (about some individuals, hence private) has turned to a useful generic topic. It has been suggested that that part come here, so here it is (with permission from authors, the only edit is to remove the original subject which had a personal name in it) --

Re: [DISCUSS] Syncope to Join the Apache Incubator

2012-02-01 Thread Benson Margulies
I apologize if my choice of words here engendered a belief that I was trying to hold mentors to a new standard. The IPMC has been discussing the problem of mentors who don't do their job. I'm trying to approach this problem from the front end, instead of waiting for it to be a problem later on.

principles of Apache communities

2012-02-01 Thread Joe Schaefer
Here are some of the things that guide me in my decision- making about governance and Apache communities.  Please feel to add you own thoughts on the subject! 1) Fairness and Equitable Treatment- that it is wrong to apply different standards to different people based solely on their (external)

Mentor attrition

2012-02-01 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 08:56:01AM -0500, Benson Margulies wrote: I'm also trying, more pointedly, to head off the 'AWOL mentor' problem by asking mentors to think about, and state, the commitment they are making. A lot of harsh words have been directed towards AWOL Mentors lately. The more

Re: Fwd: mentoring individuals as well as projects

2012-02-01 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 01:54:18PM +, Ross Gardler wrote: My point is that when we help guide individuals who demonstrate a willingness to contribute those individuals often grow in capacity. There was a memorable post on another ASF list a few months ago which compared Apache's

Giving podlings enough time to report [Fwd: Incubator PMC/Board report for Feb 2012 ([ppmc])]

2012-02-01 Thread Dave Fisher
Hi, I would like to point out that a reminder on the day the report is due is NOT plenty of time. The board meeting is scheduled for Wed, 15 February 2012, 10:00:00 PST. The report for your podling will form a part of the Incubator PMC report. The Incubator PMC requires your report to

Re: Giving podlings enough time to report [Fwd: Incubator PMC/Board report for Feb 2012 ([ppmc])]

2012-02-01 Thread Joe Schaefer
Not much I can do about this given the way the script works. I'd like to point out tho that the 2 weeks preceding isn't currently being rigidly enforced at this point, and certainly some leeway will be granted given the way the calendar works out for February. - Original Message -

RE: Fwd: mentoring individuals as well as projects

2012-02-01 Thread Prescott Nasser
+1 From: Marvin Humphrey Sent: 2/1/2012 8:06 AM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Fwd: mentoring individuals as well as projects On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 01:54:18PM +, Ross Gardler wrote: My point is that when we help guide individuals who

Re: Fwd: mentoring individuals as well as projects

2012-02-01 Thread sebb
On 1 February 2012 15:54, Marvin Humphrey mar...@rectangular.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 01:54:18PM +, Ross Gardler wrote: My point is that when we help guide individuals who demonstrate a willingness to contribute those individuals often grow in capacity. There was a memorable

Re: [Incubator Wiki] Update of February2011 by brianleroux

2012-02-01 Thread Brian LeRoux
Everybody gets 'one of those' in a new year, amirite? ;) On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 4:53 AM, Tim Williams william...@gmail.com wrote: Wrong year:) --tim On Tue, Jan 31, 2012 at 6:02 PM, Apache Wiki wikidi...@apache.org wrote: Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category

Re: Fwd: mentoring individuals as well as projects

2012-02-01 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message - From: sebb seb...@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Cc: Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 12:13 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: mentoring individuals as well as projects On 1 February 2012 15:54, Marvin Humphrey mar...@rectangular.com wrote: On Wed, Feb 01,

Re: mentoring individuals as well as projects

2012-02-01 Thread Ross Gardler
Can we avoid this topic forking into another mentor going AWOL thread. We've done that to death already. The topic of this thread is different: I think as Mentors we probably do a so so job of mentoring Podlings (not bad, but not good as well). But we do a subpar job on mentoring individuals.

Re: Mentor attrition

2012-02-01 Thread Benson Margulies
There has been a lot of heated email sent on the incubator lists in the last few months. It was my mistake not to realize that my email asking about mentor commitment and experience would be read in the light of that context. I don't claim to know why the mentor-less podlings lost their mentors,

Re: [DISCUSS] Syncope to Join the Apache Incubator

2012-02-01 Thread Greg Stein
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 08:56, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: ... I have no problem with someone starting out as a mentor. *I* started out as a mentor not too long ago. But as an IPMC member, I'd like to know the experience profiles of mentors. I think there are better ways to

Re: Giving podlings enough time to report [Fwd: Incubator PMC/Board report for Feb 2012 ([ppmc])]

2012-02-01 Thread Greg Stein
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 11:30, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: Hi, I would like to point out that a reminder on the day the report is due is NOT plenty of time. While the *reminder* may not have given you much time, note that podlings should already know their requirements and due

Re: [DISCUSS] Syncope to Join the Apache Incubator

2012-02-01 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/1/2012 12:51 PM, Greg Stein wrote: On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 08:56, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: ... I'm also trying, more pointedly, to head off the 'AWOL mentor' problem by asking mentors to think about, and state, the commitment they are making. But your approach is

Re: mentoring individuals as well as projects

2012-02-01 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
+1, Marvin, I couldn't agree more. Cheers, Chris On Feb 1, 2012, at 7:54 AM, Marvin Humphrey wrote: On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 01:54:18PM +, Ross Gardler wrote: My point is that when we help guide individuals who demonstrate a willingness to contribute those individuals often grow in

Re: Giving podlings enough time to report [Fwd: Incubator PMC/Board report for Feb 2012 ([ppmc])]

2012-02-01 Thread Dave Fisher
On Feb 1, 2012, at 10:55 AM, Greg Stein wrote: On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 11:30, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: Hi, I would like to point out that a reminder on the day the report is due is NOT plenty of time. While the *reminder* may not have given you much time, note that

Re: Giving podlings enough time to report [Fwd: Incubator PMC/Board report for Feb 2012 ([ppmc])]

2012-02-01 Thread Greg Stein
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 14:40, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: ... There is no announcement. The calendar is set well in advance:  repos/committers/board/calendar.txt OK. With this and the script, I guess you would say that patches are welcome ;-) Nah. I hate that phrase. It is

Re: Fwd: mentoring individuals as well as projects

2012-02-01 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 09:32:23AM -0800, Joe Schaefer wrote: I believe this is what Marvin is alluding to when he points out that compentent IPMC oversight is little more than an illusive myth on most of our podlings. A PPMC member, by virtue of their deep familiarity with the code base and

Re: Giving podlings enough time to report [Fwd: Incubator PMC/Board report for Feb 2012 ([ppmc])]

2012-02-01 Thread Dave Fisher
On Feb 1, 2012, at 12:12 PM, Greg Stein wrote: On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 14:40, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: ... There is no announcement. The calendar is set well in advance: repos/committers/board/calendar.txt OK. With this and the script, I guess you would say that patches

Re: Mentor attrition

2012-02-01 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 01:40:36PM -0500, Benson Margulies wrote: Yes, there are good reasons why a person might depart from the role of mentor. My view is that this is about balance. Mentors, in my opinion, should be signed up to putting in the necessary effort for a reasonable period of

Re: [DISCUSS] Syncope to Join the Apache Incubator

2012-02-01 Thread Benson Margulies
The word 'justification' occurred nowhere in my email. Nonetheless, I already apologized for my poor choice of tone. I could see someone reading my query as calling for a 'resume', but I prefer to think of it as an 'introduction.' I will continue to ask proposed podlings to draw a picture of

[jira] [Commented] (PODLINGNAMESEARCH-3) Establish whether Apache Accumulo is a suitable name

2012-02-01 Thread John Vines (Commented) (JIRA)
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PODLINGNAMESEARCH-3?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanelfocusedCommentId=13198164#comment-13198164 ] John Vines commented on PODLINGNAMESEARCH-3: Got a start on a bit of

[jira] [Commented] (PODLINGNAMESEARCH-3) Establish whether Apache Accumulo is a suitable name

2012-02-01 Thread Billie Rinaldi (Commented) (JIRA)
[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/PODLINGNAMESEARCH-3?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:comment-tabpanelfocusedCommentId=13198181#comment-13198181 ] Billie Rinaldi commented on PODLINGNAMESEARCH-3: TESS basic word

Re: Fwd: mentoring individuals as well as projects

2012-02-01 Thread Joe Schaefer
- Original Message - From: Marvin Humphrey mar...@rectangular.com To: general@incubator.apache.org; Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com Cc: Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 3:03 PM Subject: Re: Fwd: mentoring individuals as well as projects On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 09:32:23AM

Re: Fwd: mentoring individuals as well as projects

2012-02-01 Thread Ross Gardler
Joe, can you please restate (or link to the archives) the intent and practice of your experiment Ross On 1 February 2012 22:02, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: - Original Message - From: Marvin Humphrey mar...@rectangular.com To: general@incubator.apache.org; Joe Schaefer

Re: Fwd: mentoring individuals as well as projects

2012-02-01 Thread Joe Schaefer
Link:  http://s.apache.org/qsY It's worthwhile to review the entire surrounding thread in August 2010 for IPMC members to avoid rehashing old arguments. - Original Message - From: Ross Gardler rgard...@opendirective.com To: general@incubator.apache.org; Joe Schaefer

re: Incubator, or Incubation?

2012-02-01 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 1/31/2012 5:05 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: On Jan 31, 2012, at 1:28 PM, Roy T. Fielding wrote: Having said that, I should note that the context of Incubator is significantly different than a normal PMC. If incubator wants to structure itself more like a board and less like a

Re: Incubator, or Incubation?

2012-02-01 Thread Benson Margulies
At the risk of seeming trite, +1, but ... This lengthy proposal shifts the supervision responsibility of podlings from an big IPMC to a set of mentors approved by the board at the advice of a small iPMC. In other words, a project is born when three? foundation members, or others deemed

Re: Incubator, or Incubation?

2012-02-01 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Bill, On Feb 1, 2012, at 2:25 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: [...snip large thought...please check archives here to see it: http://s.apache.org/S0i ] Anyways I could type more but I think I've beat this horse to death. I appeal to you and to the rest of the board members reading this

Re: Incubator, or Incubation?

2012-02-01 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hey Benson, On Feb 1, 2012, at 2:52 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: At the risk of seeming trite, +1, but ... This lengthy proposal shifts the supervision responsibility of podlings from an big IPMC to a set of mentors approved by the board at the advice of a small iPMC. Yea Bill's amendments

Re: Incubator, or Incubation?

2012-02-01 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/1/2012 4:52 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: At the risk of seeming trite, +1, but ... This lengthy proposal shifts the supervision responsibility of podlings from an big IPMC to a set of mentors approved by the board at the advice of a small iPMC. No. Forget IPMC. The VP, Project

Re: Fwd: mentoring individuals as well as projects

2012-02-01 Thread Ross Gardler
On 1 February 2012 22:13, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: Link:  http://s.apache.org/qsY It's worthwhile to review the entire surrounding thread in August 2010 for IPMC members to avoid rehashing old arguments. Thanks for the reminder Joe. I recall that thread now. I find it

Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-01 Thread Christian Grobmeier
We have already 2 good nominations for the IPMC chair role, Noel and Benson. I would like add a new name and nominate Chris Mattman as the IPMC chair. He does care deeply on the incubator and expresses my feelings in many ways. In addition he is a damn nice guy with many ideas. Cheers Christian

Re: Incubator, or Incubation?

2012-02-01 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/1/2012 5:14 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: On Feb 1, 2012, at 2:52 PM, Benson Margulies wrote: It seems to me that this ups the ante quite a bit on the accidental argument I started about mentor qualifications. The board absolutely does not want to have to provide direct

Re: Incubator, or Incubation?

2012-02-01 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/1/2012 5:11 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: On Feb 1, 2012, at 2:25 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: I'd modify your proposal just a smidge. Keep an Incubator VP with a very small operational committee just to help move the podling through the entire process of wrangling the

Re: [RESULT][VOTE] Apache OpenNLP as a TLP

2012-02-01 Thread Jörn Kottmann
Hello all, the vote passes, we received 7 binding+1 votes. No other votes we received. The following people voted: +1 Benson Margulies +1 Tommaso Teofili +1 Chris A. Mattmann +1 Isabel Drost +1 Mark Struberg +1 Christian Grobmeier +1 Alan D. Cabrera Thanks to everyone for voting! Jörn On

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-01 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Thu, Feb 02, 2012 at 12:16:22AM +0100, Christian Grobmeier wrote: I would like add a new name and nominate Chris Mattman as the IPMC chair. He does care deeply on the incubator and expresses my feelings in many ways. In addition he is a damn nice guy with many ideas. Mattmann has been a

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-01 Thread Joe Schaefer
+1! From: Marvin Humphrey mar...@rectangular.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Sent: Wednesday, February 1, 2012 7:20 PM Subject: Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair) On Thu, Feb 02, 2012 at

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-01 Thread Benson Margulies
don't we also have jukka? On Feb 1, 2012, at 6:17 PM, Christian Grobmeier grobme...@gmail.com wrote: We have already 2 good nominations for the IPMC chair role, Noel and Benson. I would like add a new name and nominate Chris Mattman as the IPMC chair. He does care deeply on the incubator and

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-01 Thread Christian Grobmeier
On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: don't we also have jukka? Jukka expressed (to be found somewhere in the archives) he does not need additonal workload at the moment. In addition he is already JackRabbit Chair, not sure, but I think 2 chair roles are

Re: Nomination of Chris Mattman for the IPMC Chair (was: Re: NOMINATIONS for Incubator PMC Chair)

2012-02-01 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 2/1/2012 6:52 PM, Christian Grobmeier wrote: On Thu, Feb 2, 2012 at 1:46 AM, Benson Margulies bimargul...@gmail.com wrote: don't we also have jukka? Jukka expressed (to be found somewhere in the archives) he does not need additonal workload at the moment. In addition he is already

Re: Incubator, or Incubation?

2012-02-01 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (388J)
Hi Bill, On Feb 1, 2012, at 3:26 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: On 2/1/2012 5:11 PM, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) wrote: On Feb 1, 2012, at 2:25 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: I'd modify your proposal just a smidge. Keep an Incubator VP with a very small operational committee just to help

Re: Incubator, or Incubation?

2012-02-01 Thread Greg Stein
On Wed, Feb 1, 2012 at 21:22, Mattmann, Chris A (388J) chris.a.mattm...@jpl.nasa.gov wrote: Hi Bill, On Feb 1, 2012, at 3:26 PM, William A. Rowe Jr. wrote: ...  VP Project Incubation works with those Champions.  Much like the foundation-wide security@a.o team works with all the individual

Re: Fwd: mentoring individuals as well as projects

2012-02-01 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Wed, Feb 01, 2012 at 11:15:53PM +, Ross Gardler wrote: On 1 February 2012 22:13, Joe Schaefer joe_schae...@yahoo.com wrote: Link:  http://s.apache.org/qsY It's worthwhile to review the entire surrounding thread in August 2010 for IPMC members to avoid rehashing old arguments.

Re: principles of Apache communities

2012-02-01 Thread David Crossley
Joe Schaefer wrote: Here are some of the things that guide me in my decision- making about governance and Apache communities.  Please feel to add you own thoughts on the subject! 1) Fairness and Equitable Treatment- that it is wrong to apply different standards to different people based