On Mon, Apr 8, 2013 at 9:35 PM, Alan Cabrera <[email protected]> wrote:
> > On Apr 8, 2013, at 8:27 AM, Alan Cabrera <[email protected]> wrote: > > > > > On Apr 7, 2013, at 11:48 PM, ant elder <[email protected]> wrote: > > > >> I don't think talking on the dev list about retirement is helpful, it > will > >> discourage people from participating. > > > > I disagree. Transparency is one of the hallmarks of the ASF. > > > Its not about transparency Alan its about fostering an environment that will encourage participation. > >> There is no imminent threat of > >> retirement. > > > > Correct. > > > >> Poddlings can continue on in the Incubator as long as they need > >> so long as there are still mentors willing, I'm happy to continue as > mentor > >> here for as long as needed, so so can Chukwa. > > > > I also am happy to let Chukwa incubate but would like to see concrete > metrics that we all agree on as to what constitutes a viable project. > > > Lets have that discussion general@. One thing we can do is look at past new TLPs to see how low activity has been to be accepted in the past. > >> Lets talk about things in > >> terms of whats needed to graduate. > > > > > > Agreed. > > > > With that said, I will not sign off on the report until we include some > passage that explicitly states that the community is concerned about the > lack of activity and is taking measures to attempt to remedy the situation. > > I've added these bits: > > Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation: > > 1. Chukwa wiki is currently hosted in Hadoop subproject, it may be good > to move it fully independent of Hadoop wiki. > 2. Overall activity is dwindling. The podling needs to grow its active > community. > > Any issues that the Incubator PMC (IPMC) or ASF Board wish/need to be > aware of? > > * The podling is still working on increasing community activity. It's > hoped that the addition of three new committers will help. > > Feel free to voice your opinion if you disagree with these entries. > > I've made a slight tweak to have it sound less negative. ...ant
