AFAIK since it needs a donation document signing it should probably go through the incubator. in theory since you're already a jakarta committer (burton at apache.org, right?), it should just be a case of being nodded through (but also ensuring that all the legalities have been taken care of). IIRC avalon pushed through a similar incubation with the minimum of fuss very quickly recently but you'll probably need a member to champion it through for this to happen.
if it doesn't come through the incubator then i'd say that someone from the pmc would need to nod the acceptance though.
Looking at the incubator documentation scares me. Seems like a lot of work. I've been doing the OSS thing for a while now... not sure if I need that.
I would rather just make forward progress in jakarta commons or the sandbox and then make it a subproject once we have more developers.
Of course that might be unacceptable... I don't know.
the code should start in the sandbox (just like everything else). this actually serves a useful purpose since it means that the code can be checked and brought in line with the rest of the commons more easily there.
since you're already a apache committer, you can request sandbox karma (and have it granted) and start setting up the structure and the website straight away (though you probably shouldn't commit anything of the donated stuff until the all clear comes through.)
I assume I will get an "all clear" from the ASF once they receive my legal paperwork...
BTW this should be taken as friendly advice (rather than definitive policy) since i'm no longer on the pmc and (happily) out of the jakarta policy loop now.
Yup... I guess I will have to ask the PMC.
Kevin
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