Also, would LucidImagination be willing to put up a blurb for the book on its site? Karl
On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:30 AM, Karl Wright <[email protected]> wrote: > On Tue, Mar 1, 2011 at 11:15 AM, Grant Ingersoll <[email protected]> wrote: >> I think we need to brainstorm around this board report a bit more, >> especially the steps for graduation: >> >> We definitely need more active committers. It's basically Karl at this >> point and Robert, Simon and I jump in from time to time for higher level >> discussions. I can tell you schedule wise I'm going to have a hard time >> contributing code for the foreseeable future, which is unfortunate because >> when I signed up for this I really thought I would be more involved in it. >> So, how do we get people engaged more? We presumably have a ton of >> committers already on the project, but none are contributing. >> >> One thought is that we should merge user and dev mailing lists together. >> This is actually considered best practice for incubating projects (I had >> missed that) since it gets users interacting w/ devs right away and can >> likely help encourage contributions. >> >> In order to graduate, I think we need the following: >> 1. one or two more releases >> 2. At least 3 other active committers besides Karl >> 3. Whatever other criteria is listed on the Incubator site (we can review it) >> > > I agree. > >> Karl, what do you think we can do to make it easier for people to get into >> the code? Are other people putting up patches? >> > > What's been happening is that we do indeed get code from contributors, > but the contributors in question seem like they are new to > open-source. I usually have to provide quite a bit of process advice, > and explain the steps, and even sometimes do a chunk of the code > myself. So we definitely are not at the point yet where we have > knowledgeable developers contributing regularly. > > On the other hand, ManifoldCF in Action went MEAP just last night, and > I have structured the book to make it a very good training exercise > for potential contributors. My suggestion is to work that angle as > much as possible. I'm looking now for people who want free copies in > exchange for reviews for marketing purposes. This probably means you > gotta at least read it. ;-) Let me know if you're willing. > > Karl > >> >> On Mar 1, 2011, at 9:00 AM, [email protected] wrote: >> >>> Dear ManifoldCF Developers, >>> >>> This email was sent by an automated system on behalf of the Apache >>> Incubator PMC. >>> It is an initial reminder to give you plenty of time to prepare your >>> quarterly >>> board report. >>> >>> The board meeting is scheduled for Wed, 16 March 2011, 10 am Pacific. The >>> report >>> for your podling will form a part of the Incubator PMC report. The >>> Incubator PMC >>> requires your report to be submitted one week before the board meeting, to >>> allow >>> sufficient time for review. >>> >>> Please submit your report with sufficient time to allow the incubator PMC, >>> and >>> subsequently board members to review and digest. Again, the very latest you >>> should submit your report is one week prior to the board meeting. >>> >>> Thanks, >>> >>> The Apache Incubator PMC >>> >>> Submitting your Report >>> ---------------------- >>> >>> Your report should contain the following: >>> >>> * Your project name >>> * A brief description of your project, which assumes no knowledge of the >>> project >>> or necessarily of its field >>> * A list of the three most important issues to address in the move towards >>> graduation. >>> * Any issues that the Incubator PMC or ASF Board might wish/need to be >>> aware of >>> * How has the community developed since the last report >>> * How has the project developed since the last report. >>> >>> This should be appended to the Incubator Wiki page at: >>> >>> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/March2011 >>> >>> Note: This manually populated. You may need to wait a little before this >>> page is >>> created from a template. >>> >>> Mentors >>> ------- >>> Mentors should review reports for their project(s) and sign them off on the >>> Incubator wiki page. Signing off reports shows that you are following the >>> project - projects that are not signed may raise alarms for the Incubator >>> PMC. >>> >>> Incubator PMC >>> >> >> -------------------------- >> Grant Ingersoll >> http://www.lucidimagination.com >> >> >
