The proposed contribution is a collection of 11 examples. It's clearly non-trivial, which is probably enough to be considered "substantial"
On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:58 PM, Josh Elser <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Sean Busbey wrote: > >> On Wed, Nov 12, 2014 at 12:31 PM, Josh Elser<[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >> Personally, I didn't really think that this contribution was in the >>> spirit >>> of what the new codebase adoption guidelines were meant to cover. >>> >>> Some extra examples which leverage what Accumulo already does seems more >>> like improvements for new Accumulo users than anything else. >>> >>> >>> It's content developed out side of the project list. That's all it >> takes to >> require the trip through the Incubator checks as far as the ASF guidelines >> are concerned. >> >> >> > From http://incubator.apache.org/ip-clearance/index.html > > """ > From time to time, an external codebase is brought into the ASF that is > not a separate incubating project but still represents a substantial > contribution that was not developed within the ASF's source control system > and on our public mailing lists. > """ > > Not to look a gift-horse in the mouth (it is great work), but I don't see > these examples as "substantial". I haven't found guidelines yet that better > clarify the definition of "substantial". >
