On 16/05/2011 17:36, Shane Curcuru wrote:
A number of different issues recently about commercial influence in our
projects have had me thinking about the importance that Apache projects
are managed independently. Since this isn't explicitly stated in the
obvious places, I wrote a little essay for my personal blog:
http://communityovercode.com/2011/05/apache-projects-are-independent/
Comments? I think as the ASF grows up, and as some of our projects are
on the way to scoring mega stardom, it's important to ensure both that
our projects can continue to manage themselves independently, but also
to *explain* to the world that this is important to us, and why.
Do people like this? Where would be a good place to put it in /dev or
the community site as a requirement for Apache projects?
Yes, I like it and it seems others do too. I propose adding a section
that says.
I propose changing the "Starting Points" section of the homepage to just
have the following entry points:
* Newcomers
* Contributors
* Committers
* Event organisers and speakers
These will lead to index pages with info such as:
Newcomers:
mentoring programme
newbie faq
local mentors
Contributors
independence
Apache Way
foundation
Committers
Independence
Being a mentor
Event organisers and speakers
Local speaker app
Slidedecks
Concom
of course others are welcome to start work on this, or similar)
Ross
