Hi John, our VP is on route to China at the moment but I would say this is not a strength of many developers but the concept of community over code is an important one that we would support you in building.
-- Kevin A. McGrail VP Fundraising, Apache Software Foundation Chair Emeritus Apache SpamAssassin Project https://www.linkedin.com/in/kmcgrail - 703.798.0171 On Mon, Oct 8, 2018 at 1:33 PM John Casey <jdca...@commonjava.org> wrote: > Hi all, > > I've been working on a project for 4-5 years now which I think would make > a good Apache project, at least in terms of it being valuable, high-quality > software. We're using it internally for our production systems at work, but > the code is open (hosted on GitHub). Our process to date has been somewhat > lacking (starting out as a 1-man project, now up to 3-4 regular > contributors). The project is called Indy ( > https://github.com/Commonjava/indy). > > I'm going through the incubator proposal template, and it seems like we > could make a fairly compelling (IMHO) argument for acceptance. I've thought > this for some time now...BUT: > > With my history working in and promoting the Maven community in the past, > I'm hesitant to say that I can give Indy the exposure necessary to attract > a really thriving, diverse community. This is not a strong area for me > personally, as talking about myself and my work doesn't come naturally. > Also, I've got a lot of existing commitments in life, many of which revolve > around Indy at work, but which don't leave a lot of room for doing extra > promotion work. > > I saw the thread about creating non-coding functional "centers" inside of > Apache to provide a recognition path for non-coding contributions, and I > think that's an incredibly cool idea. It got me wondering if we have > anything in the Incubator that can help with the community-building part, > for projects who have a more, well, introverted development team. > > Does the Incubator have some facility or capability to help project teams > attract a broader community? > > I believe in the quality and value of Indy, but I'm not sure I myself have > all the talents necessary to give it the long life it deserves. > > Thanks, > > -john > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@community.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@community.apache.org > >
