On Mar 13, 2006, at 5:05 PM, Rodent of Unusual Size wrote:
Dain Sundstrom wrote:
I understand this concern and agree with the solution, but we should
remember that AMQ entered the incubator before this was a rule, so I
for one didn't think it appled to them, since they are so close to
graduation.
'So close to graduation'? Whence comes that? I think that
proximity is still very much up in the air, particularly given
Noel's opinion that
If you read the email history, you will see that it was stated that
the new rules would only apply to "projects close to gradation". So
I hope you can see my point, regardless of if you agree with that point.
.. and the ASF community building is only just getting started. No
PPMC, yet, for which we need more Mentors.
These have nothing to do with when it entered incubation; the
need for a PPMC has been there right along, and the 'ASF
community building' is a sine qua non. (I have no opinion,
myself, about the degree of 'ASF community building' that
has occurred in ActiveMQ.)
When AMQ entered the incubator as a sponsored project from Geronimo,
the current understanding of incubator rules was that AMQ would
simply use the Geronimo pmc since the Geronimo pmc is expected to be
the home for the project. Since then the incubator rules have been
rewritten several time and based on the emails I saw today, the
current rules that Noel is promoting (3+ mentors) hasn't even be
approved by the incubator. I personally find this incredibly
frustrating, so please take my comments with a grain of salt.
If you ask me setting up a separate pmc for these projects is an
incrediably bad idea. Our objective is to create a single community
between Geronimo, ActiveMQ, OpenEJB, ServiceMix and WADI. Putting
these projects into separate boxes makes this very difficult.
I would like to know, why have the incubator rules changed to, in my
opinion, force all projects TLP? Maybe the incubator is the wrong
place to bring these types projects. Is there another process to
bring in a project we plan on integrating? If not, maybe the board
should consider setting something else up.
-dain
