Hi John, I have updated the report. Please let me know if you have any other feedback(s).
Regarding the website, we are aware of those links going to # and will update them soon. I have taken off namesearch and added 'updating links / documentation' to the list of three things instead. Regards, Abhishek On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 5:42 PM, John D. Ament <[email protected]> wrote: > Abhishek, > > I'll let you decide whether you want to change your report or not. I will > update my comments before submitting to the board based on the current > state of the report. > > RE your website, I'll give you a couple of examples of things you really > need to fix before graduation: > > http://gobblin.incubator.apache.org/contributor/ - most links on this > page just go to "#" > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/GOBBLIN/Gobblin+Home - your > website links to here, but it gives a page not found.. > > John > > > On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 6:35 PM Abhishek Tiwari <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Thanks John. >> >> Please find my replies inlined. >> >> I would also expect some more effort required around the homepage with >>> many missing links. >> >> We have done the major work required in updating our website and >> documentation, and would be updating the links and remainder of the >> documentation (including migrating its home to the website) as an ongoing >> effort. >> >> >>> It's a bit worrisome that there's a Powered By section, it's not obvious >>> how this list was compiled. >> >> This data was collected before we entered incubation via a survey. It was >> expanded to include more companies as and when they requested us recently. >> >> The big issue I see - you're a fairly new podling. No releases, no new >>> community members. Yet, you are listing as one of the biggest things >>> blocking you from graduation as your name search. Name searches are >>> typically only completed when it is clear the podling is going to graduate >>> and done at a time that is near their graduation timeframe. Gobblin is far >>> from that point in time, so there's no reason to consider it a blocker for >>> graduation. >>> >> We are soon going to elect new committer / PPMC members. In regards to >> the same, I am in process of preparing an email to send out. So, I didn't >> include that in the list. >> However, I included cutting our first release in the list because it has >> a few unknowns and namesearch because it is not in our control (atleast I >> think so, please correct me if I am wrong). >> >> >>> You should instead be focused on what does it take to cut a release, >>> and how do you get more community members. >>> >> So, do you recommend that we should take off name-search from the list >> and add growing community to it? >> >> Regards, >> Abhishek >> >> On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 3:49 AM, John D. Ament <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> If you have specific questions or concerns about it, we can discuss >>> here. If you feel there are changes you can make to the report before its >>> submitted to the board, we can handle that as well. >>> >>> The big issue I see - you're a fairly new podling. No releases, no new >>> community members. Yet, you are listing as one of the biggest things >>> blocking you from graduation as your name search. Name searches are >>> typically only completed when it is clear the podling is going to graduate >>> and done at a time that is near their graduation timeframe. Gobblin is far >>> from that point in time, so there's no reason to consider it a blocker for >>> graduation. You should instead be focused on what does it take to cut a >>> release, and how do you get more community members. >>> >> >>> John >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Oct 4, 2017 at 2:48 AM Abhishek Tiwari <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi John, >>>> >>>> I see that you left a comment / note on Gobblin's October report. >>>> Should we start a conversation about it here on the mailing list, or reply >>>> in form of a comment on the report's page? >>>> >>>> Regards, >>>> Abhishek >>>> >>> >>
