Yes. I sent an announcement to lucene-net-dev and lucene-general yesterday.
We are now waiting on the Incubator community/PMC to provide feedback and vote on our proposal. You can track that on the Incubator general mailing list. Thanks, Troy On Thu, Jan 13, 2011 at 4:23 AM, Simone Chiaretta <[email protected]> wrote: > Was wondering how the proposal is going: has it been published or sent to > the ASF? > Simone > > On Fri, Dec 31, 2010 at 1:01 AM, Troy Howard <[email protected]> wrote: > >> All, >> >> I'm working on the Incubator Proposal now, and need to establish a >> list of initial committers. >> >> So far, the following people have come forward and offered to be >> committers (in alphabetical order): >> >> Alex Thompson >> Ben Martz >> Chris Currens >> Heath Aldrich >> Michael Herndon >> Prescott Nasser >> Scott Lombard >> Simone Chiaretta >> Troy Howard >> >> I would like to place an open request for any interested parties to >> respond to this message with their request to be a Committer. For >> people who are either on that list or for people who would like to be >> added, please send a message explaining (briefly) why you think you >> will be qualified to be involved in the project and specifically what >> ways you hope to be able to contribute. >> >> One thing I would like to point out is that in the Apache world there >> is a distinction between Committers and Contributors (aka developers). >> See this link for details: >> >> http://incubator.apache.org/guides/participation.html#committer >> >> >> Please consider whether or not you wish to be a Committer or a Contributor. >> >> Some quick rules of thumb: >> >> Committers: >> >> - Committers must be willing to submit a Contributor License Agreement >> (CLA). See: http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas >> >> - Committers must have enough *consistent* free time to fulfill the >> expectations of the ASF in terms of reporting, process, documentation >> and remain responsive to the community in terms of communication and >> listening to, considering, and discussing community opinion. These >> kinds of tasks can consume a lot of time and are some of the first >> things people stop down when they start running out of time. >> >> - A Committer may not even write code, but may simply accept, review >> and commit code written by others. This is the primary responsibility >> of a Committer -- to commit code, whether they wrote it themselves or >> not >> >> - Committers may have to perform the unpleasant task of reject >> contribution from Contributors and explain why in a fair and objective >> manner. This can be frustrating and time consuming. You may need to >> play the part of a mentor or engage in debates. You may even be proved >> wrong and have to swallow your pride. >> >> - Committers have direct access to the source control and other >> resources and so must be personally accountable for the quality of the >> same and will need to operate under the process and restrictions ASF >> expects >> >> >> Contributors: >> >> - Contributors might have a lot of free time this month, but get >> really busy next month and have no time at all. They can develop code >> in short bursts but then drop off the face of the planet indefinitely >> after that. >> >> - Contributors could focus on code only or work from a task list >> without any need to interact with and be accountable to the community >> (as this is the responsibility of the Committers) >> >> - Contributors can do one-time or infrequently needed tasks like >> updating the website, documentation, wikis, etc.. >> >> - Contributors will need to have anything they create reviewed by a >> Committer and ultimately included by a Committer. Some people find >> this frustrating, if the Committers are slow to respond or critical of >> their work. >> >> >> So in your responses, please be clear about whether you would like to >> offer your help as a Committer or as a Contributor. >> >> Thanks, >> Troy >> > > > > -- > Simone Chiaretta > Microsoft MVP ASP.NET - ASPInsider > Blog: http://codeclimber.net.nz > RSS: http://feeds2.feedburner.com/codeclimber > twitter: @simonech > > Any sufficiently advanced technology is indistinguishable from magic > "Life is short, play hard" >
