Hi Carin, These are really good answers. Comments inline.
- Bob On 1/16/2019 5:01 PM, Carin Meier wrote: > I was a guest on a podcast the other day talking about MXNet and I got > asked some questions about what it meant for MXNet to be in the incubator. > I tried to answer them the best I could, but I wasn't too sure if my > responses were right. > > I thought I would ask them here so that I can be more informed the next > time someone asks. > > *What does it mean that MXNet is incubating?* > (I said that it is the process by which all new projects come through the > Apache project. It gives the project time to have a Apache deploy process, > all the licenses compatible, and the community time to form in the ASF way) Correct > > *What will happen when it graduates?* > I said it will be a top-level project. Is this true? Correct, sometimes projects fall under other Top-Level Projects but that is an exception rather than the rule. > > *Where is it in the incubator process?* > I said it is in the community building phase. Couple of ways to answer this. There's the formal process: https://incubator.apache.org/policy/process.html But I think the Graduation Guide provides more details: https://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html > > This questions wasn't asked but I would like to know the answer so I can > speak to it. > > *What are the benefits of graduation for the project and our end users?* This is one of those: "It's more about the Journey than the end destination." Projects that complete incubation have demonstrated that they meet a certain bar. And while that by no means guarantee eternal success it does mean that you have met the ASF standard for exit which is not easy. It means that going forward a report will be submitted to the board describing how your project is doing that end users will be able to read. This is beyond "How many stars or downloads per month" type of stats that let your user community know you're not going away anytime soon. One of the criticisms I often hear of the ASF is that projects just don't die (usually around some project that they believe is old or should be deprecated). To me this is a feature since as long as people care about the project it can live as long as it wants. > > Thanks for any feedback, > Carin >
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