Also sending this to d...@netbeans.apache.org, in case dev@netbeans.incubator.apache.org, just in case.
Gj On Thu, Mar 7, 2019 at 11:52 AM Geertjan Wielenga < geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > We've discussed this in various ways before, but let's try to hammer down > what needs to be done and whether we agree that as a project we're ready to > go ahead and vote on becoming a top level Apache project. > > We're working together well as a community, we have done two complete > releases in the incubator and are working on the third, and though the > donation from Oracle to Apache is not yet complete, that is not a > precondition for Apache NetBeans becoming a top level project -- i.e., > there are going to be more donations from Oracle to Apache whether or not > NetBeans is a top level project. In addition, we have been voting on a PMC > chair and that is going well too. > > Maturity assessment is here: > > > https://cwiki.apache.org/confluence/display/NETBEANS/Apache+Maturity+Model+Assessment+for+NetBeans > > Plus, our mentors have been asking us to graduate and we have been > promising to do that, and wanting to do it, but let's now actually go ahead > and do it. > > *NOTE: This is not a VOTE thread. Therefore, do not respond with a +1, > please. Instead, this is a discussion thread to illicit some discussion, > points of view, etc, before actually doing the VOTE thread. Rather than > getting a -1 in the VOTE thread, let's get any issues out in the open and > handle those before actually starting the VOTE thread.* > > I will start a VOTE thread here on the dev mailing list at the beginning > of next week, after which the IPMC vote will be done on this, assuming it > passes. Until then, please respond with your thoughts on this topic, > concerns, etc. > > Thanks, > > Gj >
