Charter by triangulation: "... that the Apache Buildr project be responsible for the creation and maintenance of build system, software configuration and software lifecycle management related tools."
alex PS: I don't like the definitions of SCM and SLM in wikipedia. They sound like they were written by vendors with a very narrow vision. On Tue, Sep 23, 2008 at 8:24 AM, Matthieu Riou <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>wrote: > Hi guys, > > So it seems that everybody agrees it's time to get ready for graduation. > There's a nice guide that details the whole process here: > > http://incubator.apache.org/guides/graduation.html > > The trickiest part is to prepare a resolution for the board to adopt. > Ultimately, that's what we will vote on, what the incubator PMC will vote > on > and what the board adopts. And the trickiest parts in the resolution itself > are: > > - The target: Top Level Project or subproject of another TLP. For buildr > I think it would be TLP but if someone things otherwise it's a good time > to > mention it. > - The charter: this should define the scope of the project. It should be > short, sweet and non ambiguous but sufficiently large in scope to cover > further expansion of the project. So getting the proper wording can be > tough. There are example here [1] and if you want more I can point you to > others. > - The project chair: I'll send another e-mail about that. > - The future PMC: actually that's the easiest, it's usually the same > composition as the PPMC. > > So at this point, it would be nice if someone drafted a first charter > paragraph so we can increment from it. The rest of the resolution can > easily > be created using the charter and a few names. > > Thanks, > Matthieu >
