In what area(s) is/are contributions needed the most? Carl
On Tue, Dec 31, 2013 at 10:00 AM, Alan D. Cabrera <[email protected]>wrote: > We don't have to fill all three bullets if we don't have to. IMO, the > only thing blocking graduation is growing the community. If Olingo had > more strong contributors I'm sure that documentation and a second release > would get in the way of graduation. > > With that said, we should provide that succinct transparency in our report > to the board and only mention growing the community. > > BTW, great report! > > > Regards, > Alan > > > On Dec 30, 2013, at 12:39 PM, Dave Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi - > > > > I think that the goals towards graduation section should be re-ordered. > > > >> Three most important issues to address in the move towards graduation: > >> > >> 1. Make the second release which addresses most of the Jira Issues > >> opened since the last release > >> > >> 2. Work on documentation > >> > >> 3. Grow community > >> > > > > IMHO - The order should be: > > > > 1. Grow community. > > 2. Make a second release. > > 3. Work on documentation. > > > > If the community feels that the second release and documentation will > increase the chances for growing the community then these are sub-goals. > The first podling release already satisfies the Apache release requirement. > > > > Does this make sense? > > > > Having Francesco joining is already a very good sign of growth! > > > > Regards, > > Dave > > > > On Dec 30, 2013, at 7:27 AM, Huesken, Jens wrote: > > > >> Hi Francesco, > >> I like your proposal to send a draft version to dev@ before finally > submitting it to the wiki. > >> > >> @all: > >> On open point I see is that we should discuss who feels responsible for > doing the reports in future. WDYT? > >> > >> Regards, > >> Jens. > >> > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: Francesco Chicchiriccò [mailto:[email protected]] > >> Sent: Montag, 30. Dezember 2013 14:44 > >> To: [email protected] > >> Subject: Re: [OLINGO] RE: January 2014 Incubator report timeline > >> > >> On 30/12/2013 14:31, Huesken, Jens wrote: > >>> Hi all, > >>> since the last three reports for Olingo were done in the same way I > assumed that writing the report and informing the mailing list is ok for > everyone. > >>> The deadline for the report is January 1st, so I propose that everyone > who has feedback for the report speaks up before the deadline. > >>> If there is no feedback I assume that everyone is ok with the report > (lazy consensus). > >> > >> Lazy consensus is generally fine for some aspects, but in case of a > >> podling that will eventually show it is "ASF-mature" enough for > >> graduation, I would encourage as much discussion as possible. > >> > >> Anyway, I would say that the report you've submitted is just fine and > >> that we can think to action starting from next report. > >> > >>> @Francesco: Thanks for pointing this out. Any proposal how we should > do that for future reports? How do other projects deal with that? Maybe you > have some more experience? > >> > >> In Cocoon and Syncope (especially the latter that have gone through > >> incubation in 2012, so recently enough) usually someone from PMC - which > >> is most of time the PMC chair - prepares a draft report and send it via > >> e-mail with a subject line like as "[DRAFT] Report Apache XXX January > >> 2014", leaving some time (usual 72 hours are fine) open for discussion. > >> If no one objects, the report is then submitted. > >> Naturally, discussion can actually modify the text of the report being > sent. > >> > >> Holding such discussion at dev@ will help matching requirements > >> expressed by [1] and finally speed up the incubation process. > >> > >> HTH > >> Regards. > >> > >>> -----Original Message----- > >>> From: Francesco Chicchiriccò [mailto:[email protected]] > >>> Sent: Montag, 30. Dezember 2013 11:26 > >>> To: [email protected] > >>> Subject: Re: [OLINGO] RE: January 2014 Incubator report timeline > >>> > >>> On 30/12/2013 11:21, Huesken, Jens wrote: > >>>> Hi, > >>>> the report for Apache Olingo is ready and can be accessed via the > wiki. > >>>> > >>>> https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/January2014 > >>> Hi all, > >>> aren't we supposed to discuss and approve the report before (see [1])? > >>> > >>> Regards. > >>> > >>> [1] > http://incubator.apache.org/guides/ppmc.html#Incubator+ASF+Board+Reports > >> > >> -- > >> Francesco Chicchiriccò > >> > >> Tirasa - Open Source Excellence > >> http://www.tirasa.net/ > >> > >> ASF Member, Apache Syncope PMC chair, Apache Cocoon PMC Member > >> http://people.apache.org/~ilgrosso/ > >> > > > > -- Carl J. Mosca
