-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 Happy to confirm it was indeed a rant :) Just wanted folks to see all points of view before they cast their vote. Especially to at least understand why a particular "feature" was in place and think thru the pros and cons.
thanks, dims William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: | | | Angela Cymbalak wrote: |> I think that I am in a unique position to comment on this question. I |> am sure there are a lot of legal things and the Maven repository that |> can be pointed to as reasons why not to have an Incubator but I have |> been very pleased with the fact that Apache *does* have the |> Incubator. It has been incredibly helpful to me as I attempt to find |> the right people to show me the ropes at Apache. Code releases aside, |> it appears that it is generally accepted that people and projects who |> are part of the incubator are either novices with Apache or those who |> are willing to help the novices. Without that starting point, finding |> new people and projects could become limited. There is a centralized |> place at Apache for those who are starting out, and without the |> incubator, it doesn't appear that Apache has that. | | Thanks Angie, yes your perspective is very interesting, and I hope it's | already in line with what folks are thinking. | | I think Davanum's subject line was mostly a rant w.r.t. the Maven issue | and not really a commentary on having an incubation process for podlings. | At least, I hope it was ;-) The mixed results that came out of Jakarta | and others proved long ago that we needed /something/. I think we are | awfully close right now, but it is (and always will be) based on the | then-current collection of volunteers and mentors. Today we are doing | better than I had hoped :) | | Bill | | --------------------------------------------------------------------- | To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] | -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v1.4.6 (GNU/Linux) iD8DBQFIdQJkgNg6eWEDv1kRApPJAJ9R2sB7rmGFoZY1t2QYOiAEhtVwfgCeMU5W nXqwLfjK3TxDjYk7VEGj6LI= =LV0b -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
