If you read Roy's thread you'd have known that what you're suggesting was put forth by Noel, and Roy responded by basically saying that putting mentors in charge of a codebase they did not work on was a mistake:
http://s.apache.org/3h4 ----- Original Message ---- > From: Leo Simons <m...@leosimons.com> > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Mon, June 13, 2011 12:31:00 PM > Subject: [DISCUSS] how to add many committers to a new project (was: Re: > [VOTE] >Accept OpenOffice.org for incubation) > > Hey hey, > > On Sun, Jun 12, 2011 at 7:04 PM, Joe Schaefer <joe_schae...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > +1 binding. Given the sheer number of committers involved in this podling > > there will be some work to do trying to gel a coherent development community > > out of the group. While I am optimistic, I am reminded of Roy's cautions > > about "piling on" [1] to a prospective podling, and am not entirely >convinced > > that it's necessarily a good thing that we promote the idea of "getting in > > on the ground floor" wrt new podlings. > > > > [1]- http://s.apache.org/VT5 > > Perhaps one approach the podling could take at the guidance of its > mentors is to create accounts on demand. I.e. first order of business > is getting basic infrastructure up (I think everyone is looking > forward to having traffic on general@incubator back to normal -:) ), > next up is getting the initial code import. Next after that you start > adding in the people that have sent in CLAs and are wanting to touch > the code/website/etc. That's what harmony did. It helped the project > get into a mode of voting in new people frequently, and it also helped > make visible to the project that it was ok if you didn't show up on > day 0. > > cheers... > > Leo > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
