I personally would say that bringing in new people is important. It is an important part of showing your project to be viable, that it is interesting enough to draw in new talent. Otherwise it is going to rely permanently on the existing committers, which is not long term viable.
If a project, during an 18 month incubation, cannot draw in new blood, how can we believe that it will do so as a TLP? Marketing of the project, getting it known, getting people using it enough so as to draw in new blood, is clearly a part of the incubation process. Upayavira On Tue, 05 Jul 2011 08:45 -0400, "Benson Margulies" <bimargul...@gmail.com> wrote: > I wasn't clear on the timing. They launched in Nov 2010 and have made > one release. It will be 18 months in June of 2012. the question I was > trying to explore was, 'how essential is it to have shown that they > can attract and integrate new people before hatching?' Your answer > seems to be 'not critical if everything else is OK'. > > On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 8:40 AM, William A. Rowe Jr. <wr...@rowe-clan.net> > wrote: > > On 7/5/2011 7:36 AM, Benson Margulies wrote: > >> > >> Anyhow, what do other think? Should mentors be pushing early and often > >> on this subject, or is it reasonable wait for, oh, 18 months and a few > >> releases before getting pushy? > > > > 18 months and 'a few releases', with no obstacle but attracting more > > committers, seems like overtime in incubator. Provided everything else > > is golden, ensure you've worked with them on the podling private list > > so that they know what to expect when new committers show up, and how > > they will go about voting to grant commit privileges/tlp rights, and > > put them up for graduation already. > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
