On 3 April 2013 14:41, ant elder <ant.el...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Wed, Apr 3, 2013 at 2:12 PM, Noah Slater <nsla...@apache.org> wrote: > > > Thanks for the clarification, Ant. Is the documentation ignored? > Whenever I > > look through it, it seems like the problem is that it is incomplete and > > confusing. It's hardly a wonder people disagree. ;) (This is just a bit > of > > rhetoric. I hardly mean to imply the documentation is responsible for the > > whole problem...) > > > > > Yep I don't know that "ignored" is the best word, and i agree the doc can > be incomplete and confusing. For another example take the minimum > graduation requirements documented on the policy page: > > "The project is not highly dependent on any single contributor (there are > at least 3 legally independent committers and there is no single company or > entity that is vital to the success of the project)" > - http://incubator.apache > .org/incubation/Incubation_Policy.html#Graduating+from+the+Incubator >
Great example - it's reasonably clear but incorrect (as well as being imprecise as you illustrate). We don't require a minimum of 3 independent committers. We require a community that doesn't exclude anyone. I don't have the time to look it up but there was quite some discussion about this point some time ago. I seem to remember the IPMC agreeing the docs need to be updated. Ross -- Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
