btw, I tried to import the netbeans-core repo from hg into github and it failed. Now trying to manually import it...
Did anybody else do that? LieGrue, strub > On Sunday, 18 September 2016, 18:22, Dennis E. Hamilton > <dennis.hamil...@acm.org> wrote: > > +1 > > >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Greg Stein [mailto:gst...@gmail.com] >> Sent: Sunday, September 18, 2016 00:46 >> To: general@incubator.apache.org >> Subject: Re: [DISCUSS] Apache NetBeans Incubator Proposal >> >> On Sat, Sep 17, 2016 at 9:54 AM, Geertjan Wielenga < >> geertjan.wiele...@googlemail.com> wrote: >> >> > Hi all, >> > >> > Can we be specific about what info is needed, or what further details >> > specifically, before going into a vote for acceptance of the proposal? >> My >> > concern is that each question we answer is answered by further >> questions to >> > answer. Maybe we could do a phone conference with the NetBeans >> > infrastructure side together with the Apache infrastructure side. >> Maybe we >> > can work through the infrastructure challenges during incubation. >> > >> >> Generally speaking, Apache would prefer to slow things down and use a >> mailing list, rather than to have a phone conference. The email is >> documented for everybody to review, to participate, and to record for >> future examination. A phone conference probably wouldn't resolve many >> questions/concerns anyway, simply because much of that comes from >> considered thought. A phone call is "THINK NOW. RESPOND. OOPS. MISSED >> YOUR >> CHANCE." ... Mailing lists give people time to think. >> >> There is no rush, no dates, no deadlines at the ASF. It may take longer >> via >> mailing lists, but it means that the larger community can be involved, >> can >> review, and can be archived. >> >> If one question turns into three ... well, that is deliberation. As >> David >> noted else-thread, we rarely get such a large, well-established >> community >> arriving at the Incubator. That necessitates a bit more inquiry than >> most >> other entrants receive. Layers of the onion get peeled, and new >> questions >> arrive. More layers unpeeled ... >> >> And to point to the elephant in the room: I bet there are people >> concerned >> given the recent misadventures of AOO [and Oracle's donations of these >> two >> projects]. Personally, I think it is hogwash, and don't believe any >> concern >> applies here, as the communities and the userbase are very different. >> BUT, >> temporally, there is a conflation of the donations of these two >> projects. I >> suspect that will cause a few people to slow down and ask more >> questions. >> >> Cheers, >> -g > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > 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
