We have been working for quite some time to desensitize people so that they don't have a strong emotional cost associated with different ways to leave incubation. That animus just gets people to avoid the right decision for far too long.
On Thu, Jun 28, 2018, 10:22 Josh Elser <els...@apache.org> wrote: > Ah, maybe "moving to the Attic" is the phrase I was trying to avoid then > :). Thanks, John. > > Agreed on the software still being great and going to receive love. > > On 6/28/18 1:10 PM, John D. Ament wrote: > > That sounds like retirement to me. The way I've always seen it is that > > podlings don't fail, the people behind them simply had a change in > > priorities. > > > > Gossip is a great toolkit that I believe people will continue to use. > > > > John > > > > > > On Thu, Jun 28, 2018, 12:44 PM Josh Elser <els...@apache.org> wrote: > > > >> I've been trying to be patient around this, but I think this month's > >> incubator report must be "Gossip is going to exit incubation" (I'm not > >> sure what the proper verb is here; I only know that "retire" is wrong) > >> > >> We've gone through many months where the only traffic I've seen on the > >> mailing list are the report reminders. > >> > >> This doesn't need to be interpreted as "Gossip is a failure at the ASF" > >> or anything of the such. It just means "It's not the right time for > >> Gossip at the ASF incubator". By all means, we can bring it back into > >> incubation if we get some more community traction behind the project. > >> > >> On 6/27/18 5:41 PM, jmcl...@apache.org wrote: > >>> Dear podling, > >>> > >>> This email was sent by an automated system on behalf of the Apache > >>> Incubator PMC. It is an initial reminder to give you plenty of time to > >>> prepare your quarterly board report. > >>> > >>> The board meeting is scheduled for Wed, 18 July 2018, 10:30 am PDT. > >>> The report for your podling will form a part of the Incubator PMC > >>> report. The Incubator PMC requires your report to be submitted 2 weeks > >>> before the board meeting, to allow sufficient time for review and > >>> submission (Wed, July 04). > >>> > >>> Please submit your report with sufficient time to allow the Incubator > >>> PMC, and subsequently board members to review and digest. Again, the > >>> very latest you should submit your report is 2 weeks prior to the board > >>> meeting. > >>> > >>> Candidate names should not be made public before people are actually > >>> elected, so please do not include the names of potential committers or > >>> PPMC members in your report. > >>> > >>> Thanks, > >>> > >>> The Apache Incubator PMC > >>> > >>> Submitting your Report > >>> > >>> ---------------------- > >>> > >>> Your report should contain the following: > >>> > >>> * Your project name > >>> * A brief description of your project, which assumes no knowledge of > >>> the project or necessarily of its field > >>> * A list of the three most important issues to address in the move > >>> towards graduation. > >>> * Any issues that the Incubator PMC or ASF Board might wish/need to > be > >>> aware of > >>> * How has the community developed since the last report > >>> * How has the project developed since the last report. > >>> * How does the podling rate their own maturity. > >>> > >>> This should be appended to the Incubator Wiki page at: > >>> > >>> https://wiki.apache.org/incubator/July2018 > >>> > >>> Note: This is manually populated. You may need to wait a little before > >>> this page is created from a template. > >>> > >>> Mentors > >>> ------- > >>> > >>> Mentors should review reports for their project(s) and sign them off on > >>> the Incubator wiki page. Signing off reports shows that you are > >>> following the project - projects that are not signed may raise alarms > >>> for the Incubator PMC. > >>> > >>> Incubator PMC > >>> > >> > >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- > >> 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 > >