El Mon, 24-08-2009 a las 13:50 -0400, Greg DeKoenigsberg escribió: > On Sun, 23 Aug 2009, David Farning wrote: > > Eclipse and Apache both have criteria for becoming a official > > projects. In fact, they have a several step incubator processes to > > help sub-project grow (or die grace fully.) This strikes me as a > > little heavy for Sugar Lab right now. > > Fedora aims for a lightweight compromises: > > * Special Interest Group > + Can be created by anyone > + One leader (i.e. the person who requests the mailing list) > + No governance expected or required > + No accountability in particular > + Can apply for Project status as it grows > > * Project > + Usually starts as a SIG and is, at some point, blessed by the Board > + Full governance > + Weekly meetings and minutes mandated > + Expected outcomes > + Accountability to the Board > > To me, frankly, SoaS looks less like a SIG and more like a Project at this > point in its lifecycle. >> > > Bernie, would you be interested in creating the project policy for > > Sugar Labs? There is a very good page at > > http://wiki.eclipse.org/Development_Resources . The 'Leads: Managing A > > Project' and guidelines sections are very valuable. > > > > If I were to work on the policy I would: > > 1. Take the Eclipse and Apache policies and strip them down to the bare > > minum. > > 2. Combine the Eclipse and Apache policies and modify them for Sugar Labs. > > 3. Identify two initial projects and make sure the policies work for > > both of them. > > 4. Present the project policy for feedback on iaep. > > 5. Post the draft policy to the wiki > > > > Something as significant as a project-policy will likely take several > > iterations through 1-5. > > I would avoid elections for as long as possible. Vote with your work. > The one exception should be the Board itself, which should use its power > to appoint very liberally. My $0.02.
I agree with everything Greg said, except that we should require a much larger bribe than $0.02 to make the board appoint someone "very liberally". Yes, of course it was a joke ;-) -- // Bernie Innocenti - http://codewiz.org/ \X/ Sugar Labs - http://sugarlabs.org/ _______________________________________________ IAEP -- It's An Education Project (not a laptop project!) [email protected] http://lists.sugarlabs.org/listinfo/iaep
