Hi, I am looking for some interesting project to contribute to, hope I can do that through labs!
Thanks On Wed 8 Mar, 2017, 1:37 PM Ivan Barrera A., <br...@ivn.cl> wrote: > Hi > > :P > > > On 03/07/2017 03:50 PM, Danny Angus wrote: > > Hi, > > > > I'm Danny. I'm the current PMC of Apache Labs http://labs.apache.org > > > > You may not know about Apache Labs, but it was founded a few years ago > > to provide the ability for committers to spin up new projects at the > > ASF. Our website says: > > > > "The aim is to provide the necessary resource to promote and maintain > > the innovative power within the Apache community without the burden of > > community building. > > Research efforts are intrinsically associated with a higher mortality > > rate and don't satisfy the established incubation and development > > practices. Labs provides a place for the Apache committer community to > > collaborate on such efforts - without discrimination of purpose, > > medium or implementation technology." > > > > But labs needs a shot in the arm, we already know that the project > > doesn't live up to the aspirations of the statements above, and that > > the service provided needs to be modernised and made relevant. What we > > don't know is whether *you* think that this is worth doing, we don't > > know whether we should we revitalise Labs for your use, or retire it. > > > > So I am calling on all interested, or merely curious, parties from > > across the ASF to subscribe to labs@labs.apache.org > > <mailto:labs@labs.apache.org> and let me know if you are prepared to > > help put Apache Labs on the map. > > > > If enough people offer a little of their time I will steer the group > > to do some "market research" (we are the market) and create a > > consensus proposal for a refurbished Labs offering, then we will > > validate that with you, and see if it gets enough interest to make it > > worth implementing. If there is not enough volunteer help to assist > > with the awareness activity and the research the Labs project will be > > retired. > > > > Personally I don't want to see Labs retired, I think that it would > > enrich the ASF if we had a useful service for committers who want to > > innovate from scratch, and a lively community of innovators and mentors. > > > > If you think that labs is worth saving and are prepared to devote some > > of your time to helping me, please subscribe to the labs@labs list and > > say "hi". > > > > Thanks for your time, and please remember not to spam commiters@ or > > cross post, come to labs@labs if you want to engage in the discussion. > > > > Danny > >
