Hi Jim, On Mar 24, 2012, at 1:13 PM, Jim Donofrio wrote:
> I updated the status page at > http://incubator.apache.org/projects/mrunit.html and rebuilt the Clutch > with news, most up to date committer list, and links to all of our > status reports. > > Is improving the website the only holdup to graduation to a TLP at this > point or is that even necessary? What are the next steps after that? > There has been a large uptick in interest in the project over the last > month or so and I think graduation would only help to continue this. I agree. I think website branding and improvement is something that's pretty important, especially considering some of the recent discussions around Thrift which graduated from the Incubator a while ago, but hadn't really done a lot of work to reflect branding on its website. I think we need to spruce it up. It's not a blocker, but it's a "good thing" to do IMHO. > > Over the last month or so we have gotten 2 useful patches from 2 > independent contributors in MRUNIT-68 and MRUNIT-91, several new JIRA's > added from 3 independent reporters in MRUNIT-91, 88, 70, and a tutorial > on our wiki from another independent contributor. Yep I think we're pretty much there. To really start the discussion, I'd recommend checking out some existing TLPs which recently graduate, and their graduation resolution, e.g., here's some discussion around Lucy's: http://s.apache.org/o2 Besides the resolution, we'd need to: 1. Hold a community VOTE on lucy-dev@ (I'd recommend drafting the resolution there first). 2. Hold a VOTE on general@incubator with the IPMC (they are the ones making the recommendation to the board) 3. Add the resolution to the board agenda for its next meeting, which would be sometime in April. A precursor to #1 is deciding who would be the most likely candidate for MRUnit VP. I think Brock would make a good VP for the project, based on the work and effort he's put in so far, and his willingness to be part of the Apache process and to help prepare the existing reports. That being said, it would be great to target the April or May board meeting for graduation, but I think that's plenty of time to at least build a minimal website for the MRUnit project that complies with Apache branding requirements. It doesn't have to be flashy, but should at least comply with branding. My 2c. Cheers, Chris ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: [email protected] WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
