On Tue, Jan 6, 2015 at 10:19 AM, Svante Schubert <[email protected]> wrote: > Happy New Year! > > Guess it is my turn. I have added some report on the Wiki. >
Good. Thanks for mentioning the exposure the Toolkit received at ApacheCon and at the ODF Plugfest in London. Those are good steps for building the community. The validator patch is a good one. Thanks for checking that in. My concern is the same as before. IMHO we've grown too comfortable being a podling. We're able to do everything we want to do as a podling, have a website, check in code, make releases, etc. I'm not really feeling any urgency from committers or PPMC members to push this project through to the next steps needed for graduation. Advantages of being a Top Level Project at Apache include: 1) Less process overhead for releasing. We still need to check all of the items, but we're then trusted to do this on our own without additional IPMC review. 2) Our releases would no longer have the Incubation disclaimer in the release notes 3) We'd get a top level URL for the website [email protected], and a shortened mailing list address, [email protected]. 4) We'd have more freedom to do publicity via press releases, etc. 5) We'd still need to do quarterly reports, but these would go directly to the Apache Board. Although none of these by themselves are huge, take together it is a nice bundle of perks. And it really signifies that, as a community, we understand The Apache Way, the release procedures and are able to sustain the community. In our report this month we list the three most important things to do on the way to graduation: 1. Grow the community in terms of committers 2. Have regular releases 3. Decide if we would like to be a top level project or join an existing project, or move to the attic. Any proposals on what we can do for #1 and #2? For example, do we have any contributed patches we still need to integrate? Are there other ways we could think of for publicizing the project, and attracting additional volunteers? Regards, -Rob > Regards, > Svante > > > Am 05/01/15 um 18:59 schrieb Rob Weir: >> Happy New Year, everyone. Who can do the report this time? >> >> -Rob >> >> On Thu, Jan 1, 2015 at 11:33 AM, Marvin Humphrey <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Greetings, {podling} developers, >>> >>> The "marvin" automated report reminder script didn't fire for some >>> reason yesterday, so I'm sending out a bulk reminder manually for the 22 >>> podlings who are expected to submit a January 2015 report. Boilerplate >>> repinder text below. >>> >>> Best, >>> >>> Marvin Humphrey (Incubator PMC member) >>> >>> --------------- >>> >>> 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, 21 January 2014, 10:30 am PST. >>> 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, January 7th). >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> 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. >>> >>> This should be appended to the Incubator Wiki page at: >>> >>> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/January2015 >>> >>> 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 >>> > >
