On 14 March 2012 08:02, Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote: > Seems I spoke a little to early on some of the points below (see Joe's > observations later in this thread) > > The project is generally doing very well, but learning to play nice with > those not fully aligned to "the one true vision" is Spongebob that needs > work.
s/Spogdebob/something A while ago I read a tweet that had been auto corrected to something like "Feel terrible this morning. Bad case of the Man Boobs" (s/Boobs/Flu) > > Sent from my mobile device, please forgive errors and brevity. > > > On Mar 13, 2012 5:36 PM, "Ross Gardler" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> On 13 March 2012 17:17, Dave Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> ... >> >> >> The Apache OpenOffice project is still in incubation and has not yet >> >> requested graduation to a TLP. >> > >> > A release is a prerequisite to graduation. Once a release has been made >> > graduation is next on the agenda. Our mentors can correct me if I am wrong, >> > but we have likely met all of the other requirements. >> >> Speaking as just one mentor I believe the PPMC is now functioning as a >> healthy Apache PMC. Specifically: >> >> - the diversity requirement of the project has been met (in fact this >> was the case on day one) >> >> - all discussions relating to project strategy now take place on the >> public mailing lists >> >> - the voice of the lone contributor is as loud as the voice of any >> other contributor >> >> - decisions are being taken by those who are ready, willing and able >> to implement them >> >> - the community is rewarding those who earn merit with committership >> in the project >> >> - participants are finding their natural place within the community >> (this includes coders, testers, technical writers, forum admins, >> translators and many more) >> >> - the community is learning to respect and reward non-code contributions >> >> - there is evidence of cross-project collaboration both into and out of >> AOO >> >> - AOO project members are appearing in the appropriate places around >> the ASF to ensure full engagement with the foundation >> >> - mentors very rarely interject, unless specifically called upon >> >> - community members are learning not to feed trolls >> >> In summary, yes I think the AOO project is well on its way to >> graduation. A release is a pre-requisite to graduation as that is the >> point at which the ASF is able to assert that the code is fully >> license compliant. Once the first release is complete I imagine >> graduation will not be far behind. >> >> I look forward to seeing AOO code allowing the further adoption of ODF >> alongside other great ODF related projects. >> >> Ross -- Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
