Re: Mentor capactity of the incubator

2018-09-16 Thread Gunnar Tapper
I don't know if I have the status to help but the will is there. Thanks, Gunnar Original message From: Justin Mclean Date: 9/16/18 2:18 AM (GMT-06:00) To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Mentor capactity of the incubator Hi, We have a large number of IPMC members

Re: Poddlings length of time in the incubator

2018-09-03 Thread Gunnar Tapper
Hi, What's the main cause of a lengthy incubation period? Possibilities: 1. Not understanding the Apache processes? This is teachable in most cases. Shouldn't take two years in most cases, especially if mentors guide the project through the release process. 2. Contributors joining

Re: [VOTE] Graduate the Apache Trafodion Project from Incubator to a TLP

2017-11-28 Thread Gunnar Tapper
or operational workloads; > > > > and be it further > > > > > > RESOLVED, that the office of "Vice President, Apache Trafodion" be and > > > > hereby is created, the person holding such office to serve at the > > > > direction of th

Re: [DISCUSS] Resolution to graduate the incubating Apache Trafodion Project

2017-11-20 Thread Gunnar Tapper
nt of the > projects within the scope of responsibility of the Apache Trafodion > Project; and be it further > > RESOLVED, that the persons listed immediately below be and hereby are > appointed to serve as the initial members of the Apache Trafodion > Project: > > * Amand

Re: Affiliation vs. individual

2017-11-04 Thread Gunnar Tapper
done by employees, even off hours, is the property of the > company. I'm wondering if such situations place a requirement on a private > donor to clear outside contributions with their employer? > > Dave > > -Original Message- > From: Gunnar Tapper [mailto:tapper.gun...@

Affiliation vs. individual

2017-11-04 Thread Gunnar Tapper
Hi, I've discussed this with a few individuals but would like to raise the discussion with a larger group. Situation As contributors to the ASF, we represents ourselves as individuals. Some of us contribute to projects as part of our employment, some of us donate our time privately. Discussion

Re: [DISCUSS] Documentation

2016-11-13 Thread Gunnar Tapper
be wrong. :) Thanks, Gunnar On Sat, Nov 12, 2016 at 12:45 PM, toki <toki.kant...@gmail.com> wrote: > On 12/11/2016 04:09, Gunnar Tapper wrote: > > > For documentation, I couldn't find an easy way to do multi-chapter books, > > If AOo is meant, use Master Documents. > Ther

Re: [DISCUSS] China Contribution. (was: RocketMQ Incubation Proposal)

2016-11-13 Thread Gunnar Tapper
er <jgenen...@apache.org> wrote: > > > On Nov 13, 2016, at 11:33 AM, Gunnar Tapper <tapper.gun...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > As mentioned, the Apache Way is that "everything happens on the mailing > lists." As a matter of fact, key parts of being an incu

Re: [DISCUSS] China Contribution. (was: RocketMQ Incubation Proposal)

2016-11-13 Thread Gunnar Tapper
t; and asked us many times like "will they cancel the vote? do they > really welcome our project?..." when they saw this thread? > > And, let's focus on your really issue, maybe we could help you:) > > Thanks. > > Luke > > > > Best Regards! >

Re: [DISCUSS] Documentation

2016-11-11 Thread Gunnar Tapper
erlinked and use of images and associated > example files. At ASF we have a Confluence install at > https://cwiki.apache.org/ which I think has a fairly good WYSIWYG editor > with sufficient freedoms and guidance; and the fact that it allows > structuring pages hierarchically is a

Re: [DISCUSS] China Contribution.

2016-11-11 Thread Gunnar Tapper
Hi Woonsan, Yes, for the user@ list. At least up to a point where inline translation is working well and common. :) Thanks, Gunnar On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 1:47 PM, Woonsan Ko <woon...@apache.org> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 3:17 PM, Gunnar Tapper <tapper.gun...@gmail.com>

Re: [DISCUSS] China Contribution.

2016-11-11 Thread Gunnar Tapper
unity, and try > >>> their best to learn and follow The Apache Way. We should have the > patience > >>> for > >>> those new comers. > >>> > >>> As one thing I'm doing now is try to let more people to know our > journey, > >>>

Re: [DISCUSS] China Contribution. (was: RocketMQ Incubation Proposal)

2016-11-11 Thread Gunnar Tapper
> > it to english and bring it to the lists so others can be a part of it, I > > assume that would work. But that seems like a lot of work to me. Do you > > have a better solution? > > > > Jeff > > > > > > > On Nov 11, 2016, at 11:32 AM, Gunnar Tapper <tapper.gun

Re: [DISCUSS] China Contribution. (was: RocketMQ Incubation Proposal)

2016-11-11 Thread Gunnar Tapper
y building. Gunnar On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Jeff Genender <jgenen...@savoirtech.com> wrote: > and you got your answer…. what changes? > > Jeff > > > > On Nov 11, 2016, at 10:44 AM, Gunnar Tapper <tapper.gun...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Han

Re: [DISCUSS] Documentation

2016-11-11 Thread Gunnar Tapper
1, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Gunnar Tapper <tapper.gun...@gmail.com> > wrote: > >> ...Talking with other contributors, there's a clear preference to use > Apache > >> OpenOffice for documentation > > > > *for some people*, right? I think many of us are big

Re: [DISCUSS] China Contribution. (was: RocketMQ Incubation Proposal)

2016-11-11 Thread Gunnar Tapper
Hang on a second. This was not a discussion about RocketMQ. I asked a question on the incubators list from a larger-picture perspective using Trafodion and RocketMQ as examples. As noted, neither Raynold nor I are part of the RocketMQ incubator so let's not ding that project for opinions expressed

Re: [DISCUSS] China Contribution. (was: RocketMQ Incubation Proposal)

2016-11-11 Thread Gunnar Tapper
nel/blog...) who has 20,000 subscribers. And it's just one of such > accounts... > > Then my question is are PPMCs willing to engage them? > > Why Chinese? > To engage the biggest developer community of the world, no matter where's > project coming from. > > > > >

Re: [DISCUSS] Documentation

2016-11-11 Thread Gunnar Tapper
For people in this particular incubator. ;) On Nov 11, 2016 2:37 AM, "Bertrand Delacretaz" <bdelacre...@apache.org> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 11, 2016 at 8:46 AM, Gunnar Tapper <tapper.gun...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > ...Talking with other contributors, there's

[DISCUSS] Documentation

2016-11-10 Thread Gunnar Tapper
Hi, Related to the muti-lingual issue but also separate since it has to do with tools. This might be the wrong list to so please feel free to redirect. I've created a lot of documentation for Trafodion using Asciidoc, which allows the project to include the documentation with the source. It's OK

Re: [DISCUSS] China Contribution. (was: RocketMQ Incubation Proposal)

2016-11-10 Thread Gunnar Tapper
ce there's GFW, they are not native English > speakers, > > >> they have limited experiences for open source especially the Apache > Way. > > >> But they are willing to contribute, willing to participate global > > >> community, and try > > &g

Re: [DISCUSS] China Contribution. (was: RocketMQ Incubation Proposal)

2016-11-10 Thread Gunnar Tapper
comers. > >> > >> As one thing I'm doing now is try to let more people to know our > journey, > >> our experience > >> about how to follow the Apache Way, how we overcome such > >> challenges...through > >> conference, events, meetup, blo

[DISCUSS] China Contribution. (was: RocketMQ Incubation Proposal)

2016-11-10 Thread Gunnar Tapper
Hi, Using the RocketMQ proposal to start a larger discussion. Apache Trafodion is another project that has a lot of contribution from China. One of the struggles I've seen is that the contributors aren't that active on email. Rather, they prefer to use a forum on QQ communicating in Chinese.

Re: Notes on branding

2016-07-08 Thread Gunnar Tapper
for an incubator project? http://trafodion.incubator.apache.org Thanks, Gunnar On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 3:04 PM, Gunnar Tapper <tapper.gun...@gmail.com> wrote: > OK, I'll fix that when I get a chance. > > On Sun, Jul 3, 2016 at 11:07 AM, Dennis E. Hamilton < > dennis.ha

Re: Notes on branding

2016-07-03 Thread Gunnar Tapper
al Message- > > From: Ted Dunning [mailto:ted.dunn...@gmail.com] > > Sent: Sunday, July 3, 2016 00:05 > > To: general@incubator.apache.org > > Subject: Re: Notes on branding > > > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 8:55 PM, Gunnar Tapper <tapper.gun...@gmail.com> &

Re: Notes on branding

2016-07-01 Thread Gunnar Tapper
design note, you have the project name in the upper left hand corner > twice. You might be able to merge those (preserving the "Incubating", of > course) to save some real estate and make your image case more forcefully. > > > > On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 3:44 PM, Gunnar

Re: Notes on branding

2016-07-01 Thread Gunnar Tapper
On Fri, Jul 1, 2016 at 5:39 PM, John D. Ament wrote: > Some notes, but again only my opinion. > > <3 > > My only nit pick with the disclaimer placement is that its even below your > normal footer. The more appropriate place is the about section on the home > page. My

Re: Notes on branding

2016-07-01 Thread Gunnar Tapper
Let me offer up a concrete example since I struggle with the issue of branding: http://trafodion.apache.org/documentation.html I chose the following approach based on input from out mentor Stack: - Added (incubator) to the menu bar - Added the incubator logo on the top of the page - Placed the