Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Daniel Gruno
On 2015-08-04 13:01, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 8:33 PM, Roman Shaposhnik ro...@shaposhnik.org wrote: ...Which would be totally fine and gets us back to the point Daniel and I were discussing: a release compliance team (horrible name, I know) as part of ASF IMO

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 8:33 PM, Roman Shaposhnik ro...@shaposhnik.org wrote: ...Which would be totally fine and gets us back to the point Daniel and I were discussing: a release compliance team (horrible name, I know) as part of ASF IMO it's not a team that's needed, just a clear and

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi Daniel, On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Daniel Gruno humbed...@apache.org wrote: On 2015-08-04 13:01, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: ... IMO the Incubator PMC can very much own this checklist, and I volunteer to contribute to creating it... If interested, I would very much like to work with

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Andrew Purtell
Can you provide a pointer to a specific example of what you mean? On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 4:06 PM, Arvind Prabhakar arv...@apache.org wrote: On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Andrew Purtell apurt...@apache.org wrote: ​ In fact, in my opinion it leads to the very unfortunate side effect

RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
. - Dennis -Original Message- From: Bertrand Delacretaz [mailto:bdelacre...@apache.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 05:57 To: Incubator General general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) Hi Daniel

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Andrew Purtell
{was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 3:44 AM, Joe Brockmeier j...@zonker.net wrote: On Sun, Aug 2, 2015, at 10:05 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: I've been waiting for a bout a week for other to chime in, but it seems that nobody has so I'll repeat my

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, Just catching up on this thread. Going back a bit. #2 The #1 goal is achieved via mentorship. In fact mentorship is not even required as the case of Zest (and hopeful Yetus soon) demonstrated. Not to pick on Zest but a casual glance at the current source release shows it contains a

RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
General general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) Hi Daniel, On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 1:15 PM, Daniel Gruno humbed...@apache.org wrote: On 2015-08-04 13:01, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: ... IMO the Incubator PMC can

RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Ross Gardler
@incubator.apache.orgmailto:general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) On 2015-08-04 13:01, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 8:33 PM, Roman Shaposhnik ro...@shaposhnik.org wrote: ...Which would

RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Ross Gardler
meddling. Sent from my Windows Phone From: Joe Brockmeiermailto:j...@zonker.net Sent: ‎8/‎4/‎2015 9:16 AM To: general@incubator.apache.orgmailto:general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread jan i
Message- From: Bertrand Delacretaz [mailto:bdelacre...@apache.org] Sent: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 05:57 To: Incubator General general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) Hi Daniel, On Tue, Aug 4, 2015 at 1:15

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Joe Brockmeier
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015, at 07:06 PM, Arvind Prabhakar wrote: That said, I have personally been in positions where I have seen IPMC members ask - and even demand things at times - that I feel are unreasonable requests for the podling. The reason I do not challenge those is because I feel that

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Joe Brockmeier
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015, at 03:13 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 3:44 AM, Joe Brockmeier j...@zonker.net wrote: On Sun, Aug 2, 2015, at 10:05 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: I've been waiting for a bout a week for other to chime in, but it seems that nobody has so I'll repeat my

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Joe Brockmeier
On Tue, Aug 4, 2015, at 12:23 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: It's hard to get the balance right between appropriate oversight and unwanted meddling. No argument there. I'm unconvinced that a restructuring of the IPMC/PPMC/Mentorship structure as it is today will solve that, though it might push it

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-04 Thread Mattmann, Chris A (3980)
@incubator.apache.org general@incubator.apache.org Date: Tuesday, August 4, 2015 at 9:12 AM To: general@incubator.apache.org general@incubator.apache.org Subject: RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) As an immediate start to having a tool to support

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Arvind Prabhakar
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 12:37 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote: On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 4:05 AM, Roman Shaposhnik ro...@shaposhnik.org wrote: ...who else thinks the movement towards empowering PPMCs and making IPMC very much like the board makes sense?... How is that

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Arvind Prabhakar
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 1:59 PM, Andrew Purtell apurt...@apache.org wrote: ​ In fact, in my opinion it leads to the very unfortunate side effect of IPMC ​ ​ feeling in need to justify why it exists by micromanaging podlings. I've been through incubation as a mentor on Phoenix, Nifi, and

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Joe Brockmeier
On Sun, Aug 2, 2015, at 10:05 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: I've been waiting for a bout a week for other to chime in, but it seems that nobody has so I'll repeat my question as of a week ago: what would be the effective way to change the status quo around IPMC an make it more board like?

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Daniel Gruno
On 2015-08-03 09:37, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 4:05 AM, Roman Shaposhnik ro...@shaposhnik.org wrote: ...who else thinks the movement towards empowering PPMCs and making IPMC very much like the board makes sense?... How is that different from the status quo where a

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 4:05 AM, Roman Shaposhnik ro...@shaposhnik.org wrote: ...who else thinks the movement towards empowering PPMCs and making IPMC very much like the board makes sense?... How is that different from the status quo where a podling with active mentors can have their releases

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 7:18 PM, John D. Ament johndam...@apache.org wrote: I wonder how much of the silence is a notion of I don't want to be accountable if something goes wrong in this podling. Right, but that same concern could be applied to every single TLP and yet the board seems to do the

RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Ross Gardler
...@gmail.com [mailto:shaposh...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Roman Shaposhnik Sent: Monday, August 3, 2015 12:13 PM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 3:44 AM, Joe Brockmeier j

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 3:44 AM, Joe Brockmeier j...@zonker.net wrote: On Sun, Aug 2, 2015, at 10:05 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: I've been waiting for a bout a week for other to chime in, but it seems that nobody has so I'll repeat my question as of a week ago: what would be the effective way

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 12:37 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote: On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 4:05 AM, Roman Shaposhnik ro...@shaposhnik.org wrote: ...who else thinks the movement towards empowering PPMCs and making IPMC very much like the board makes sense?... How is that

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 8:48 AM, Arvind Prabhakar arv...@apache.org wrote: On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 12:37 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote: On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 4:05 AM, Roman Shaposhnik ro...@shaposhnik.org wrote: ...who else thinks the movement towards empowering

RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Dennis E. Hamilton
+1 -Original Message- From: Marvin Humphrey [mailto:mar...@rectangular.com] Sent: Monday, August 3, 2015 09:37 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) [ ... ] It's not the central Incubator folks

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Daniel Gruno
On 2015-08-03 21:13, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: Yup. I believe this to be an unfortunate (at least from my standpoint) but and extremely fair observation. As far as I'm concerned the issue of RRs of IPMC is in a state of a stalemate right now. We clearly have a everything's fine lets just add

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Andrew Purtell
​ In fact, in my opinion it leads to the very unfortunate side effect of IPMC ​ ​ feeling in need to justify why it exists by micromanaging podlings. I've been through incubation as a mentor on Phoenix, Nifi, and now getting up to speed on Trafodion, I have not seen micromanagement of podlings.

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Branko Čibej
On 03.08.2015 18:36, Marvin Humphrey wrote: It's not the central Incubator folks like our regular release reviewers and report contributors who invent these extra criteria Sorry but this has to be said: I see folks on this list inventing policy (or rather, confusing opinion and policy) all the

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Julian Hyde
[mailto:shaposh...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Roman Shaposhnik Sent: Monday, August 3, 2015 12:13 PM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 3:44 AM, Joe Brockmeier j...@zonker.net wrote: On Sun

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-03 Thread Branko Čibej
...@gmail.com [mailto:shaposh...@gmail.com] On Behalf Of Roman Shaposhnik Sent: Monday, August 3, 2015 12:13 PM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) On Mon, Aug 3, 2015 at 3:44 AM, Joe Brockmeier j

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-02 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
Nalley [mailto:da...@gnsa.us] Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 6:05 PM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 8:41 PM, Ross Gardler ross.gard...@microsoft.com wrote: The proposed need

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-02 Thread John D. Ament
@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 8:41 PM, Ross Gardler ross.gard...@microsoft.com wrote: The proposed need to announce release votes on the IPMC list is how things were when

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-08-02 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Sun, Aug 2, 2015 at 7:05 PM, Roman Shaposhnik ro...@shaposhnik.org wrote: what would be the effective way to change the status quo around IPMC an make it more board like? The Board works very hard to provide thorough review of the reports it receives. While IPMC review of podling reports is

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Justin Mclean
Hi, About 40% of the last 100 threads on general@ is vote release... Cut that away is a good start in reforming the Incubator… IMO Which provides a valuable service in showing poddlings on how to make good releases. Do we want to get rid of that? Thanks, Justin

Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Niclas Hedhman
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 4:27 AM, Roman Shaposhnik ro...@shaposhnik.org wrote: #2 The #1 goal is achieved via mentorship. In fact mentorship is not even required as the case of Zest (and hopeful Yetus soon) demonstrated. #3 When mentorship is required IPMC entrusts the mentors to

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Branko Čibej
On 26.07.2015 10:56, jan i wrote: On 26 July 2015 at 10:40, Justin Mclean jus...@classsoftware.com wrote: Hi, About 40% of the last 100 threads on general@ is vote release... Cut that away is a good start in reforming the Incubator… IMO Which provides a valuable service in showing

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Niclas Hedhman
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Branko Čibej br...@apache.org wrote: The only downside of this proposal is that it assumes that every podling has at least three active (!) mentors. No, I don't necessarily mean that you need 3 mentors either. One active mentor would be fine with me. Empower

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread jan i
On 26 July 2015 at 10:40, Justin Mclean jus...@classsoftware.com wrote: Hi, About 40% of the last 100 threads on general@ is vote release... Cut that away is a good start in reforming the Incubator… IMO Which provides a valuable service in showing poddlings on how to make good releases.

RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Ross Gardler
: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 7:38 PM, Branko Čibej br...@apache.org wrote: The only downside of this proposal is that it assumes that every podling has at least three active (!) mentors. No, I don't necessarily

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread jan i
On Sunday, July 26, 2015, Don Bosco Durai bo...@apache.org wrote: My only concern is now the mentor(s) need to check everything before approving. In my experience, during the early stages of the releases, lot of the license, naming, release location, etc. related issues were identified during

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 1:20 AM, Niclas Hedhman nic...@hedhman.org wrote: About 40% of the last 100 threads on general@ is vote release... Cut that away is a good start in reforming the Incubator… Many of those vote threads are very high quality and valuable. Successful vote threads are

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Ted Dunning
I think my own experience as a mentor over recent years is useful here. I thought I understood what was necessary for apache releases when, in fact, I understood release requirements for releases like the ones I had previously seen. The wider by shepherds and by the general votes was a pain

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Don Bosco Durai
My only concern is now the mentor(s) need to check everything before approving. In my experience, during the early stages of the releases, lot of the license, naming, release location, etc. related issues were identified during the approval in the general@ list. Which were very helpful to us.

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread toki
On 07/26/2015 04:35 PM, jan i wrote: unless we don't trust the mentors It isn't a case of not trusting the mentors, but rather, the ease with which something can be accidentally overlooked. Rephrased. The mentor is too close to the project, to see all of the errors in the project. jonathon

RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Ross Gardler
...@gnsa.us Sent: ‎7/‎26/‎2015 12:36 PM To: general@incubator.apache.orgmailto:general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) Empower the Mentors to run the podlings, teach the newcomers and bring it to TLP. As a mentor

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Daniel Gruno
On 2015-07-26 10:56, jan i wrote: No that is an important service, on the other hand I also agree that the mentors should be guiding/running the podlings not general@ Maybe we can find some middle ground. - Mentors run the podlings, can accept releases etc. - Mentors decide when a podlng can

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Daniel Gruno
On 2015-07-27 01:20, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: I'd like to raise a somewhat orthogonal point. Mainly the fact that our obsession with doing good work with podlings could, very well, be obscuring a much more important issues. And given how limited our resources of eyeballs looking at releases

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
David, I think we've been there before a few month ago. In my view, you're articulating collective (IPMC) vs. personal (mentors) responsibility. IIRC, we came to be on different sides of that divide. I'll repeat again what I said in that discussion: I like the mentor responsibility model a LOT

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Konstantin Boudnik
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 01:38PM, Branko Čibej wrote: On 26.07.2015 10:56, jan i wrote: On 26 July 2015 at 10:40, Justin Mclean jus...@classsoftware.com wrote: Hi, About 40% of the last 100 threads on general@ is vote release... Cut that away is a good start in reforming the

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Daniel Gruno
Since I am relatively new to the Incubator (given that it turns 13 in just 2½ month), I will ask a question that may have been answered in the earlier years: Have we given any thought to some sort of mentor rotation policy? One could argue that what we especially lack right now is the

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 1:56 AM, jan i j...@apache.org wrote: No that is an important service, on the other hand I also agree that the mentors should be guiding/running the podlings not general@ Maybe we can find some middle ground. - Mentors run the podlings, can accept releases etc. -

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 9:50 AM, toki toki.kant...@gmail.com wrote: On 07/26/2015 04:35 PM, jan i wrote: unless we don't trust the mentors It isn't a case of not trusting the mentors, but rather, the ease with which something can be accidentally overlooked. Rephrased. The mentor is too

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Roman Shaposhnik
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 3:57 PM, Daniel Gruno humbed...@apache.org wrote: On 2015-07-26 10:56, jan i wrote: No that is an important service, on the other hand I also agree that the mentors should be guiding/running the podlings not general@ Maybe we can find some middle ground. - Mentors

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread David Nalley
On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 8:41 PM, Ross Gardler ross.gard...@microsoft.com wrote: The proposed need to announce release votes on the IPMC list is how things were when the incubator was created. The need for IPMC to control the process is another case of the IPMC over-reaching itself and in so

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Daniel Gruno
:36 PM To: general@incubator.apache.orgmailto:general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) Empower the Mentors to run the podlings, teach the newcomers and bring it to TLP. As a mentor of podlings, I dislike the above

RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Ross Gardler
(yes, some changes have been good, but it seems to me that many have not) Ross -Original Message- From: Konstantin Boudnik [mailto:c...@apache.org] Sent: Sunday, July 26, 2015 5:15 PM To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from

RE: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread Ross Gardler
: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator) On Sun, Jul 26, 2015 at 8:41 PM, Ross Gardler ross.gard...@microsoft.com wrote: The proposed need to announce release votes on the IPMC list is how things were when the incubator was created. The need for IPMC

Re: Reform of Incubator {was; [DISCUSSION] Graduate Ignite from the Apache Incubator)

2015-07-26 Thread David Nalley
Empower the Mentors to run the podlings, teach the newcomers and bring it to TLP. As a mentor of podlings, I dislike the above idea. Mentors get busy, they miss things, sometimes big things. Sometimes things that are obvious to an outsider are missed by mentors who don't catch it. I've