Re: [VOTE] Gora Graduation Resolution

2011-12-21 Thread Chris Douglas
On Sun, Dec 18, 2011 at 11:26 AM, Daniel Shahaf d...@daniel.shahaf.name wrote: It doesn't require it, so maybe it's fine to leave out Hadoop. Even if it did, it would likely be a good idea not to refer to it by name in the resolution. +1 Agreed. I spent some time poking through the mailing

Re: [PROPOSAL] Flex for Apache Incubator

2011-12-21 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Craig L Russell craig.russ...@oracle.com wrote: On Dec 20, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: ... The proposal says Existing Flex-related conferences, podcasts and websites should be allowed to continue using “Flex” as part of their name - Apache Flex will

Re: [PROPOSAL] Flex for Apache Incubator

2011-12-21 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 8:35 AM, Craig L Russell craig.russ...@oracle.com wrote: ... On 12/20/2011 4:24 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: The proposal says Existing Flex-related conferences, podcasts and websites should be allowed to continue using “Flex” as part of their name - Apache Flex will have

Re: [PROPOSAL] Flex for Apache Incubator

2011-12-21 Thread Alex Harui
Hi Raju, Yes, we hope to contribute Falcon before it is finished, but it isn't ready to be contributed now, and the rest of the Flex SDK is and we have a large group of folks eager to get started on it. There will be some overlap between folks working on Falcon and on the SDK, but I think the

Re: [PROPOSAL] Flex for Apache Incubator

2011-12-21 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 12/21/2011 1:35 AM, Craig L Russell wrote: On Dec 20, 2011, at 2:51 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: On 20 December 2011 22:35, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: On 12/20/2011 4:24 PM, Ross Gardler wrote: The proposal says Existing Flex-related conferences, podcasts and websites

Re: [PROPOSAL] Flex for Apache Incubator

2011-12-21 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 12/21/2011 3:00 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: As long as there's no confusion as to which Flex is which, and as long as there's no favoritism in how people are allowed to use the Flex name, I think this might work. Whoa... slow down. You are not correct Bertrand. As long as there is no

Re: [PROPOSAL] Flex for Apache Incubator

2011-12-21 Thread Raju Bitter
Hi Alex, Excellent, that's really good news! I agree with you, it's probably better to keep Falcon and Apache Flex as separate projects. It makes a lot of sense to contribute the Flex SDK as quickly as possible to Apache, and it wouldn't be good to have the community waiting for it. And I fully

Re: [VOTE] Bloodhound to join the Incubator

2011-12-21 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Mon, Dec 19, 2011 at 7:55 PM, Hyrum K Wright hyrum.wri...@wandisco.com wrote: ...Please vote on the acceptance of Bloodhound into the Apache Incubator... +1 -Bertrand - To unsubscribe, e-mail:

Re: [VOTE] Release jena-2.7.0-incubating (RC1)

2011-12-21 Thread Olivier Lamy
+1 2011/12/19 Andy Seaborne a...@apache.org: Please vote on releasing the following as  Apache Jena version 2.7.0-incubating This will be the first incubator release for Jena at Apache. == Overview Jena is a Java framework for building Semantic Web applications. Jena provides a

Looking for mentors for Flex (was: [PROPOSAL] Flex for Apache Incubator)

2011-12-21 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi Incubator PMC and ASF members, In case you missed my earlier call: we are still looking for mentors for http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/FlexProposal Given the size of the codebase and the large list of initial committers, it would be good to have at least one or two additional experienced

Re: [PROPOSAL] Flex for Apache Incubator

2011-12-21 Thread William A. Rowe Jr.
On 12/21/2011 4:16 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: I totally agree that the use of the Apache Flex trademark needs to be clearly defined - once the podling starts. Or rather, before it is allowed to graduate. That is but one of the many steps during graduation, determine the provenience of

Re: [PROPOSAL] Flex for Apache Incubator

2011-12-21 Thread Ross Gardler
On 21 December 2011 10:59, Bertrand Delacretaz bdelacre...@apache.org wrote: On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 11:42 AM, William A. Rowe Jr. wr...@rowe-clan.net wrote: On 12/21/2011 4:16 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: I totally agree that the use of the Apache Flex trademark needs to be clearly

Re: Looking for mentors for Flex (was: [PROPOSAL] Flex for Apache Incubator)

2011-12-21 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 1:59 PM, Greg Reddin gred...@gmail.com wrote: ...I am very interested in this project as it is something we use regularly in my daily work. I'd probably qualify as a junior mentor since I've only mentored one other podling to date. But I'll add my name to the list

Re: Actively retiring projects

2011-12-21 Thread Sam Ruby
On Fri, Dec 16, 2011 at 12:37 AM, Noel J. Bergman n...@devtech.com wrote: Sam, My personal perspective is that incubation shouldn't generally take more than a year. The problem is with small communities.  What do you suggest with projects that are functional, but just barely have a

Re: [PROPOSAL] Flex for Apache Incubator

2011-12-21 Thread Craig L Russell
Hi Bertrand, It looks like this issue is well understood and I have no concerns that the incubating community will take appropriate steps during incubation to resolve any remaining issues regarding the name. Craig On Dec 21, 2011, at 1:10 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: On Wed, Dec 21,

Re: [VOTE] Bloodhound to join the Incubator

2011-12-21 Thread Alan D. Cabrera
On Dec 19, 2011, at 10:55 AM, Hyrum K Wright wrote: The proposal is available at [1] and its content is also included below for your convenience. Please vote: [ ] +1 Accept Bloodhound for incubation [ ] +0 Don't care [ ] -1 Don't accept Bloodhound for incubation (please explain) The

Re: [PROPOSAL] Flex for Apache Incubator

2011-12-21 Thread Carol Frampton
Raju, I was at the Flex Summit that Peter blogged about. At the pre-summit briefing I attended, Danny Winokur, the VP who hosted the meeting, said that as of last Monday, Adobe was still selling new support contracts for Adobe Flex 4.6 and I believe he said that during the summit as well. Danny

Re: [PROPOSAL] Flex for Apache Incubator

2011-12-21 Thread Leo Simons
Hey folks, I had to think about this a bunch. We don't have anything like this at apache today. On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:37 PM, Greg Stein gst...@gmail.com wrote: On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 15:30, Raju Bitter rajubit...@googlemail.com wrote: (..) Adobe Flex is quite different from most Apache

Re: [PROPOSAL] Flex for Apache Incubator

2011-12-21 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi Leo, On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 3:43 PM, Leo Simons m...@leosimons.com wrote: ...* Adobe could unilaterally change the license for the flash player, the SWF format, and/or the prerequisite SDKs, and flex would become essentially useless Assuming this is true (I'm not saying it's not, but

Re: [PROPOSAL] Flex for Apache Incubator

2011-12-21 Thread Carol Frampton
Raju, Good question. We are working with the Adobe lawyers to help us with the license compatibility issues, including between the Adobe opensource license and the Apache license. Adobe has a company shutdown from tomorrow until after the New Year, so while Alex and I are busy preparing for

RE: Looking for mentors for Flex (was: [PROPOSAL] Flex for Apache Incubator)

2011-12-21 Thread erwan.deferrie...@gmail.com
Hi, I'm willing to volunteer as a mentor as well. Regards -- Envoyé de mon téléphone Android avec K-9 Mail. Excusez la brièveté. Douglas Arthur dart...@vmware.com a écrit : Hi Bertrand, I'm willing to learn if the need continues to exist, but I have not participated in previous ASF projects

[VOTE] Release jena-2.7.0-incubating (RC1)

2011-12-21 Thread Andy Seaborne
Please vote on releasing the following as Apache Jena version 2.7.0-incubating This will be the first incubator release for Jena at Apache. == Overview Jena is a Java framework for building Semantic Web applications. Jena provides a collection of tools and Java libraries to help to develop

Droids report: needs IP clearance but already did a release?

2011-12-21 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi Incubator PMC, At today's board meeting, we noticed that the Droid podling report mentions IP clearance as its only step towards graduation, but according to http://incubator.apache.org/droids/ it has already done a release. Could the mentors check that the release is ok w.r.t IP clearance?

Re: [VOTE] Gora Graduation Resolution

2011-12-21 Thread Marvin Humphrey
On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 12:23:14AM -0800, Chris Douglas wrote: I spent some time poking through the mailing lists, JIRA, and some familiar corners of the source code. The project seems to be in great shape, particularly w.r.t. the Incubator's graduation criteria. It's released a couple times,

Re: Looking for mentors for Flex

2011-12-21 Thread Erwan de FERRIERES
Le 21/12/2011 17:52, Bertrand Delacretaz a écrit : On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 4:41 PM, erwan.deferrie...@gmail.com er...@ferrieres.org wrote: ... I'm willing to volunteer as a mentor as well. Thanks but you need to be an Incubator PMC member for that. ASF members get that membership just by

Re: Looking for mentors for Flex (was: [PROPOSAL] Flex for Apache Incubator)

2011-12-21 Thread Dave Fisher
Hi Bertrand, If there are some experienced Mentors added and I am elected to the Incubator PMC, I would be willing to be a Junior Mentor. I've been on the Apache POI PMC for a few years - a small group with a widely used library, and for the past 6 months I've been active on the OpenOffice

Re: Droids report: needs IP clearance but already did a release?

2011-12-21 Thread Bertrand Delacretaz
Hi Richard, On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 10:26 PM, Richard Frovarp rfrov...@apache.org wrote: ...At today's board meeting, we noticed that the Droid podling report mentions IP clearance as its only step towards graduation, but according to http://incubator.apache.org/droids/ it has already done a

Re: Looking for mentors for Flex (was: [PROPOSAL] Flex for Apache Incubator)

2011-12-21 Thread Ross Gardler
On 21 December 2011 21:31, Dave Fisher dave2w...@comcast.net wrote: Hi Bertrand, If there are some experienced Mentors added and I am elected to the Incubator PMC, I would be willing to be a Junior Mentor. Ha!!! +1 for Dave. He's on AOO and anyone around there for more than two weeks has

MailAlias.txt

2011-12-21 Thread Francis De Brabandere
Hi, Should we mention the MailAlias.txt file in http://incubator.apache.org/guides/committer.html and / or http://www.apache.org/dev/new-committers-guide.html ? A good howto is available in the following mail: