On Tue, Sep 6, 2016 at 10:15 AM, Andy Seaborne wrote:
> ...Is the incubator full? No, but it needs to be careful about the nature
> of the set of mentors...
I fully agree with that, we should aim for podlings which are
"self-sustaining" in the sense that their mentors take car
hat detail.
That agrees with my experience.
A commitment to mentoring for 2 or more years is substantial. My
experience has been that mentors fade away for all the obvious reasons
of volunteers+(lack of)time. Signing up to mentor is the easy part and
everyone is well-intentioned.
So is the
I like the slider metaphor.
When I mentor, I like to start with the slider hard over by active,
especially during champion phase, but moving toward passive after the first
clean release and report or two.
I don't think that inactive projects actually require all that much thought
or action. The o
> On Aug 24, 2016, at 5:41 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote:
>
>> On Tue, Aug 23, 2016 at 7:26 AM, John D. Ament wrote:
>> All,
>>
>> I'm wondering if the Apache Incubator is full right now?
>
> It seems that this question gets asked about once a year. The consensus
> always seems to be that this
as opposed to
> mentors
> doing it. Wave sitting in the Incubator since 2010 is clearly NOT in
> anybody's
> best interest.
>
Can we say if a podling stays incubating for a time (5 years?) is in a
heavy risk of leaving the incubator? I know each podling has different
timing; bu
e number of eyes looking at releases have reduced.
>
> So I wonder, is the incubator full? Has capacity plateaued and we should
> discourage projects from joining? Are there projects that we should
> strongly encourage to graduate?
I think you may be seeing signs of self-throttling. Ba
slow down.
- The discussions involved when a new project comes in have dwindled.
- The number of eyes looking at releases have reduced.
So I wonder, is the incubator full? Has capacity plateaued and we should
discourage projects from joining? Are there projects that we should
strongly encourage t
The number of eyes looking at releases have reduced.
So I wonder, is the incubator full? Has capacity plateaued and we should
discourage projects from joining? Are there projects that we should
strongly encourage to graduate?
John
