Re: [DISCUSS] Graduation

2012-05-08 Thread Alan D. Cabrera
On May 1, 2012, at 9:44 AM, Andy Kurth wrote: > This thread is to discuss whether the Apache VCL community feels that > this incubating project is ready to proceed with the process to > graduate to a top level ASF project. There are several requirements > which must be met and steps completed in

Re: Incubator PMC/Board report for May 2012 ([ppmc])

2012-05-08 Thread Alan D. Cabrera
Any takers? Regards, Alan On May 7, 2012, at 8:25 AM, Marvin wrote: > > > Dear podling, > > This email was sent by an automated system on behalf of the Apache Incubator > PMC. > It is an initial reminder to give you plenty of time to prepare your quarterly > board report. > > The board m

Re: VCL 2.3

2012-05-08 Thread Josh Thompson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I'm pretty sure the Dojo Toolkit API was changed enough in 1.7 that it will require a fair amount of changes in VCL. So, I opted to stick with the 1.6 series. Dmitri is correct about the custom profiles not being a requirement. The custom profiles

Re: VCL 2.3

2012-05-08 Thread Dmitri Chebotarov
I've tried to use dojo v1.7.2, it didn't work for me. I currently have v1.6.1 and it seems to work fine. I don't have custom built profiles, it doesn't look like it effects ability to use front-end. -- Thank you, Dmitri Chebotarov Virtual Computing Lab Systems Engineer, TSD - Ent Servers &

Re: Graduation

2012-05-08 Thread Kevan Miller
On May 8, 2012, at 10:33 AM, Andy Kurth wrote: > Graduating will not and should not change the way VCL is used or how > the community operates. Upon successful graduation, there are some > administrative tasks that need to be done but the day-to-day community > activity shouldn't change. I thin

Re: VCL 2.3

2012-05-08 Thread Aaron Coburn
Josh, I am setting up a fresh install of the VCL off of trunk to test the new code. I am wondering, however, about Dojo -- first, there is no information in the INSTALLATION or UPGRADE files about dojo. Second, is it necessary to use the Dojo Toolkit v1.6 or will v1.7.2 (the current release) wor

Re: Graduation

2012-05-08 Thread Andy Kurth
Good explanation Aaron. Regarding the benefits of graduating -- I don't know if there are any tangible benefits but in my opinion there are some intangible benefits: - The Apache brand is pretty well-known and prestigious. They don't accept just any old open-source project as an official project,

Re: [DISCUSS] Graduation

2012-05-08 Thread Josh Thompson
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I meant to send this earlier and then got bogged down working on the release. I definitely think we should start the process of graduating. I really feel like we have enough of a community now that if NCSU were to pull out of the project (very unli

Re: Graduation

2012-05-08 Thread Aaron Peeler
Hi Dmitri, No apologies necessary. This is a good and important question. The graduation is the process in which a incubator project becomes a Top Level Project (TLP). The graduation means that a project has shown that it (as a community) understands the Apache Software Foundation's core principl