Here's some discussion points on my Action for today's Woden telecon to investigate requirements for graduation from Incubation.
Excerpt from the Incubation policy document at: http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Incubation_Policy.html#Exiting+the+Incubator Prior to escalation to the ASF, a Podling needs to show that : it is a worthy and healthy project; it truly fits within the ASF framework;and it "gets" the Apache Way. The minimum requirements that a Podling SHALL meet prior to being successfully escalated to the ASF are : Legal All code ASL'ed The code base must contain only ASL or ASL-compatible dependencies License grant complete CLAs on file. Check of project name for trademark issues Meritocracy / Community Demonstrate an active and diverse development community The project is not highly dependent on any single contributor (there are at least 3 legally independent committers and there is no single company or entity that is vital to the success of the project) The above implies that new committers are admitted according to ASF practices ASF style voting has been adopted and is standard practice Demonstrate ability to tolerate and resolve conflict within the community. Release plans are developed and excuted in public by the community. (requirement on minimum number of such releases?) Note: incubator projects are not permitted to issue an official Release. Test snapshots (however good the quality) and Release plans are OK. Engagement by the incubated community with the other ASF communities, particularly infrastructure@ (this reflects my personal bias that projects should pay an nfrastructure "tax"). Incubator PMC has voted for graduation Destination PMC, or ASF Board for a TLP, has voted for final acceptance Alignment / Synergy Use of other ASF subprojects Develop synergistic relationship with other ASF subprojects Infrastructure SVN module has been created Mailing list(s) have been created Mailing lists are being archived Issue tracker has been created Project website has been created Project ready to comply with ASF mirroring guidelines Project is integrated with GUMP if appropriate Releases are PGP signed by a member of the community Developers tied into ASF PGP web of trust regards, John Kaputin Unless stated otherwise above: IBM United Kingdom Limited - Registered in England and Wales with number 741598. Registered office: PO Box 41, North Harbour, Portsmouth, Hampshire PO6 3AU --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
