I agree & will sign off on the report
Sent with Good (www.good.com) -----Original Message----- From: Ross Gardler [[email protected]<mailto:[email protected]>] Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 10:07 AM Eastern Standard Time To: [email protected] Subject: Re: May reports due in ten days Sorry, I meant to add a caveat to my backing of the outline report below - I want at least one other mentor to agree this is the right approach. Ross On 23 April 2012 15:05, Ross Gardler <[email protected]> wrote: > Excellent, we seem to all feel the same way. > > So in summary I believe this board report should say: > > - we are diverse enough to graduate, although we are a small community > - a more regular release schedule aligned with that of Apache Rave > (which uses Wookie) may help with community development > - graduation should help attract new contributors > - we will seek approval to graduate during the next quarter, after the > 0.10 release which is imminent > > I'm out of time now, can someone else put it together and I'll sign it off. > > Ross > > > On 23 April 2012 14:55, Franklin, Matthew B. <[email protected]> wrote: >>>-----Original Message----- >>>From: Ross Gardler [mailto:[email protected]] >>>Sent: Monday, April 23, 2012 4:50 AM >>>To: [email protected] >>>Subject: Fwd: May reports due in ten days >>> >>>Board report due: >>> >>>In February we said "Wookie has a small, reasonably active community, >>>however, the majority of >>>that activity is focussed around one or two individuals." >>> >>>We also said: >>> >>>"as it stands we could probably graduate as we meet >>>the minimum criteria (5 committers from 3 organisations). We recognise that >>>some IPMC members would suggest graduation at this point might help >>>accelerate community growth. We intend to discuss this within the >>>community >>>over the next quarter whilst also seeking to expand our community." >>> >>>However, we've pretty much failed to discuss this. This is not a good >>>sign. None of us have had the time to drive this important issue. >>> >>>Don't get me wrong, I'm not suggesting there is a fundamental problem >>>here. I'm just saying we need to crack on with it. In my opinion our >>>incubator status is holding us back. Furthermore, Rave has graduated >>>and if we are not careful our incubation status will hold Rave back >>>too. >>> >>>I know from my own conversations with Wookie users that the >>>"incuabting" label is holding some people back (although it may just >>>as well be a convenient excuse). I propose that we undertake to >>>graduate in the next quarter. To do this we really need to address the >>>issues we identified last month: >>> >>> - [DONE] 0.9.2 release using an improved and simplified release process >>> - Developer outreach activity (see above) >>> - Improve communication about Wookie >>> - ASF Widgets demo >>> >>>So, some questions/ideas: >>> >>>Matt can you help Wookie get to the point of doing regular releases, >>>preferably synced with Rave. I don't mean Rave depends on a Wookie >>>making a new release, I mean we aim to have a new Wookie release out >>>two weeks before the next Rave release is due. >> >> +1. I think getting on a regular release schedule will be a huge boost. >> From what I have seen, you are all doing really good work, but we just >> aren't' getting that out the door on a regular basis. I can definitely help >> the team accelerate this. >> >>> >>>Developer outreach - we should undertake to update the tutorials. >>>Perhaps we need to focus more on the creation of widgets as a "simple >>>step" in, if these widgets can run stand-alone (without Wookie) this >>>will attract more people, however, we need to consider whether this is >>>changing the make-up of what the Wookie project is. It might be better >>>to do that in an associated apache-extras project. >>> >>>Previously we discussed making it easy to create widgets that can be >>>usefully reused in the Apache CMS. The trademarks people are, for >>>example, looking at solutions for sponsor visibility. Concom need a >>>way of getting information about upcoming ASF events onto peoples >>>sites. It seems to me both of these are similar use cases. Can we >>>build them as templates? >>> >>>Ross >>> >>>---------- Forwarded message ---------- >>>From: Jukka Zitting <[email protected]> >>>Date: 22 April 2012 12:55 >>>Subject: May reports due in ten days >>>To: general <[email protected]> >>> >>> >>>Hi, >>> >>>It'll soon be time for the podlings reporting in May [1] to start >>>drafting their reports. >>> >>>When doing so, please consider the review results from February [2]: >>> >>> IP clearance: Amber >>> Release trouble: Clerezza, Stanbol >>> Low activity: Ambari, Nuvem, PhotArk, SIS, Wink, Zeta Components >>> Low diversity: Airavata, Droids, VCL, Wookie >>> Ready to graduate: Jena, Lucene.NET, NPanday, OpenNLP >>> >>>Has the situation in your podling changed over the last three months? >>>If not, what's your plan for improving the situation? >>> >>>For example, I notice that Clerezza has made a release, but Stanbol >>>still needs one. Also, Lucene.NET and NPanday are yet to graduate. Did >>>something come up to prevent progress, or have you just not gotten >>>around to it yet (which BTW is fine; much better than having bigger >>>issues)? >>> >>>And to any projects in the "Low activity" category that still aren't >>>seeing increased activity: Do you have a good reason to expect >>>activity to pick up, or should we consider retiring the project? >>> >>>[1] http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/May2012 >>>[2] http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/February2012 >>> >>>BR, >>> >>>Jukka Zitting >>> >>>--------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] >>>For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected] >>> >>> >>> >>>-- >>>Ross Gardler (@rgardler) >>>Programme Leader (Open Development) >>>OpenDirective http://opendirective.com > > > > -- > Ross Gardler (@rgardler) > Programme Leader (Open Development) > OpenDirective http://opendirective.com -- Ross Gardler (@rgardler) Programme Leader (Open Development) OpenDirective http://opendirective.com
