Thanks Justin and Dave. I agree we are kinda self governing. The remaining topics we need to meet are things like having several committers who are capable of doing a release, or voting in new committers and PMC members. If we only have a few releases per year, it will take longer for multiple people to have done it. But that is the normal pace of this project.
Anyway, I think from those of us who worked with Otava well before we arrived here, I think it is safe to say this has been a positive experience for us and the project, and we are on a good path. henrik henrik On Sun, Sep 21, 2025 at 8:07 PM Dave Fisher <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Henrik, > > > On Sep 21, 2025, at 1:15 AM, Justin Mclean <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > > Hi Henrik, > > > > There isn’t a strict written expectation for when a project must > graduate, since incubation is meant to help a community reach the point > where it can stand on its own within the ASF. That said, the general aim is > for podlings to demonstrate that they can manage releases, add committers, > build a sustainable community, and handle governance in accordance with the > Apache Way. For some projects, that happen quickly, for others it takes > longer. > > As one of your mentors, Otava is proceeding well. > > > However, the Incubator isn’t meant to be a permanent home. If a podling > remains for many years, it usually prompts the IPMC and mentors to ask > whether the project is on a realistic path to graduation. But we also > recognise that not all communities move at the same pace, as some are > driven by full-time contributors, others by volunteers working in their own > time. What matters most is whether the project has demonstrated its ability > to self-govern and continue sustainably, even at a slower pace. So the > question to ask is, can the Otava project self-govern or not? > > The project is self-governing. Let’s see how the next three month develop. > > Best, > Dave > > > > > Kind Regards, > > > > Justin > > -- *nyrkio.com <http://nyrkio.com/>* ~ *git blame for performance* Henrik Ingo, CEO [email protected] LinkedIn: www.linkedin.com/in/heingo +358 40 569 7354 Twitter: twitter.com/h_ingo
