On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 9:09 AM, Robert Burrell Donkin <robertburrelldon...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Fri, Nov 18, 2011 at 6:23 AM, Henri Yandell <flame...@gmail.com> wrote: >> On Wed, Nov 16, 2011 at 12:36 PM, Sam Ruby <ru...@intertwingly.net> wrote: >>> On Tue, Nov 15, 2011 at 11:41 PM, Noel J. Bergman <n...@devtech.com> wrote: >>>> >>>> We are, however, recognizing that we've had growth issues of our own. As >>>> David Crossley pointed out, he made mistakes last month related to the >>>> Reporting Schedule, and we continue to have issues. The Incubator is >>>> almost >>>> as big as the rest of the ASF combined. David posted a plot chart >>>> reflecting our growth: http://incubator.apache.org/history/ >>> >>> Excellent plot chart. As with most plot charts, the end result is a >>> Rorschach test. I'll tell you what I (personally) see in this chart: >>> a failure to perform garbage collection. My personal perspective is >>> that incubation shouldn't generally take more than a year. That >>> doesn't mean that there won't be exceptions, and in a few rare cases, >>> some that go well beyond that arbitrary time limit, but the point is >>> that those should be the exception rather than the rule. > > Sometimes when you turn up the heat and reduce the cooking time, the > pies end up being half baked... >
I agree with that and also with Benson's comments about size and growth often being one of the barriers to graduation. A number of the long term poddlings don't have a very diverse or even three active committers, if theres a threat of expulsion because of that they'll probably just start making any old person a committer just to make up the numbers. ...ant --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
