On Wed, Jun 15, 2011 at 5:34 AM, Christian Grobmeier <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> I don't follow why people going elsewhere is a problem. >>> >>> The problem is more, people are not going into the labs. >> >> Why is that a problem? We offer an environment for people to use, if it goes >> quiet for a while, that's entirely fine. The only action I believe we should >> take is perhaps publicise ourselves more to ASF people who might not know we >> exist. > > Going quiet is the one thing, going dormant the other. With Github > around, we should see if there is really a need for such places like > Labs.
Why? In other words, what's driving you on this point? Labs admittedly has a fairly narrow range of useful, a small niche. There are clearly several folk who see value in that niche. You don't. Why is that a problem exactly? >>> But: >>> - the entry for a lab is to strict (only experimental features, see >>> discussion between Ross and myself) >>> - how can a lab become successful with so much rules (no releases)? >> >> The goal of labs is not to become successful, that you only become when you >> build a community around yourself. Instead, the goal of labs is a place to >> try stuff out, with the full understanding that you might not be successful. >> It's a place to start something. > > Yeah, but if you do something related to a ASF project you will need > to go to the projects Sandbox. Unless you're experimenting around a project on which you haven't commit karma. --tim --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [email protected] For additional commands, e-mail: [email protected]
