Incubator Board Report, June 2006

2006-06-26 Thread Noel J. Bergman
A relatively quiet month on the Incubator front. Projects continue to settle into the task of Incubation. We are currently engaged in a "doc-a-thon" at ApacheCon EU to polish the documentation for our processes and policies. An article discussing the Incubator was vetted by the PRC, and should b

Re: [Incubator Docathon] PPMC guide

2006-06-26 Thread Jean T. Anderson
robert burrell donkin wrote: > On 6/26/06, Jean T. Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> I like the changes evolving so far in the docathon. >> >> regarding guides/ppmc.html , more stuff could be moved from >> guides/committer.html includes participating in ... >> >> + updating the podling st

[Incubator Docathon] Committers guide

2006-06-26 Thread Jean T. Anderson
The old learn/mailing-lists was merged into guides/committers, which is another excellent change. But I have a question about this wording that was carried over: "In addition to the per-project and special-group mailing lists, there are a few that cross all boundaries:" So per-project is the

Re: Branding of Incubator projects

2006-06-26 Thread Roy T. Fielding
On Jun 26, 2006, at 11:57 AM, Justin Erenkrantz wrote: So, the guide that I'm "tackling" is the "Podling Branding" guide. It would be nice to tackle the still-nonexistant Apache branding guide as well. That way you could link to it from this doc. Here's what I'm proposing after some feedback

Re: [Incubator Docathon] PPMC guide

2006-06-26 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 6/26/06, Jean T. Anderson <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I like the changes evolving so far in the docathon. regarding guides/ppmc.html , more stuff could be moved from guides/committer.html includes participating in ... + updating the podling status report + making sure the quarterly report

Re: Branding of Incubator projects

2006-06-26 Thread Garrett Rooney
On 6/26/06, David Jencks <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: I'm left very unclear about what is allowed in a press release and what isn't. Examples might be helpful. Based on my confusion, I also don't understand why a press release saying that project X is starting incubation with community members x

Re: Branding of Incubator projects

2006-06-26 Thread William A. Rowe, Jr.
Justin Erenkrantz wrote: So, the guide that I'm "tackling" is the "Podling Branding" guide. Here's what I'm proposing after some feedback from others here in Dublin: Podlings are, by definition, not yet fully accepted as part of the Apache Software Foundation. Therefore, they are subject

Re: Branding of Incubator projects

2006-06-26 Thread David Jencks
On Jun 26, 2006, at 12:42 PM, sophitia que wrote: I would also propose: The PRC is willing to issue formal press releases for all podlings who successfully graduate from the Incubator and are interested in issuing a press release. See below... 5. Until the Incubator PMC approves a podli

Re: Branding of Incubator projects

2006-06-26 Thread sophitia que
I would also propose: The PRC is willing to issue formal press releases for all podlings who successfully graduate from the Incubator and are interested in issuing a press release. See below... 5. Until the Incubator PMC approves a podling proposal *and* the podling initial drop code is in ou

Branding of Incubator projects

2006-06-26 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
So, the guide that I'm "tackling" is the "Podling Branding" guide. Here's what I'm proposing after some feedback from others here in Dublin: Podlings are, by definition, not yet fully accepted as part of the Apache Software Foundation. Therefore, they are subject to additional branding con

[Incubator Docathon] PPMC guide

2006-06-26 Thread Jean T. Anderson
I like the changes evolving so far in the docathon. regarding guides/ppmc.html , more stuff could be moved from guides/committer.html includes participating in ... + updating the podling status report + making sure the quarterly report for the board gets done I don't want to collide with Rober

Re: Withdrawing Kabuki from Apache Incubator

2006-06-26 Thread Andy Clark
Noel J. Bergman wrote: In addition to Leo's comments, please keep in mind that code licensed under the Apache License, cannot be "withdrawn" from that license. You need not continue work on your project here, and since the Kabuki community had not gotten started, I don't know if there are others

Re: [PROPOSAL] CeltiXfire Project

2006-06-26 Thread Adinarayana Sakala
Hi Sanjiva, Adi, can you confirm that from IONA's perspective the project is a JAX-WS implementation along with additional stuff for security, RM etc.? CeltiXfire is aimed at developing various SOA infrastructure components, including JAX-WS, WS-* stuff but not limited just to them, as I hope w

Re: Various

2006-06-26 Thread Jim Jagielski
On Jun 23, 2006, at 12:52 AM, Hani Suleiman wrote: If Apache people feel that my technical abilities are not relevant, and that what should matter in whether I am allowed in as a cxfire committer is how willing I am to tow the party line, then I shouldn't be on that list. Apache would be

Re: Various

2006-06-26 Thread Jim Jagielski
Hani writes: I'm fairly astounded by the amount of email generated due to my name being on the initial committer list. I am perplexed that you feel that a dislike of an Apache project merits a membership rejection though. and I am not aware of any Apache membership requirements that stat

Definition of a podling

2006-06-26 Thread Davanum Srinivas
Currently in [1]: A codebase and its community while in the process of being incubated. See the description of the incubation process. Is this ok, do we need some more meat? [1] http://www.apache.org/foundation/glossary.html#Podling On 6/26/06, Justin Erenkrantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi

Re: Incubator Docathon TODO list

2006-06-26 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 6/26/06, Justin Erenkrantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: Hi everyone, Robert, Noirin, and myself spent some time sketching out what we think a better layout/structure of the Incubator site might be. I've gone ahead and committed the changes to the layout so that everyone can follow along. We'

[jira] Closed: (INCUBATOR-15) IP Clearance document for Jakarta Commons Pool (Composite Implementation)

2006-06-26 Thread Robert Burrell Donkin (JIRA)
[ http://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/INCUBATOR-15?page=all ] Robert Burrell Donkin closed INCUBATOR-15: -- Resolution: Fixed IP now cleared > IP Clearance document for Jakarta Commons Pool (Composite Implementation) > -

Re: Incubator Docathon TODO list

2006-06-26 Thread robert burrell donkin
On 6/26/06, Justin Erenkrantz <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: 1. Create Podling Release guide we'll probably work on this on tuesday since i know that some people who want to work on this wil only be around then. - robert - To un

Incubator Docathon TODO list

2006-06-26 Thread Justin Erenkrantz
Hi everyone, Robert, Noirin, and myself spent some time sketching out what we think a better layout/structure of the Incubator site might be. I've gone ahead and committed the changes to the layout so that everyone can follow along. We're going to be trying to complete this content in the next