--- On Sun, 3/22/09, Min Cha <minslo...@gmail.com> wrote: > From: Min Cha <minslo...@gmail.com> > Subject: Re: Robust-Task introduction > To: "Commons Developers List" <dev@commons.apache.org> > Cc: "incubator-general" <general-subscr...@incubator.apache.org> > Date: Sunday, March 22, 2009, 12:49 AM > Hi, Matt. > Thanks for your interest and opinion. > > As you said, this is food for thought. Honestly I think > that Robust-Task is > suitable for Commons rather than incubator for going to > TLP. As you > mentioned, however, I am worrying about I don`t have > 'commit authority' when > it goes to sandbox. > > So, I`d like to know how to obtain 'commit authority' when > it goes to > sandbox. Is it possible?
Yes, by sustained engagement and participation in the Commons community you could earn committership. Not sure how this works with sandbox components, however. It would be somewhat a new situation, at least in my experience. -Matt > > Thanks for your reading. > Cheers. > > On Sun, Mar 22, 2009 at 3:58 AM, Matt Benson <gudnabr...@yahoo.com> > wrote: > > > > > Speaking as a member of the Commons PMC, though not > for the ENTIRE PMC: > > given the comparisons between robust-task and > [chain], maybe this could be > > a seed for a [chain] rewrite/2.0 . Then you'd > still have the question of > > sandbox grant vs. incubation; the problem with the > sandbox grant AIUI is > > that as a non-ASF-committer Min would be "reduced" to > the status of a > > community member, no longer able to make commits > directly on the code. > > Further, this would require that some existing > Apache committer(s) be > > willing to take responsibility for the sandbox > component and commit (Min's > > or others') submitted patches. With the > incubation route, Min would become > > a podling committer. While I would think there > would be a fair chance that > > Commons would be willing to sign on as sponsoring PMC, > I am unaware of any > > previous podlings that have graduated to > Commons. Commons being a bit of a > > special case as TLPs go, the exit criteria for a > podling into Commons are > > less than > > clear. With this in mind myself and Henri > Yandell quite some time ago > > worked up a proposal for a Commons mini-incubator but > received little > > (actually "no" IIRC) feedback. > > > > Food for thought anyway. > > > > -Matt > > > > --- On Sat, 3/21/09, Niclas Hedhman <nic...@hedhman.org> > wrote: > > > > > From: Niclas Hedhman <nic...@hedhman.org> > > > Subject: Re: Robust-Task introduction > > > To: gene...@incubator.apache.org > > > Cc: dev@commons.apache.org > > > Date: Saturday, March 21, 2009, 4:23 AM > > > On Fri, Mar 20, 2009 at 9:04 PM, Min > > > Cha <minslo...@gmail.com> > > > wrote: > > > > > > > I wonder whether I am understanding a > message from > > > you. > > > > Do you think this project should or can be a > component > > > in Commons? > > > > > > Could become... > > > > > > > If so, I would like to know how to be > a component in > > > Commons. > > > > > > Well, it depends. The Commons community could > either go > > > for > > > Incubation, in which case it is about getting a > community > > > built up > > > with the codebase. I suspect that the codebase is > too small > > > for > > > Incubation, and Commons should do a "Software > Grant" and > > > import the > > > codebase into their existing community. Now, it > is up to > > > 'them' how > > > they want to proceed. I am skeptical to > incubation to grow > > > community, > > > but no problem to see a them take the library in > via a > > > Software Grant. > > > > > > Cheers > > > Niclas > > > -- > > > http://www.qi4j.org - New Energy for Java > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > > To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org > > For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org > > > > > > > -- > Min Cha, Dreaming Developer > Robust-Task : > http://code.google.com/p/robust-coupe/wiki/RobustTaskIntroduction > English : http://minslovey.blogspot.com > Korean : http://minslovey.tistory.com > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: dev-unsubscr...@commons.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: dev-h...@commons.apache.org
