Yeah, I think so. Sounds like quite a promising idea.
On 1 April 2013 22:20, Shane Curcuru <a...@shanecurcuru.org> wrote: > > > On 4/1/2013 2:19 PM, Luciano Resende wrote: > >> On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 10:32 AM, Ross Gardler <rgard...@opendirective.com >> >**wrote: >> >>> On 1 Apr 2013 18:28, "Luciano Resende" <luckbr1...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> On Mon, Apr 1, 2013 at 2:58 AM, Ross Gardler < >>>> rgard...@opendirective.com >>>> wrote: >>>> >>> ... > > Since then the IPMC has been discussing the idea of handing off the >>>>> documentation parts of their responsibilities to ComDev. This is just a >>>>> discussion item and is in no way a decision at this point. >>>>> >>>>> The idea, as I understand it, is not to pass over any of the podling >>>>> oversight responsibilities, only the documentation of ASF policies, >>>>> processes and best practice. >>>>> >>>> ... > > If the budget is not a pre-requisite, how do envision a small PMC like >> ComDev, taking responsibility of a big task, that the current owner and a >> much larger PMC has not been able to handle ? >> > > Luciano has an excellent point in that there's not much to discuss until > ComDev sees some clarity on what is being asked. > > I do however think this could be an excellent idea, precisely in part > because ComDev is smaller and more focused. I could imagine ComDev > changing it's scope to effectively serve as an information shepherd on all > of the apache.org/* content focused on our technical communities. I.e. > not only serving as owners of community.a.o, where we have friendly > overviews and pointers to other info, but also editorial owners of things > like /dev. This doesn't mean setting policy for technical matters or svn > instructions - this more would mean (I'm imagining) taking responsibility > for making the technical information there more understandable and better > organized. > > The issue with the IPMC and the Incubator is multi-fold: > > - Operations. Overseeing podlings and voting in new ones, graduating > ones, etc. This is *not* anything to do with ComDev. > > - Policy setting. This is the IPMC (or other relevant ASF officers) > setting official minimum required policy for the incubation process. This > is *not* anything to do with ComDev. > > - Explaining to the world what the Incubation policies are and guiding > newcomers through how IPMC Operations work. This one bit is something that > ComDev *might* be able to help with, if I'm seeing what Ross is getting at. > > Personally, I find the incubator site maddening in terms of explaining to > a normal human what the heck to do. There's a chance that if ComDev wanted > to help, people here could make significant improvements merely by better > explaining the incubator - without having to make policy or podling > decisions. > > That in particular is something that could make use of a hired technical > writer, if separately we thought that spending was warranted. > > Make sense? > > - Shane > -- NS
