Saw this on the incubator-general list and thought it was interesting. There is a thread over there on incubation state transitions and stuck projects [1].
This blog post describes what it takes to become a Maven commiter [2]. [1] http://markmail.org/message/izvav2fxop7irfn6 [2] http://javaadventure.blogspot.ie/2012/07/do-you-want-to-become-maven-committer.html Carol