On Tuesday, August 14, 2012, Guthmann, Scott wrote: > > I'm not assuming we'll moving to GIT right away but as Bertrand > mentioned, we need to work as a team and if PPMC members aren't able to > find a strategy for Apache Flex when it comes to source control, how is it > going to work for code additions/changes? > > I think João is pointing out something important that I think we must > understand as a group. It is a judgment call when / if the Mentors decide > the project is ready to graduate from Podling to Project or not. I do not > know what our Mentors are thinking - but my guess is that these are some of > the things they are probably looking for from our project. > > 1) Are we able to make strategic decisions as a group correctly that give > the Flex project the best chance for success over the long term? > 2) When good advice (help) is given, are we willing to take it? > 3) Do we act like a team and make decisions for the good of the team even > when our own preferences are not being used? > 4) Do we have a group of active & participating PPMC members who are > actually committed to the project? > 5) Today, we still require corporate support and mentoring to sustain the > project. If the support and mentoring were removed, what would happen? > > In my view, we still seem like a disparate group of individuals who are > most comfortable working alone or on small groups with great amounts of > autonomy. We are not a team yet & our Flex project isn't self-sustaining. > My evidence is this conversation debating the relative merits of our > options and the reasoning each commenter has given. >
So you're saying we should just all shut up and do as the mentors say for the sake of graduating? I think the fact that 95 msgs have been posted to this thread shows commitment and an effort to become a team. How else do you propose we come to decisions? Mentors won't be here forever... -omar
