At 10:27 PM +1100 1/30/03, Conor MacNeill wrote: >Hi all, > >It seems that I too was under the impression that the incubator project would be >providing the documentation on the "Apache Way". AIUI, Incubator would not only serve >to help new projects develop the Apache way of doing things, it would serve as the >definitive reference for all other projects. Sander has raised the possibility that >this may not be the case. > >Nevertheless, with the promotion of a number of new top level projects, the new PMCs >are all required to come up with Bylaws for the management of their projects. IMHO, >the bylaws for all these projects should be largely the same, since they all support >the operation of what is known as the Apache Way. If the projects develop them >independently, as is happening now, we will come to similar but perhaps subtly >different interpretations of the Apache Way. Also being indepedently maintained, >these differences can grow over time. >
This was actually discussed somewhat at the board meeting. The general thought was that, yes, the Incubator would be a good place to create and store a sort of Bylaws Boilerplate, which includes the salient features/requirements yet provides room for personalization. -- =========================================================================== Jim Jagielski [|] [EMAIL PROTECTED] [|] http://www.jaguNET.com/ "A society that will trade a little liberty for a little order will lose both and deserve neither" - T.Jefferson --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
