Peoples,
I think in Incubator Musings we have a good first cut at a "process description" for Incubation. This is a non-normative reference that I think could be put on the web site, subject to everyone being comfortable with the contents.
On top of that, we need to try to put a concrete plan together around developing the actual policy documentation (i.e. normative reference). This would be based on the process description above, but would be more precise.
So the following is a suggested way forward, placed here to start an argument^H^H^H^H^H^H^H so we can reach a consensus :>. Treat as a stake in the ground and tear to shreds.
1. Create a forrest xml source for the Incubation Musings and place onto web site. This will require an OK from who? (PMC?)
If people are comfortable I will do the conversion and send to this list as a patch.
If you're willing to do the work for this, that's fine, but I don't see a forrest-enabled version as a requirement. At this point I think we need to get to something votable.
3. Do we want to create an "incubator-policy" list so that only those who want to need to see the detailed arguments. I'm actually for this, as I can see this getting fairly detailed at times, which is not what a "general@" list is supposed to be for. Happy to be shouted down though.
Given the amount of confusion over incubator policy, I think that we should keep the discussion in [EMAIL PROTECTED] If this is going to work, people need to pay attention. As an alternative, we could do something like the lists described in http://www.plaidworks.com/chuqui/blog/000678.html. There's a tendency to create mailing lists for short term tasks. The lists then fall empty and its a pain. So perhaps Chuq's idea of side-rooms is a way to accomplish the ability to work "on the side"
4. The draft charter for the incubator project should be updated to reflect the thoughts of the last few days. I think this should also at some point soon go into CVS so that it can be tracked, leading at some point in the short to medium term to a vote by the PMC.
I know that Nicola Ken has been participating in the recent discussions, but I would like to know if the rest of the Incubator PMC thinks that this is going in the right direction.
Ted
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