APACHE INCUBATOR PROJECT STATUS: -*-indented-text-*- Last modified at [$Date: 2003/10/09 23:34:53 $]
Web site: http://Incubator.Apache.Org/ Wiki page: http://Nagoya.Apache.Org/wiki/apachewiki.cgi?ApacheIncubatorProjectPages [note: the Web site is the 'official' documentation; the wiki pages are for collaborative development, including stuf destined for the Web site.] Open Items needing immediate resolution: ======================================== 1. Jim Jagieski has resigned and the PMC has elected Nicola Ken Barozzi as the new chair-elect. The next step is for the ASF board to ratify the selection and formally install Nicola as the new chair. 2. We need to be very very clear about what it takes to be accepted into the incubator. It should be a very low bar to leap, possibly not much more than 'no problematic code' and the existence of a healthy community (we don't want to become a dumping ground). 3. We need to be very very clear about what it takes for a podling to graduate from the incubator. The basic requirements obviously include: has a home, either as part of another ASF project or as a new top-level project of its own; needs to be a credit to the ASF and function well in the ASF framework; ... The Incubation Process ====================== Identify the project to be incubated: -- Make sure that the requested project name does not already exist and check www.nameprotect.com to be sure that the name is not already trademarked for an existing software product. -- If request from an existing Apache project to adopt an external package, then ask the Apache project for the cvs module and mail address names. -- If request from outside Apache to enter an existing Apache project, then post a message to that project for them to decide on acceptance. -- If request from anywhere to become a stand-alone PMC, then assess the fit with the ASF, and create the lists and modules under the incubator address/module names if accepted. Interim responsibility: -- Who has been identified as the mentor for the incubation? -- Are they tracking progress in the file incubator/projects/{project_name}/STATUS Copyright: -- Have the papers that transfer rights to the ASF been received? It is only necessary to transfer rights for the package, the core code, and any new code produced by the project. -- Have the files been updated to reflect the new ASF copyright? Verify distribution rights: -- For all code included with the distribution that is not under the Apache license, do we have the right to combine with Apache-licensed code and redistribute? -- Is all source code distributed by the project covered by one or more of the following approved licenses: Apache, BSD, Artistic, MIT/X, MIT/W3C, MPL 1.1, or something with essentially the same terms? Establish a list of active committers: -- Are all active committers in the STATUS file? -- Do they have accounts on cvs.apache.org? -- Have they submitted a contributors agreement? Infrastructure: -- CVS modules created and committers added to avail file? -- Mailing lists set up and archived? -- Problem tracking system (Bugzilla)? -- Has the project migrated to our infrastructure? Collaborative Development: -- Have all of the active long-term volunteers been identified and acknowledged as committers on the project? -- Are there three or more independent committers? [The legal definition of independent is long and boring, but basically it means that there is no binding relationship between the individuals, such as a shared employer, that is capable of overriding their free will as individuals, directly or indirectly.] -- Are project decisions being made in public by the committers? -- Are the decision-making guidelines published and agreed to by all of the committers? Organizational acceptance of responsibility for the project: -- If graduating to an existing PMC, has the PMC voted to accept it? -- If graduating to a new PMC, has the board voted to accept it? Incubator sign-off: -- Has the Incubator decided that the project has accomplished all of the above tasks? Incubator Project ================= Background: o IRC channel #apache-incubator on irc.freenode.net (traffic is SUPPOSED to be logged to <URL:http://Source-Zone.Org/apache-irc/> so that the content of interactive discussions is available to everyone, but the logger isn't working) o Mailing lists: - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (send to [EMAIL PROTECTED]) - [EMAIL PROTECTED] (only for private communication) No project decisions will be made on the PMC list. o This status file is mailed to [EMAIL PROTECTED] every Wednesday Project committers (as of 2003-03-29): o incubator-core: aaron,coar,fielding,fitz,gstein,hammant,jim,nicolaken,rubys,striker o incubator and incubator-site: {incubator-core},acoliver,bloritsch,dion,glongman,hlship, jefft,jvanzyl,leif,leosimons,medgar,mindbridge,nclayton,proyal, rana_b,rlewisshell,vinayc o incubator-altrmi: {incubator-core},acoliver,vinayc,leif,jefft,proyal,bloritsch o incubator-ftpserver: {incubator-core},rana_b,jvanzyl Release: none yet; still ramping up Resolved Issues: none yet; still ramping up Pending issues: o Coming up with a set of bylaws for the project Possible topics for educational documents o A document which describes the 'ideal' way a project has to go to be successfully integrated into the ASF: the flow of the normal incubation process should be pictured o Glossary of important ASF terms and phrases (this was considered as very helpful on the reorg@ list) o Compact, but also encyclopedic link-directory which points to important info on the other ASF sites (e.g. to the Jakarta Charter or to the HTTPd dev pages) o General License-/Licensing documentation (ASL1.1, ASL2.2, TCK, JSPA) # # Local Variables: # mode: indented-text # tab-width: 4 # indent-tabs-mode: nil # tab-stop-list: (4 6 8 12 16 20 24 28 32 36 40 44 48 52 56 60 64 68 72 76 80) # End: # --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
