BTW, I should probably point out that I'm not a member of the Incubator PMC, just a guy who's been through this process and cares about making it easier.
So, take this as my opinion based on experience and interpretation of the policy documents -- not an official PMC answer. Cliff Cliff Schmidt wrote on Thursday, June 17, 2004 6:01 PM: > I certainly understand your concern here, Martin. According to our > current Incubator policy document > (http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Incubation_Policy.html#Releases%0A), > for an incubating project to create a release: > > 1. the release archive MUST contain the word "incubating" in the > filename; and > > 2. the release archive MUST contain an Incubation disclaimer, > clearly visible in the main documentation or README file. > (the disclaimer text can be found at > http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Incubation_Policy.html#Branding%0A). > > With these two basic requirements met, the Incubator PMC must still > vote to approve the release, but as you can see from the currently > running vote on the Lenya 1.2 distribution, most PMC members agree > with the making it easy for new projects to release early and often. > There's also a structure called a PPMC that will allow one vote to > cover all project committers plus the Incubator PMC. > > So, while I don't think it could quite be considered "a right", I > don't think you will have a problem with this if you follow the two > basic requirements and, of course, ensure that all intellectual > property in the distribution is properly licensed. > > Should you end up at Apache, I'd be happy to help you with any of > these release process issues. > > Cliff > > > Marinschek Martin wrote on Thursday, June 17, 2004 2:50 PM: > >> Ok, I have started filling out the proposal and requested some help >> from the other MyFaces-members, maybe we will need some more time to >> polish it up, but it should be not too bad at the moment; however, I >> have left out the technical stuff so far. >> >> Another question: The release policy is causing me headaches - as >> soon as we enter incubation, we are not allowed to release anymore >> except on "permission"; but our policy has always been to release >> early and often - what could we do about that, given that incubation >> time could last for some time and we had two releases (1.0.3 and >> 1.0.4) last month? Would that permission be a thing we would have to >> fight for or almost a "granted right" ;) - if we otherwise keep to >> the rules? If it is not, I am sure there will be some frictions >> coming up... >> >> Best regards, >> >> Martin >> >> -----Original Message----- >> From: Noel J. Bergman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Sent: Thursday, June 17, 2004 8:40 PM >> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> Subject: RE: Anyone wants to incubate MyFaces? >> >> >> Martin, >> >> Please see http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/BeehiveProposal as a >> model, and prepare a similar one for MyFaces. It appears that there >> is sufficient interest, and I am prepared to call for a vote to >> incubate it. >> >> I've created an outline page for you to start: >> http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/MyFacesProposal >> >> Existing ASF Committers interested in participating, please add >> yourselves down in the sponsoring area, just to register your >> interest in helping. >> >> --- Noel >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> >> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >> For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
