On Nov 21, 2008 William A. Rowe, Jr. wrote: > > I'd like to suggest a thread on general@ for each of those projects > who believe they are close to graduation, but not sure what to do > next. To kick off such a thread, email *me* with a summary (like > you do for status reports) of where your project is now in terms > of community, code, releases and functionality. Don't forget to tell > everyone *what* the code does, the language it's coded in, etc :) > > Most importantly, point out what help *you* think it needs. > (Once launch the discussion your fellow podling members can offer > their perceptions and opinion about what's needed, so we'll get a > balanced view.) > > Here are the rules to keep this fun... > > Reply to *me*, not the list, so I can put one podling up for help > at a time. Keep this subject so I can keep them in their own folder. > If I see something missing, I'll help with editing the appeal so that > everyone has enough information to jump in if they want to help. This > also lets you remain anonymous, if you prefer - just tell me upfront. > > Only one of these at a time, let's give each podling our undivided > attention on gene...@. I'll post the first appeal just as soon as > I get it. > > Exactly one week of general@ discussion to help solicit the advise, > help needed, advise, and possibly attract some other helpers reading > general@ to your podling-dev@ list. Then let another have their turn. > > After a week, I'll kick off the second podling based on whichever > appeal is next in my email queue, then the third, etc etc. Betting > we can discuss and help out four podlings before we take a break > for the holidays, and pick back up in January. > > Anyone want to give this a try?
I am very disappointed that no podlings took up your suggestion. I wonder if the various podling developers are attentive to this general@ list. -David --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org