On Jun 4, 2011, at 7:18 PM, Nick Kew wrote: > On Sat, 4 Jun 2011 11:18:16 -0700 > Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> wrote: > >> I've just managed to wade through some 400+ emails to this list in the last >> 2 days and I would estimate that less than 10 were particularly relevant to >> what my vote will ultimately be on this proposal. It seems pretty clear to >> me that there is a lot of emotional reaction to this but a lot of that is >> from people who don't really seem to grasp what the incubator process, and >> perhaps the ASF itself, are about. First and foremost reading [1] followed >> by [2] and [3] should be a requirement before posting to this list. > > If that's the case then we're sorely missing another forum. > > This discussion has naturally brought in a lot people and views > from outside the Apache community, whose interest in us has been > triggered by circumstances not of their making. Many of them are > potential future valued contributors to our community, while > others may prefer TDF and take no further part after this discussion. > > Whilst your references should be essential reading in due course > for those who stay, we should not raise too high a bar to those > whose interest is OOO/TDF but who are new to and maybe undecided on > ASF participation! >
Ralph's point, as I understood it, was that there is some basic information about the Apache Incubation process that would be useful to know when posting in the general@INCUBATOR.apache.org list... Even if just to know that all participants have some basic, low-level common understanding, as it helps to avoid misunderstandings... --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
