Sounds great, but so far I count only 2 committers on the project associated with IBM. IMO you're off by a factor or so, so claims that IBM intends to take this project seriously will be discounted by me until that is rectified.
----- Original Message ---- > From: "robert_w...@us.ibm.com" <robert_w...@us.ibm.com> > To: general@incubator.apache.org > Sent: Sun, June 5, 2011 4:18:53 PM > Subject: Re: OpenOffice: were are we now? > > Joe Schaefer <joe_schae...@yahoo.com> wrote on 06/05/2011 03:57:05 PM: > > > > To bridge that gap will require trust bonds to be built on > > both sides. Generosity with the use of the OOo mark on our > > part combined with generosity from TDF regarding build/distribution > > resources is just a first step in the chain. > > > > I agree that bonds of trust will need to be built. But I am not so > sanguine we know today what the best ways of collaboration will be. We > might be surprised by how much progress will be made by having the > developers talk this over on the project list over a few weeks, compared > to what IPMC members might think on this topic after only a few days. So > it might be premature to say that we actually know what the "first step in > the chain" is at this point. > > Another part of the web of trust here will be for the IPMC to trust the > podling to star, in some small way, figuring out some of these things on > their own, working along with their peers at TDF/LO. We might stumble. We > will need help from mentors. We're certainly be monitored by the IPMC. > That is what incubation is for. But ultimately, for the long term > strength of the project, we need to discuss and resolve some of these > issues in the project. Collaboration with related work in other > communities, downstream, upstream or cross-stream, as well as with users, > is an important function of any Apache project. We plan on taking that > function seriously. > > -Rob > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
