IMO the champion helps clarify the incubator process up to acceptance of the podling into the incubator. For example the champion for Wicket was not a singular person, but both Alex Karasulu and Upayavira were both very instrumental in smoothing our transition into the incubator.
general@ can be very confusing and sometimes even hostile towards new podlings. Having a champion watching out for the podling is rather useful. Martijn On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 5:43 PM, Christian Grobmeier <grobme...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> And thought, if an upcoming podling is deciding to become a TLD it >>> should ask the board to sponsor it. >>> Now I have been told from Andrus that this is not the case and usually >>> the Incubator is sponsoring TLD projects. >> >> Yes, as I said on the board list I don't remember the board sponsoring >> incubating projects recently. > > thanks for repeating it here, b/c i realized i was not subscribed yet > (fixed it now, but missed your reply) > >>>...how is the way to have the >>> Incubator as a sponsor? Just asking? Just adding to the proposal? ... >> >> Yes, just add it and people will complain if they see a problem. > > OK will do. > >>> ...If this is the case, then is "Champion" obsolete? Actually I was always >>> doubting this role a bit.... >> >> The champion is a person, while the sponsor is a PMC - what makes you >> think the champion role is obsolete? > > What actually does a Champion do? Docs say he helps with finding a sponsor... > > A project can put the name "Incubator" as a sponsor as you said and > see what happens. If somebody thinks on general@ a project fits > perfectly to another one, then he probably says it. Therefore I really > don't see the need for a role like a champion. > > If you ask me, I would delete the whole champion thing from the docs > and rephrase the link I sent to: ask an existing project to sponsor > you or put incubator into the sponsoring section. > > Learning the apache way is what mentors usually help with > > Christian > >> >> -Bertrand >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >> For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >> >> > > > > -- > http://www.grobmeier.de > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > > -- Become a Wicket expert, learn from the best: http://wicketinaction.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
