Board sponsorship equates to mandate: the Incubator PMC has no choice in the matter.
We used that for getting an Apache-licensed J2EE server (Geronimo), but we did *not* for OOo. We left that decision to the IPMC. I believe the concept is obsolete and can be removed from the docs. I do not forsee the Board taking such an action in the future. Cheers, -g On Sep 20, 2011 4:36 PM, "Benson Margulies" <bimargul...@gmail.com> wrote: > The default sponsor is the incubator PMC. if you just put that in a > proposal and offer it up, it just happens. > > Board sponsorship happens for 'special' circumstances (like OO), and I > don't pretend to understand why it's important. > > On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 11:33 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz > <bdelacre...@apache.org> wrote: >> Hi, >> >> On Tue, Sep 20, 2011 at 5:18 PM, Christian Grobmeier >> <grobme...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> I was looking into that: >>> http://incubator.apache.org/incubation/Roles_and_Responsibilities.html#Sponsor >>> >>> 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. >> >>>...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. >> >>> ...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 think the champion role is obsolete? >> >> -Bertrand >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 >
