On Feb 4, 2012, at 10:04 AM, Benson Margulies wrote: > On Sat, Feb 4, 2012 at 12:55 PM, Dave Fisher <dave2w...@comcast.net> wrote: >> >> On Feb 3, 2012, at 10:11 PM, Scott Wilson wrote: >> >>> On 3 Feb 2012, at 23:17, Benson Margulies wrote: >>> >>>> A number of people are asking for the incubator PMC to take a deep >>>> breath and allow room to digest and contemplate the various issues >>>> that have led to a bumper crop of email. These are complex questions, >>>> and even if we could avoid intemperate exchanges, there is still going >>>> to be a lot to read and think about. >>> >>> +1 >>> >>> I'm a committer on 3 incubator projects, so I have quite a lot of >>> ASF-related email already. I don't understand most of the points being >>> discussed on the general list as I don't really have time to read and make >>> sense of it all. >>> >>> The incubator doesn't feel particularly broken and in need of fixing at my >>> level of engagement, so most of the tone of the conversation does little >>> other than give me a nagging worry that I'm missing something important >>> that might affect the projects I work on. >>> >>> I expect many more on this list will just filter these discussions out and >>> trust everyone concerned to do whats sensible. >>> >>> So, slow down please, there's no need to rush. >> >> +1. Please consider the movement of least change and impact on all podlings. >> Wild proposals like changing all urls from "incubator.apache.org" to >> "incubation.apache.org" are only going to cause confusion and difficulties >> in the various communities. Yes, I know we can build in redirection, but to >> many the name will be a distinction without a difference. >> >>> >>>> >>>> One way to make the load lighter is to try to make one decision at a >>>> time. Entirely selfishly, I suggest looking at the chair election >>>> first. >>> >>> +1 >> >> This discussion has surely helped me decide who I will support. I have >> experienced the blessing / curse of very verbose individuals on MLs. These >> people dominant by verbiage. > > Here's a vote for Noel, I think.
Maybe, maybe not. I like your proposal. I think the 3 ASF member requirement in Chris's proposal raises a high bar for a podling. If I am correct Apache Flex has 2. If it is different from Chris's then I think Bill should write his proposal. It would be good to think about how the mentoring role changes in these proposals. Regards, Dave > > >> >> Regards, >> Dave >> >>> >>> >>>> >>>> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >>>> 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 >>> >> >> >> --------------------------------------------------------------------- >> 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 > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
