On Jun 5, 2012, at 4:10 PM, Jukka Zitting wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Jun 5, 2012 at 11:45 PM, Ralph Goers <ralph.go...@dslextreme.com> > wrote: >> I posted an email earlier today where I discussed my confusion over the >> diversity >> requirement. I'm not comfortable doing anything without getting some >> feedback >> on whether the diversity requirement, as currently stated on the wiki, is >> correct or >> whether diversity should simply be measured by how a project makes its >> decisions as Roy suggests. > > All the graduation criteria are things that the IPMC has previously > considered important things to consider when deciding if a "community > has reached maturity" as defined in the original Incubator resolution > [1]. The criteria have evolved over time and will continue to do so. > > That said, I think diversity is an important factor of community > maturity and should definitely be considered when casting a vote on > the graduation of a project. The traditional metric of at least three > independent (active) committers is a good guideline, though it has > often especially with smaller projects been judged subjectively and > weighed in relation to other aspects of community health. > > As for Flume, you and the other mentors are in the best position to > consider the overall maturity of the project. Is the project ready to > function as a standalone TLP on it's own according to the Apache Way > and the ASF policies, or is there still something that the Incubator > can or should teach the community? > > Personally, based on a few closer looks at Flume, it seems to me that > the community passes that barrier and I'm satisfied with the way > they've decided to addressed the concerns that were raised. But before > casting my vote I'd love to hear your opinion on this since you raised > the issue originally and as a mentor you have much better insight on > the actual community dynamics within Flume. > > [1] > http://apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/2002/board_minutes_2002_10_16.txt
Thanks. I think your view here aligns with the way I would prefer to evaluate projects. As to whether I believe Flume is ready to function as a standalone TLP - absolutely yes. As I have said, the only criteria it doesn't meet is the statement that no single company or entity is vital to the success of the project. I believe the project is still highly dependent on Cloudera. But I'm ready to vote +1 if that is not considered to be an absolute requirement for graduation. Ralph --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
