On Thu, Aug 2, 2012 at 3:12 PM, Ted Dunning <ted.dunn...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Initial Source
> ==============
> There is no initial source code. All source code will be developed within
> the Apache Incubator.
Coming in without any source code is going to pose a challenge to this
podling.
http://www.apache.org/foundation/how-it-works.html#incubator
The incubator filters projects on the basis of the likeliness of
them becoming
successful meritocratic communities. The basic requirements for incubation
are:
* a working codebase -- over the years and after several failures, the
foundation came to understand that without an initial working
codebase, it is generally hard to bootstrap a community. This is
because merit is not well recognized by developers without a working
codebase. Also, the friction that is developed during the initial
design stage is likely to fragment the community.
That last line in particular seems like something to watch out for.
Marvin Humphrey
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