If you model the IPMC as a group of volunteers who have collectively volunteered to mentor and supervise new projects, then the current situation strongly suggests that we have either too many projects or not enough volunteers. Calling people 'lazy' has rarely been observed to get them to do more work on an Apache project.
So, in my entirely personal opinion, this leaves two directions: more volunteers or less projects. In the extreme, some would read this as a reason to close the gates to new projects until we have proven capacity. That is, however, not the only possible model. If you model the IPMC as mostly composed of people focussed on individual projects of interest, then the problems look more like individual podlings that have lost the volunteer energy they need for supervision. Much as I value Sebb's style of IP fine-tooth-combing, I also thing that Joe is correct in pointing out that there's much more to podling supervision, or even to release inspection, than that. A podling with a mentor shortage can try various means to acquire more mentors. The first is to just ask for them, after all. I can recall several instances where such a call here yielded results. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
