Ant,

I think that everybody in the VXQuery podling would be very happy to have you 
on board as a mentor, even if we manage to release before the next report 
(which I still think we will). 
Please let us know if you would be willing to spend a few cycles helping 
VXQuery.

Thanks,
Till

On Sep 5, 2013, at 7:58 AM, ant elder <ant.el...@gmail.com> wrote:

> I don't see the need or point in being so draconian with the poddling
> especially given its history, so if you really do want to initiate
> retirement discussions if they've not released by their next report
> (which is just a few weeks away right?) I'll be voting against it and
> will volunteer to be a mentor to help try to keep them alive if they
> want to keep trying.
> 
>   ...ant
> 
> 
> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 3:18 PM, Marvin Humphrey <mar...@rectangular.com> 
> wrote:
>> 
>> On Thu, Sep 5, 2013 at 2:01 AM, ant elder <ant.el...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> To me VXQuery looks like an example of a project being let down by the
>>> Incubator PMC.
>> 
>> Regardless, they will have to overcome their challenges themselves.
>> 
>>> Similarly with the no releases in 4 years - they've attempted to
>>> release twice and both times it stalled getting the votes, what they need
>>> are mentors who can show them whats necessary to push releases and voting
>>> through the Incubator.
>> 
>> VXQuery received guidance on pushing releases back in July[1].  It seems to
>> have had no effect[2].
>> 
>> The Incubator is not a hosting service.  If VXQuery wants to be part of
>> Apache, they must release.
>> 
>> Marvin Humphrey
>> 
>> [1] http://s.apache.org/9Sg
>> [2] http://s.apache.org/rkn
>> 
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