Guys, Podlings are already in charge of their mentors. They recruit them (actively, even before Incubation) and I’ve never seen a podling with mentors “forced” on to them.
What new thing is being proposed here? Cheers, Chris -----Original Message----- From: Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@apache.org> Reply-To: "general@incubator.apache.org" <general@incubator.apache.org> Date: Monday, January 5, 2015 at 9:14 AM To: Incubator General <general@incubator.apache.org> Subject: Podlings should be in charge of their mentors (was: Incubator report sign-off) >Hi, > >I'm resending Alan's proposal with a new subject as I think it >deserves more attention. > >On Mon, Jan 5, 2015 at 1:57 PM, Alan D. Cabrera <l...@toolazydogs.com> >wrote: >> ...Podlings would be required to have a minimum of two active mentors. >>A mentor is free to become inactive >> but must explicitly state this else the mentor risks being removed for >>not performing their duties. Podlings that >> do not have the minimum of two active mentors are put on hold until >>they find enough mentors to fill the quota. >> Being put on hold means that no committers can be added, no PPMC >>members can be added, and no >> releases can be performed. It does not stop development... > >I like it very much...it's a small, reversible step that puts the >burden on podlings and mentors, which are the ones who should be >concerned about podlings going forward. > >It's also consistent with podlings having to find mentors to join the >Incubator - they just have to keep on making sure their mentors are >active, or ask for new ones when needed. > >As for measuring the mentors activity, I suggest simply adding a >question to the podling reports, "who are your two active mentors and >are you happy with their activity" along with requiring report >sign-off from those two mentors. > >-Bertrand > >--------------------------------------------------------------------- >To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org >For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org >
