On Monday, January 5, 2015, Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@apache.org> wrote:
> 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 > <javascript:;>> 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. I like this idea, except putting the full responsibility of finding new mentors on the shoulders of the podling. Asking for mentors is easy getting a response seems to be difficult for the smaller projects. Don't forget we voted and accepted the podling, so we have at least part of the responsibility for making mentors available I am very much afraid it will endanger our smaller less popular projects. In order to stay "safe" this requires at least 3 mentors at all times in order not to block the podling...3 mentors are surely ok for bigger project, but a bit overkill for small ones. Maybe we should relate the number of mentors to the size of the community instead of a fixed number. just my thoughts. jan i > -Bertrand > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > <javascript:;> > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > <javascript:;> > > -- Sent from My iPad, sorry for any misspellings.
