On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 5:13 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@apache.org > wrote:
> On Fri, Jun 12, 2015 at 12:00 PM, jan i <j...@apache.org> wrote: > > ...one reason to be in incubator is to learn "the apache way" and that > > seems hard to learn without other apache people on the project... > > Not sure what you mean - the Nifi mentors have voted to graduate it, > which indicates that they are confident that the project has learned > how to operate as an Apache project. > > Still, in addition to acting as a liaison, having ASF members on the > PMC is also a good way to have some form of post-graduation mentoring, > when needed. Projects can always ask the board for advice, but when > that advice is available in their PMC that's much better. > I have been active on the project and thus far the PPMC has had no problem asking for feedback or getting (often unsolicited ;) ) advice, all without needing me to be on the PPMC. I have no reason to believe either my engagement or the PPMC's willingness to reach out to or listen to what I have to say will change upon graduation, so I don't think they need a checkbox ASF member on the initial PMC and I'd prefer they not add one. -Sean
