Hello, I would like to help this project as a mentor if you're OK. I researched this topic for a long time.
On Fri, Sep 4, 2015 at 6:08 AM, Adina Crainiceanu <ad...@usna.edu> wrote: > Josh, > > Thank you for volunteering to be out mentor. > > >> As specified in the proposal, I'm happy to volunteer as a mentor >> (currently a member, haven't officially requested to join IPMC). >> >> <snip> >> >> >>> === Inexperience with Open Source === >>> >>> The initial committers have various degrees of experience with open source >>> projects - from very new to experienced. This project was open source >>> within government from the beginning. We do not expect to have >>> difficulties >>> in operating under Apache's development process. >>> >> >> This statement struck me as a little odd. While I understand that you >> tried to operate as an open source project, it seems impossible by >> definition to be open source. My biggest concern would just be that you are >> aware that you will have difficulties transitioning to a real open codebase >> and growing a community in the open. > > > We are aware that it will be different and more difficult functioning in a > real open source environment, but we are enthusiastic and committed to > making it work. With the help of our mentors, we hope to be successful. > > >> >> == Initial Source == >>> >>> The code is currently available in a private Github repository. >>> https://github.com/LAS-NCSU/rya >>> >> >> What's the plan to make this a non-private repo? >> > > We are working on it right now. Initially we though that the code will be > made publicly available by bringing it to ASF, but we are working to make > the current repository public. > > > Thank you, > Adina > > > -- > Dr. Adina Crainiceanu > http://www.usna.edu/Users/cs/adina/ -- Best Regards, Edward J. Yoon --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
