Edward, Sure, we would be happy to have you as a mentor.
Adina On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 6:02 PM, Edward J. Yoon <edwardy...@apache.org> wrote: > 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 > > -- Dr. Adina Crainiceanu http://www.usna.edu/Users/cs/adina/
