Is there a case where we've rejected a podling due to the infrastructure costs? I know I've been a bit worried about Mynewt in that context - not enough to think it should be rejected, but enough to be concerned about what expectations we're setting, etc.
A. On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 9:59 AM, Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacre...@apache.org > wrote: > Hi, > > On Tue, Oct 13, 2015 at 9:46 AM, Andrew Bayer <andrew.ba...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > ...Can we think of some examples in recent years of potential podlings > getting > > to the point of a serious DISCUSS thread but not making it to a vote?.. > > I don't have such an example, but it might also just be because we say > no earlier. > > > ...Is it culturally acceptable for IPMC members to vote no?... > > Definitely. > > > ...and what criteria would make it acceptable to vote no?... > > Off the top of my head I'd say: > 1) Not enough experienced mentors > 2) Projected Infrastructure costs too high > 3) Project needs more time outside of the ASF to start building a community > 4) Project doesn't have a concrete enough codebase to get started > 5) Incomplete proposal, or something in it that makes us think the > project will never graduate > > We usually detect 3) and 4) in the discussion stages, and 4) is not > absolute, there can be interesting exceptions. > > -Bertrand > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org > For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org > >
