On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 10:22 PM, Greg Stein <gst...@gmail.com> wrote: > On Tue, Aug 28, 2018 at 8:01 PM Roman Shaposhnik <ro...@shaposhnik.org> > wrote: >>... > >> In the past we typically shied away from setting deadlines for certain >> milestones in community development within podlings. This, in my view, >> somewhat encouraged this phenomenon of an "eternal podling" (active >> enough not to be in the attic, not active/ApacheWay'y enough to >> graduate). I feel like Quickstep, for example, can exist in this state >> indefinitely. > > > I think there is/can/should be a different bar for TLPs "idle-ness", and > that of a podling. A TLP has confirmed itself for operation/oversight, even > when it may slow down. A podling hasn't had that confirmation, however. > > One of the more continual issues within the Incubator is the amount of > mentor energy to "go around". It seems that if a podling has hit a dead > end, then it is best for the Incubator (as a whole) to go ahead and retire > it, and apply its energies to podlings that are making progress towards > graduation.
True, but the other argument is that the process is self-throttling: the slower the podling gets, the less energy it requires from the mentor (although, I suppose there's a "fixed energy cost" in chasing reports, etc. below which it will never go). Thanks, Roman. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@incubator.apache.org
