From general-return-6333-apmail-incubator-general-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Sat Nov 19 19:26:04 2005 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 99114 invoked from network); 19 Nov 2005 19:26:03 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (209.237.227.199) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 19 Nov 2005 19:26:03 -0000 Received: (qmail 29849 invoked by uid 500); 19 Nov 2005 19:26:00 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 29772 invoked by uid 500); 19 Nov 2005 19:26:00 -0000 Mailing-List: contact general-help@incubator.apache.org; run by ezmlm Precedence: bulk List-Help: List-Unsubscribe: List-Post: List-Id: Reply-To: general@incubator.apache.org Delivered-To: mailing list general@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 29758 invoked by uid 99); 19 Nov 2005 19:25:59 -0000 Received: from asf.osuosl.org (HELO asf.osuosl.org) (140.211.166.49) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 11:25:59 -0800 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=0.0 required=10.0 tests= X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (asf.osuosl.org: local policy) Received: from [12.17.213.84] (HELO bco-exchange.bco.roguewave.com) (12.17.213.84) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 11:27:32 -0800 Received: from [10.70.3.113] (10.70.3.113 [10.70.3.113]) by bco-exchange.bco.roguewave.com with SMTP (Microsoft Exchange Internet Mail Service Version 5.5.2657.72) id S0A37FN6; Sat, 19 Nov 2005 12:21:23 -0700 Message-ID: <437F7CE4.9040306@roguewave.com> Date: Sat, 19 Nov 2005 12:28:36 -0700 From: Martin Sebor User-Agent: Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.7.12) Gecko/20050920 X-Accept-Language: en-us, en MIME-Version: 1.0 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: [STATUS] (incubator) Wed Nov 16 23:55:44 2005 References: <200511170455.jAH4tipB028666@Boron.MeepZor.Com> <437CB560.9070409@roguewave.com> In-Reply-To: Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="------------040000070506040407010400" X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org X-Spam-Rating: minotaur.apache.org 1.6.2 0/1000/N --------------040000070506040407010400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii; format=flowed Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit robert burrell donkin wrote: > On 11/17/05, Martin Sebor wrote: > >>Rodent of Unusual Size wrote: >> >>>APACHE INCUBATOR PROJECT STATUS: -*-indented-text-*- >>>Last modified at [$Date: 2005-01-20 01:12:13 -0500 (Thu, 20 Jan > > 2005) $] > >>It has been pointed out a couple of times in the past (see the posts >>below) that this status report is out of date. In an effort to prevent >>this from causing confusion in the future I would like to propose that >>the incubator status file not be posted here unless it is up to date >>and unless it has changed since the last time it was posted. > > > > i wonder whether one of ken's reasons for automating this posting was to > encourage folks to keep the status up-to-date. I suspect you are right. The problem is that it is not being kept up to date and that people such as myself who are new to this community and trying to learn have been confused by it. > > IMO it's better to fix the source of the confusion than to shoot the > messenger. That certainly wasn't my goal :) > if you've found some errors in the status page then these > need to > be fixed. if you don't have the required karma then i'd recommend > submitting > a patch in JIRA. I will be happy to put together a patch but being new here I'm afraid I'm not sure that my proposed fix is correct. Let me post it here for review before I put it in Jira. Comments are welcome! Thanks Martin --------------040000070506040407010400 Content-Type: text/plain; name="STATUS.patch" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline; filename="STATUS.patch" Index: /build/sebor/incubator/STATUS =================================================================== --- /build/sebor/incubator/STATUS (revision 345672) +++ /build/sebor/incubator/STATUS (working copy) @@ -43,11 +43,11 @@ o Coming up with a set of bylaws for the project (http://mail-archives.apache.org/eyebrowse/BrowseList?listName=general@incubator.apache.org&by=thread&from=517190) - o All projects under incubation must use a STATUS file (or a - status.xml file if the project prefers XML) that contains - information the PMC needs about the project. This file must - live at the root of the project cvs module - (http://mail-archives.apache.org/eyebrowse/BrowseList?listName=general@incubator.apache.org&by=thread&from=504543) + o All projects under incubation must maintain a status Web page that + contains information the PMC needs about the project. The page is + generated from a .html or .cwiki source file which resides in the + following Subversion subdirectory + http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/incubator/public/trunk/site-author/projects/ o Projects under incubation should display appropriate "disclaimers" so that it is clear that they are, indeed, under incubation @@ -80,10 +80,8 @@ -- Who has been identified as the mentor for the incubation? - -- Are they tracking progress in the file + -- Are they tracking progress on the status Web page? - incubator/projects/{project_name}/STATUS - Copyright: -- Have the papers that transfer rights to the ASF been received? --------------040000070506040407010400 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org --------------040000070506040407010400--