Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 132 invoked from network); 3 Oct 2008 14:09:44 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.2) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 3 Oct 2008 14:09:44 -0000 Received: (qmail 20778 invoked by uid 500); 3 Oct 2008 14:09:41 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 20683 invoked by uid 500); 3 Oct 2008 14:09:40 -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 20672 invoked by uid 99); 3 Oct 2008 14:09:40 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:09:40 -0700 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=2.0 required=10.0 tests=HTML_MESSAGE,SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: domain of aidan.skinner@gmail.com designates 74.125.92.145 as permitted sender) Received: from [74.125.92.145] (HELO qw-out-1920.google.com) (74.125.92.145) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 03 Oct 2008 14:08:39 +0000 Received: by qw-out-1920.google.com with SMTP id 4so403739qwk.54 for ; Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:09:13 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=domainkey-signature:received:received:message-id:date:from:reply-to :sender:to:subject:in-reply-to:mime-version:content-type:references :x-google-sender-auth; bh=GFwsCp+B7YZeB7fdp+86/VEZE4hs9reKn0ofzbD57o0=; b=TOFCzSTYZZ6yxkRProT6bBe6zvrHsSr7J22l/m8Bb5PjSIH1gAXPUJpG4/C6eVertN KJ992KF7Auyv+5yQMj/g15Kpxga2U98DrRhJMMCjgctPoMtE40VKjBS9f4nKJKSIiOOm UylOovf58LifoZGY2OOolHhunHszCAVH0AXGs= DomainKey-Signature: a=rsa-sha1; c=nofws; d=gmail.com; s=gamma; h=message-id:date:from:reply-to:sender:to:subject:in-reply-to :mime-version:content-type:references:x-google-sender-auth; b=DbjTm/uZ1Jt/+ved1cgP2O5rV3urPcja1iFeWJmkEFiltDHfcze36KqLkP1Ixx2KVI 2qZMt1nREnqcWwx68wVz0NodTTuSdXH1D+boflqnVK4HVNS8euloyF41w5sSIW35ZWrT 2/ynl0w31y5nepoNrrp5eKev822BNa2rbUTbs= Received: by 10.214.217.1 with SMTP id p1mr1868563qag.17.1223042946486; Fri, 03 Oct 2008 07:09:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: by 10.214.78.13 with HTTP; Fri, 3 Oct 2008 07:09:06 -0700 (PDT) Message-ID: Date: Fri, 3 Oct 2008 15:09:06 +0100 From: "Aidan Skinner" Reply-To: aidan@apache.org Sender: aidan.skinner@gmail.com To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: On incubating releases In-Reply-To: <510143ac0810030653g18913444gd32d16ac341ac28c@mail.gmail.com> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="----=_Part_6874_24901085.1223042946320" References: <510143ac0809260541h21809939u9252426780f1b5c6@mail.gmail.com> <1222750892.3925.37.camel@forge.local> <510143ac0809300055kedc57ceqa5e69d3af5f6ac9d@mail.gmail.com> <1222815045.3925.48.camel@forge.local> <510143ac0810030653g18913444gd32d16ac341ac28c@mail.gmail.com> X-Google-Sender-Auth: c379913414e1afc0 X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org ------=_Part_6874_24901085.1223042946320 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Content-Disposition: inline On Fri, Oct 3, 2008 at 2:53 PM, Jukka Zitting wrote: > Do people think that we shouldn't make such a distinction, or that we > should perhaps explicitly consider "community quality" as a release > criteria? > Getting releases out of the incubator is difficult and subjective enough as it is. Without regular releases it would be nearly impossible to build a community around a project. Without being able to do that, why would anybody engage in this process in the first place? - Aidan -- Apache Qpid - World Domination through Advanced Message Queueing http://cwiki.apache.org/qpid "Nine-tenths of wisdom consists in being wise in time." - Theodore Roosevelt ------=_Part_6874_24901085.1223042946320--