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Date: Tue, 14 Apr 2009 16:00:54 +0200
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Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL] Commons Incubator
From: Bertrand Delacretaz <bdelacretaz@apache.org>
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On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 11:28 AM, sebb <sebbaz@gmail.com> wrote:
> On 14/04/2009, Niclas Hedhman <niclas@hedhman.org> wrote:
>> On Tue, Apr 14, 2009 at 3:06 PM, Bertrand Delacretaz
>> =C2=A0<bdelacretaz@apache.org> wrote:
>>
>> =C2=A0> To clarify: do you mean Sanselan could "graduate" into Commons?
>> =C2=A0> Commons adopts the Sanselan codebase and active committers, upon=
 a
>> =C2=A0> vote of the Incubator and in particular of the project's mentors=
.
>> =C2=A0>
>> =C2=A0> Sounds like a plan to me: accept smallish projects into the incu=
bator,
>> =C2=A0> but give them the option to graduate to Commons instead of becom=
ing a
>> =C2=A0> full-blown project, if their community does not grow enough.
>> =C2=A0>
>> =C2=A0> And projects too small for this should go directly to Commons,
>> =C2=A0> starting with grants/patches which help their authors become
>> =C2=A0> committers.
>>
>>
>> +1. Sounds good to me.
>>
>
> +1, provided that the project fits in with Commons goal(s).
>
> -1, if Commons is just used as a dumping ground for small projects.

Agreed, I didn't mean to imply that Commons *has* to accept such
projects, it's Commons' call.

-Bertrand

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