From general-return-22698-apmail-incubator-general-archive=incubator.apache.org@incubator.apache.org Fri Aug 07 15:44:06 2009 Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 47301 invoked from network); 7 Aug 2009 15:44:05 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 7 Aug 2009 15:44:05 -0000 Received: (qmail 3475 invoked by uid 500); 7 Aug 2009 15:44:11 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 3297 invoked by uid 500); 7 Aug 2009 15:44:11 -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 3287 invoked by uid 99); 7 Aug 2009 15:44:11 -0000 Received: from athena.apache.org (HELO athena.apache.org) (140.211.11.136) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:44:11 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=1.2 required=10.0 tests=SPF_NEUTRAL X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: neutral (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [72.167.82.89] (HELO p3plsmtpa01-09.prod.phx3.secureserver.net) (72.167.82.89) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with SMTP; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 15:44:01 +0000 Received: (qmail 11950 invoked from network); 7 Aug 2009 15:43:40 -0000 Received: from unknown (76.252.112.72) by p3plsmtpa01-09.prod.phx3.secureserver.net (72.167.82.89) with ESMTP; 07 Aug 2009 15:43:40 -0000 Message-ID: <4A7C4BA9.3090706@rowe-clan.net> Date: Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:43:37 -0500 From: "William A. Rowe, Jr." User-Agent: Thunderbird 2.0.0.22 (Windows/20090605) MIME-Version: 1.0 To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Does an incubation proposal require a codebase? References: <20090807055522.GE11188@tumbolia.org> In-Reply-To: <20090807055522.GE11188@tumbolia.org> X-Enigmail-Version: 0.95.7 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org Noah Slater wrote: > > I checked the incubation rules, but couldn't find any mention of this rule. Our > hopes were that we could start from scratch as a podling, and grow the code > along with the community. Is this going to be possible? It's not mentioned because there is no such rule. Draw up a proposal. There is a bottom line of how few initial committers must sign on. Some of the efforts couldn't attract enough committers, so they formed labs for the members to work on individual efforts until they were sustainable and could attract a community. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org