Return-Path: Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: (qmail 92282 invoked from network); 7 Aug 2009 09:15:17 -0000 Received: from hermes.apache.org (HELO mail.apache.org) (140.211.11.3) by minotaur.apache.org with SMTP; 7 Aug 2009 09:15:17 -0000 Received: (qmail 29463 invoked by uid 500); 7 Aug 2009 09:15:24 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 29271 invoked by uid 500); 7 Aug 2009 09:15:23 -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 29261 invoked by uid 99); 7 Aug 2009 09:15:23 -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 09:15:23 +0000 X-ASF-Spam-Status: No, hits=-0.0 required=10.0 tests=SPF_PASS X-Spam-Check-By: apache.org Received-SPF: pass (athena.apache.org: local policy) Received: from [80.68.94.123] (HELO tumbolia.org) (80.68.94.123) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 09:15:13 +0000 Received: from nslater by tumbolia.org with local (Exim 4.69) (envelope-from ) id 1MZLXI-0004R5-GI for general@incubator.apache.org; Fri, 07 Aug 2009 10:14:52 +0100 Date: Fri, 7 Aug 2009 10:14:52 +0100 From: Noah Slater To: general@incubator.apache.org Subject: Re: Does an incubation proposal require a codebase? Message-ID: <20090807091452.GG14198@tumbolia.org> Mail-Followup-To: general@incubator.apache.org References: <20090807055522.GE11188@tumbolia.org> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline In-Reply-To: X-Noah: Awesome User-Agent: Mutt/1.5.18 (2008-05-17) X-Virus-Checked: Checked by ClamAV on apache.org On Fri, Aug 07, 2009 at 11:01:01AM +0200, Bertrand Delacretaz wrote: > On Fri, Aug 7, 2009 at 7:55 AM, Noah Slater wrote: > > ...I am thinking about making an incubation proposal for a project I've been > > wanting to do for a while now. I have list of initial committers and a technical > > architecture proposal, but no actual code yet.... > > I would oppose to a podling with no code base and no @apache.org names > in the list of initial committers - the chances of morphing that into > a working Apache project would seem to slim to me. I'm a PMC member for Apache CouchDB, a top-level project. My positive experience with CouchDB is the primary reason I am considering doing this project with the ASF. I think a focus on community is of paramount importance, and something that the ASF offers above and beyond other potential parent organisations. > Now, if your team includes a few people with a good track record in > open source projects, starting without code might work. I'm also a Debian maintainer: http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=nslater%40bytesexual.org http://qa.debian.org/developer.php?login=nslater%40tumbolia.org Our other committers have been similarly involved in open source projects. > I haven't looked up our docs about this, just trying to apply common sense. Sure. Thanks, -- Noah Slater, http://tumbolia.org/nslater --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscribe@incubator.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-help@incubator.apache.org