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Date: Thu, 1 Nov 2012 09:24:54 -0400
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Subject: Re: Volunteering as JSPWiki Mentor - WAS Re: JSPWiki status (Was:
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From: Benson Margulies <bimargulies@gmail.com>
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On Thu, Nov 1, 2012 at 7:40 AM, Siegfried Goeschl <sgoeschl@gmx.at> wrote:
> Hi folks,
>
> I actually wanted to go emeritus but I'm a f****** idiot and therefore would
> like to help here and volunteer as JSPWiki Mentor ... :-)
>
> I'm a bit familiar with JSPWiki since a maintain a "JSPWiki On A Stick"
> distribution and we use JSPWiki in my company on a daily base. So I have a
> personal interest to see the project leaving the incubator.
>
> What formal steps are required?

If you are already an IPMC member, just get to work. Add yourself to
the project's metadata.

If not, and you are a foundation member, Jukka just needs to send you
off to the board for an ACK and then give you karma.

If not, we need a vote.


>
> Thanks in advance
>
> Siegfried Goeschl
>
> PS: Please note that over the weekend I'm retiring from most of my other
> Apache projects roles officially so don't get confused
>
> On 13.10.12 17:34, Craig L Russell wrote:
>>
>>
>> On Oct 13, 2012, at 8:19 AM, Craig L Russell wrote:
>>
>>> Hi Jukka,
>>>
>>> On Oct 13, 2012, at 7:49 AM, Jukka Zitting wrote:
>>>
>>>> Hi,
>>>>
>>>> On Tue, Oct 9, 2012 at 1:05 AM, Jukka Zitting
>>>> <jukka.zitting@gmail.com> wrote:
>>>>>
>>>>> JSPWiki has been troubled for quite some time.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> Following up on this and since JSPWiki is by far our oldest podling, I
>>>> felt it appropriate to summarize its status and outlook from the IPMC
>>>> perspective in this months board report. Here's my summary:
>>>>
>>>> JSPWiki is our oldest podling with over five years in the Incubator.
>>>> Activity in JSPWiki was very low for a few years and they've yet to
>>>> create their first Apache release. Earlier this year they discussed
>>>> leaving the Incubator and the ASF since they clearly weren't making
>>>> much progress. That discussion led to some revival of activity and
>>>> the decision to continue in the Incubator. Unfortunately the podling
>>>> no longer has enough active mentors, which has led to some trouble
>>>> with premature attempts at cutting releases or graduating. Despite
>>>> these troubles the podling is making progress, and with sufficient
>>>> help from the IPMC they might well become ready to graduate within
>>>> a few quarters.
>>>>
>>>> JSPWiki committers/mentors, does this sound like an accurate summary?
>>>
>>>
>>> Sounds fair enough. I'm still actively mentoring the project but could
>>> it use some more mentors.
>>
>>
>> Correction: It could use some more mentors.
>>>
>>>
>>> The project is in the middle of cutting their first release, and we
>>> all know that the first time is the hardest.
>>>
>>> The biggest issue regarding the release was the decision to *not*
>>> release the 3.0 code base that had been the focus of previous efforts.
>>>
>>> If everyone stays focused, I believe that the project can graduate
>>> within a few months after release.
>>>
>>> Craig
>>>>
>>>>
>>>> BR,
>>>>
>>>> Jukka Zitting
>>>>
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>>>
>>> Craig L Russell
>>> Architect, Oracle
>>> http://db.apache.org/jdo
>>> 408 276-5638 mailto:Craig.Russell@oracle.com
>>> P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp!
>>>
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>>
>> Craig L Russell
>> Architect, Oracle
>> http://db.apache.org/jdo
>> 408 276-5638 mailto:Craig.Russell@oracle.com
>> P.S. A good JDO? O, Gasp!
>>
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