Return-Path: X-Original-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@www.apache.org Received: from mail.apache.org (hermes.apache.org [140.211.11.3]) by minotaur.apache.org (Postfix) with SMTP id D84E018046 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2015 23:09:53 +0000 (UTC) Received: (qmail 87660 invoked by uid 500); 19 Oct 2015 23:09:53 -0000 Delivered-To: apmail-incubator-general-archive@incubator.apache.org Received: (qmail 87445 invoked by uid 500); 19 Oct 2015 23:09:53 -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 87433 invoked by uid 99); 19 Oct 2015 23:09:52 -0000 Received: from Unknown (HELO spamd1-us-west.apache.org) (209.188.14.142) by apache.org (qpsmtpd/0.29) with ESMTP; Mon, 19 Oct 2015 23:09:52 +0000 Received: from localhost (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by spamd1-us-west.apache.org (ASF Mail Server at spamd1-us-west.apache.org) with ESMTP id 46B49C2940 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2015 23:09:52 +0000 (UTC) X-Virus-Scanned: Debian amavisd-new at spamd1-us-west.apache.org X-Spam-Flag: NO X-Spam-Score: 2.88 X-Spam-Level: ** X-Spam-Status: No, score=2.88 tagged_above=-999 required=6.31 tests=[DKIM_SIGNED=0.1, DKIM_VALID=-0.1, DKIM_VALID_AU=-0.1, HTML_MESSAGE=3, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_H3=-0.01, RCVD_IN_MSPIKE_WL=-0.01, SPF_PASS=-0.001, URIBL_BLOCKED=0.001] autolearn=disabled Authentication-Results: spamd1-us-west.apache.org (amavisd-new); dkim=pass (2048-bit key) header.d=gmail.com Received: from mx1-us-west.apache.org ([10.40.0.8]) by localhost (spamd1-us-west.apache.org [10.40.0.7]) (amavisd-new, port 10024) with ESMTP id rUqtlzqvWho0 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2015 23:09:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: from mail-ig0-f181.google.com (mail-ig0-f181.google.com [209.85.213.181]) by mx1-us-west.apache.org (ASF Mail Server at mx1-us-west.apache.org) with ESMTPS id 6351F20FE0 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2015 23:09:46 +0000 (UTC) Received: by igbni9 with SMTP id ni9so60774350igb.1 for ; Mon, 19 Oct 2015 16:09:45 -0700 (PDT) DKIM-Signature: v=1; a=rsa-sha256; c=relaxed/relaxed; d=gmail.com; s=20120113; h=mime-version:in-reply-to:references:from:date:message-id:subject:to :content-type; bh=BaGwIWJH0nlhFmz23W78dX8l5/oZ/o6CEioM+Mp/wwk=; b=Y8hJ0jlqNGWjiB39OZr3xq9h8cOtVQE5/ndesBIopQp18Ab/BBXWJxrDS3CF7m75If e/iniSPFcu19sLcPI2HJPqD8WQiLMf41jL5Xal4aUIsj1Ofe8AzmDqLR3Ikgqs1TcOlH qSVY1j6kbe+KavkXCJNLXc1JQE4JFfHcNA4+0E1i8vA5oK2iJuAhrs2o2gkJmUh+nAdt tDESX173oDJRtF/skkWXanWVmrBQxh8i3STlxw8BA4ro9nCkUSnbtXCWfvNo/eL/gnLL F8XK1vtA6nJMe1Qtt51NbSvWyaBY35OxsNMPbDZhk3FaOekU8PQlJ3UiP9PVeRq6KD7C RIKg== X-Received: by 10.50.3.71 with SMTP id a7mr575451iga.9.1445296185712; Mon, 19 Oct 2015 16:09:45 -0700 (PDT) MIME-Version: 1.0 Received: by 10.64.1.241 with HTTP; Mon, 19 Oct 2015 16:09:16 -0700 (PDT) In-Reply-To: References: From: Ted Dunning Date: Mon, 19 Oct 2015 16:09:16 -0700 Message-ID: Subject: Re: Starting from the other end To: "general@incubator.apache.org" Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary=089e013c6fa8bea7ff05227d3dfa --089e013c6fa8bea7ff05227d3dfa Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8 On Mon, Oct 19, 2015 at 3:38 PM, Roman Shaposhnik wrote: > I think I'm with Sam. I think these are related. Or to be more explicit: > the way a project joins a foundation (regardless of what path it takes) > is via a board passing a resolution. > > Perhaps defining exact criteria that the board uses to evaluate such > resolutions would be useful. > Perhaps it would be. My focus right now is making sure that the Incubator works well. So far, direct to top-level is an exceptional case handled by people who need neither Incubator nor documentation. And Incubator alternatives don't exist yet and wouldn't be the Incubator even if they did. So the document we have here is about the Incubator as it is. --089e013c6fa8bea7ff05227d3dfa--