This is the first phase on incubation, needed to start the project
at Apache.
Item assignment is shown by the Apache id.
Completed tasks are shown by the completion date (YYYY-MM-dd).
date |
item |
2006-05-25 |
Make sure that the requested project name does not already
exist and check www.nameprotect.com to be sure that the name
is not already trademarked for an existing software product.
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N/A |
If request from an existing Apache project to adopt an
external package, then ask the Apache project for the SVN
module and mail address names.
|
N/A |
If request from outside Apache to enter an existing Apache
project, then post a message to that project for them to
decide on acceptance.
|
2006-06-05 |
If request from anywhere to become a stand-alone PMC, then
assess the fit with the ASF, and create the lists and modules
under the incubator address/module names if accepted.
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date |
item |
2006-06-05 |
Identify all the Mentors for the incubation, by asking all
that can be Mentors.
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2006-06-06 |
Subscribe all Mentors on the pmc and general lists. |
2006-06-05 |
Give all Mentors access to the incubator SVN repository.
(to be done by PMC chair)
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2006-06-06 |
Tell Mentors to track progress in the file
'incubator/projects/{project.name}.html'
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date |
item |
2006-06-16 |
Check and make sure that the papers that transfer rights to
the ASF been received. It is only necessary to transfer rights
for the package, the core code, and any new code produced by
the project.
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2006-06-16 |
Check and make sure that the files that have been donated have
been updated to reflect the new ASF copyright.
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date |
item |
2006-07-14 |
Check and make sure that for all code included with the
distribution that is not under the Apache license, we have
the right to combine with Apache-licensed code and
redistribute.
|
2006-07-14 |
Check and make sure that all source code distributed by the
project is covered by one or more of the following approved
licenses: Apache, BSD, Artistic, MIT/X, MIT/W3C, MPL 1.1, or
something with essentially the same terms.
|
status |
item |
DONE |
Check that all active committers have submitted a contributors
agreement.
|
DONE |
Add all active committers in the STATUS file. |
DONE |
Ask root for the creation of committers' accounts on
people.apache.org.
|
status |
item |
DONE |
Ask infrastructure to create source repository modules and
grant the committers karma.
|
DONE |
Ask infrastructure to set up and archive Mailing lists. |
DONE |
Decide about and then ask infrastructure to setup an issue
tracking system (Bugzilla, Scarab, Jira).
|
DONE |
Migrate the project to our infrastructure. |
Add project specific tasks here.
These action items have to be checked for during the whole
incubation process.
These items are not to be signed as done during incubation, as
they may change during incubation.
They are to be looked into and described in the status reports
and completed in the request for incubation signoff.
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Have all of the active long-term volunteers been identified and
acknowledged as committers on the project? DONE.
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Are there three or more independent committers? (The legal
definition of independent is long and boring, but basically it
means that there is no binding relationship between the
individuals, such as a shared employer, that is capable of
overriding their free will as individuals, directly or
indirectly.) DONE.
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Are project decisions being made in public by the committers? DONE.
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Are the decision-making guidelines published and agreed to by
all of the committers? DONE.
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Are all licensing, trademark, credit issues being taken care of
and acknowleged by all committers? DONE.
Add project specific tasks here.
Things to check for before voting the project out.
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If graduating to an existing PMC, has the PMC voted to accept it?
-
If graduating to a new PMC, has the board voted to accept it? DONE.
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Has the Incubator decided that the project has accomplished all
of the above tasks? DONE.