Re: [dsdp-pmc] DSDP Incubator Proposal

[Christian Kurzke <christian@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Having gone though this painful process myself before, I am very much in 
favor of this idea!

I would propose that such a project will get the usual Wiki, Mailing 
List, and a possible CVS/SVN space.
This would allow a project to at least function in "public" and give 
others a chance to check it out and maybe become interested.

The toughest part for me was to get used to the "working on an outside 
CVS", and a project could take this step gradually and move to this stage.
Once "code" is out there, it is also much easier to recruit and interest 
other contributors.

-Christian



Gaff, Doug wrote:
> Hi PMC,
>
> I would like to propose that we create an Incubator project in DSDP. 
> I’d like to create a place where fledging project ideas and 
> technologies can incubate without the full overhead of project leadership.
>
> Case in point, the VPP project proposal has been sitting out there for 
> a while now. Mark Burton (the proposed lead) has been working hard at 
> recruiting corporate sponsors for the project, but he’s meeting the 
> usual resistance (“we can’t give away our Eclipse technology”). There 
> are some potential technology contributions, but I don’t want to 
> create another DSDP project without a clear corporate sponsor and a 
> specific engineering commitment. An incubator would allow VPP to start 
> working on some technology pieces while still building a community.
>
> Thoughts?
>
> Doug
>
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