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| <h3 id='incubator'>1. Incubation</h3> |
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| <h4 id='does_project_X_really_need_Incubation'>1.1. Does the X Project really have to go in the Incubator to |
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| <p>Yes.</p> |
| <p>Code that has existed outside the ASF can <strong>only</strong> |
| enter the ASF through the Incubator. There is no other option.</p> |
| <p>The Incubator, among other things, is where the due-diligence of |
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| is received, and all of the initial developers submit their <a href="http://www.apache.org/licenses/#clas">CLAs</a>.</p> |
| <p>The Incubator is also the place where projects can familiarize |
| themselves with how the ASF works under the guidance of Incubator |
| PMC members (<a href="incubation/Roles_and_Responsibilities.html#Mentors">mentors</a>).</p> |
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| <h4 id='can_Incubation_be_skipped'>1.2. I'm the mentor of this project, and I think that I'm |
| able to do it by myself. The Incubator doesn't add anything, |
| can it be skipped?</h4> |
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| <p>No.</p> |
| <p>Do it right, do it well, and add something in the process.</p> |
| <p>Incubation is not about handing it over to some other group and |
| seeing what happens. The Incubator is simply the name of the place |
| that governs your actions when you process a new project into |
| Apache. It moves at the same rate you do, and achieves whatever |
| you achieve -- the only difference is that we have a permanent |
| record in <strong>one</strong> place that we can go back to if |
| there are later IP problems, and there is a gate that must be |
| passed through before the project is given the right to release |
| software on behalf of the ASF.</p> |
| <p>That gate will not be ignored or bypassed just because one |
| group or another feels they have earned the right to bypass it; |
| allowing that kind of exception destroys the potential to build a |
| tradition of effective oversight, which is the reason we created |
| the incubator.</p> |
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| <h4 id='project_XXX_makes_no_mention_of_Incubator'>1.3. Project XXX makes no mention of the Incubator for |
| accepting new projects, but the Incubator site says that all |
| projects entering Apache must pass the Incubator. What do we |
| need to do, to move to the Apache XXX project?</h4> |
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| <p>The incubation process, WRT responsibilities, is roughly as |
| follows:</p> |
| <ol> |
| <li>Any Apache PMC (project management commitee), including the |
| Incubator PMC itself, will approve the entrance of a project |
| at Apache. They are the <a href="incubation/Roles_and_Responsibilities.html#Sponsor">Sponsor</a>. (In rare cases, the Apache Board of Directors |
| will approve the entrance of a project.)</li> |
| <li>The Incubator PMC is from that moment on responsible for the |
| project. The assigned <a href="incubation/Roles_and_Responsibilities.html#Mentors">Mentors</a> (an ASF member who has volunteered to help with |
| the incubation process) will have the primary responsibility |
| for overseeing the progress of the project. Each quarter, the |
| project will submit an update to the entire Incubator PMC as |
| to the progress in Incubation.</li> |
| <li>This will remain so until the Incubator PMC approves the |
| project to be "graduated". After graduation, if another |
| PMC sponsored the podling, it will then be transferred to |
| the PMC that asked for incubation. If the PMC was the |
| Incubator itself or the Board, the project must then also be |
| be approved by the Board to receive its own PMC.</li> |
| <li>At this point, Incubation is complete.</li> |
| </ol> |
| <p>So, since you would like to have a place under the XXX Project, |
| ask that PMC to sponsor you. After that vote, you will |
| automatically be under the Incubator, and incubation will |
| start.</p> |
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| <h4 id='proposed_new_codebase'>1.4. Someone has proposed that their code/project be donated |
| to project X within the ASF for continued development. What |
| do we need to do to accept the code?</h4> |
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| <p>The Incubator will only accept code for incubation if a PMC |
| has voted to accept it. So when a proposal for the donation of |
| code occurs, the project in question should discuss the proposal |
| (usually on their public mailing lists!), leading to a decision |
| by that project's PMC on whether or not to sponsor the code (and |
| potentially the project surrounding it).</p> |
| <p>If the PMC agrees, then the incubator can be approached, and the |
| code accepted for incubation. The grant needs to be recorded by |
| following the procedure outlined at the <a href="ip-clearance/">IP Clearance forms</a>.</p> |
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| <h4 id='whose_code'>1.5. The code came from outside the ASF, so it's ours to do |
| as we like, right?</h4> |
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| <p>Wrong.</p> |
| <p>Here are some generally agreed points that you should take |
| into consideration:</p> |
| <ol> |
| <li>No codebase within the ASF is to be considered an exclusive |
| location for a general technology within the ASF.</li> |
| <li>All initial codebases are just that: initial. Once the code is |
| here, if people feel that the code sucks or the architecture |
| sucks, or whatever else someone wants to complain about, |
| all parties understand that the future direction of the |
| architecture and code is, as is everything at the ASF, |
| subject to communal will.</li> |
| <li>Other contributors interested in any ASF codebase, with or |
| without existing codebases, are free to contribute, or to |
| propose additional related projects.</li> |
| </ol> |
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| <h3 id='how_to_participate'>2. Participation</h3> |
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| <h4 id='site'>2.1. How can I update the site?</h4> |
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| <p>Refer to <a href="guides/website.html">our guide to updating the website</a>. |
| If you are not a committer on the Incubator project, |
| then you can still send patches for the source documents.</p> |
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| <h4 id='projectstatus'>2.2. How do I update the incubation status of a |
| project?</h4> |
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| <p>See <a href="guides/mentor.html#Overview">notes</a> |
| about maintaining your project entry in the podlings summary file |
| and your project status page. |
| </p> |
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| <h4 id='why_not_issue_tracking_for_incubation_tracking'>2.3. Why don't we use an issue tracking system to track |
| incubation process?</h4> |
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| <p>Issue trackers do not meet the long-term archival and tracking |
| requirements for our legal purposes and they do not authenticate |
| that the person entering the status information has the authority |
| to do so, which is what we get with our version control system.</p> |
| <p>Note that how the actual day to day tracking of the project (i.e. |
| bugs in code) is done is not the same as filing the legal forms - |
| for those issues, our normal issue trackers can be used.</p> |
| <p>Nevertheless, SVN is our only authoritative and formal tracking |
| system for incubation status.</p> |
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| <h4 id='updating_the_project_website'>2.4. How do I update the site of an incubating project?</h4> |
| <div class="section-content"> |
| <p>First of all, read our <a href="incubation/Incubation_Policy.html">Incubation Policy</a>.</p> |
| <p>Refer to the <a href="guides/sites.html">Website Guide</a>. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <h4 id='site-karma'>2.5 How Do I Obtain Karma For The Infrastructure Site?</h4> |
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| <p> |
| All requests for karma (whether for a podling web site or for the infrastructure site itself) |
| should be directed to the incubator general list. |
| </p> |
| <p> |
| Please read the <a href="./guides/website.html">website guide</a> before editing the website. |
| </p> |
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| <h4 id='podling-site-karma'>2.6 How Do I Set Up The Podling Website?</h4> |
| <div class="section-content"> |
| <p> |
| To set up the website for a podling, start by requesting <a href="#site-karma">karma</a>. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <h4 id='podling-site-karma'>2.7 How Do I Grant Karma To An Existing Apache Committer?</h4> |
| <div class="section-content"> |
| <p> |
| This <a href="http://apache.org/dev/pmc.html#karma">document</a> describes how to grant karma for an |
| existing Apache committer. |
| </p> |
| </div> |
| <h4 id='facilities'>2.8 What are the various facilities that assist with Incubator management, and how are they generated and maintained? </h4> |
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| <p> |
| See <a href="facilities.html">Facilities for Incubator management</a>. |
| </p> |
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| <h3 id='infra'>3 Infrastructure</h3> |
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| <h4 id='infra-request'>3.1 How does our project request resources?</h4> |
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| <p> |
| Co-ordinate via your project's dev list and PPMC. Often someone |
| there will know what is necessary. |
| Some notes are provided in the |
| <a href="guides/mentor.html#request-required-resources">Mentor guide</a> |
| and in the |
| <a href="http://www.apache.org/dev/infra-contact">Infrastructure instructions</a>. |
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