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Projects in incubation will undergo periodic reviews (at least quarterly) which may have one of four five outcomes:
- The project will be promoted into a fully sponsored JA-SIG project.
- The project will remain in Incubation.
- The project will be asked to hibernate after a period of little activity. (It may move out of hibernation at a later date.)
- The project will be asked to become contrib due to lack of viable community.
- The project will be asked to retire due to lack of progress.
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It is expected that an effort will be made to resolve any issues related to the sponsorship termination prior to the procedures being put in effect.
Summary of Project Categories
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This section uses the nomenclature proposed during the October 22 conference call. |
Category | Sandbox | Contrib (Non-Project) | Contrib (Project) | Project Proposal | Candidate Project |
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Must have owner? |
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Governance | Project Steering Committee | IWG | Project Steering Committee | IWG | IWG |
Examples | Proof of concept code | IRC Logbot | Portlets, CAS Cleartext Password | OpenRegistry | Cernunnos, Helpdesk App |
Notes
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Since there are a number of other sites (Google, SourceForge) where a project can get started before applying for JA-SIG incubation, JA-SIG does not currently offer a "contrib" space for projects not yet in the incubation stage. 05-06-2008 Note that this policy has been revised as of the St. Paul JA-SIG Conference discussions on this topic. A "contrib" will be made available, after all. -jjmarkow |