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The JA-SIG Incubation Working Group will delegate the oversight of the execution of the processes related to project specific contrib and sandbox to the relevant project Steering Committees.

Jira

Jira is used to track the staus of incubation requests, contributions.
The following jira statuses are defined:

• Pending Review – A proposal request has been submitted for consideration by IWG
• Proposal declined – Not appropriate for Jasig incubation
• Preincubation – New project getting started under auspices of Jasig
• Incubating project – Project being prepared to become Jasig sponsored project
• Incubation terminiated – Incubation process ended
• Preincubation terminated – pre-incubation process ended
• Insponsored contribution – Contribution not sponsored by Jasig. Contact owner for information
• Retired contribution – contribution no longer relevent, active or owned
• Retired project – former Jasig project no longer active (e.g. Hypercontent)

1. Receive jira request for incubation / sponsorship for JA-SIG projects, component or contribution.
   1. Jira issue should indicate whether request is for
      1. incubation as new project from existing work
      2. incubation as new project from scratch (proposed project, pre-incubation request)
      3. incubation as component of existing project (such as a portlet)
      4. unsponsored contribution
   2. Initial Jira status is Pending Review .
2. Review and track status of requests
   1. New project requesting incubation
      1. IWG accept into incubation Jira status change s to Incubating Project follow steps in the incubation process.
      2. Eventually the project is offically sponsored Jira issue closed with status Sponsored Project
      3. The proposal is declined and Jira issue closed with status Incubation Terminated.
   2. New pre-incubation project
      1. IWG accept into preincubation Jira status changes to Accepted for Pre-Incubation
      2. IWG review quarterly to make sure progress and activity continue
      3. Eventually the project may apply to be offically sponsored. IWG will vote to accept for incubation and change Jira issue status to Incubating Project . Proceed to New project request.
      4. If work stops or project is not viable the candidate project may be stopped and Jira issue closed with status Preincubation is terminated. Alternatively, there may be artifacts to remain as unsponsored contributions?
   3. If related to existing project
      1. Pass immediately to steering committee which becomes responsible for incubation, adoption etc. Jira issue is resolved (but not closed) with status Transferred to Steering Committee . Steering committee may use jira to continue incubation of component such as portlet.
      2. Steering committee may pass the request back to IWG at any time if component is no longer relevent or appropriate to project. Jira status change s to Pending Review.
      3. IWG decides to retire or decline component. Jira issue closed with status Proposal D eclined or Incubation Terminated .
   4. Request for unsponsored contribution
      1. IWG decides to make component available as unsponsored contribution: Jira issue resolved (but kept open) with status Unsponsored Contribution and IWG performs annual verification of contact.
      2. IWG desides contribution is not appropriate for Jasig. Jira issue closed with status Proposal D eclined .
      3. IWG determines a contribution no longer has a contact person or users willing to act as contact. Jira issue closed with status Retired Contribution .

Process

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