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Re: [technology-pmc] Do we really need the SOC project?

When I was first introduced to the Technology Project, it was described as an incubator. It was envisioned as a place for projects to get started before eventually moving to a more permanent home as they reach a reasonable level of maturity. Over time, as other projects started accepting new projects (and overlapping with the initial intent of the Technology project), we became a place for projects that don't have a tidy categorization elsewhere. I sort of like the "Emerging Technology" nature of the project. Perhaps that might be a better name...

I agree that the name is confusing (most of the entries in the newsgroup are about Eclipse platform technology).

Wayne

Gunnar Wagenknecht wrote:
Wayne Beaton schrieb:
Thoughts, ideas, concerns? Am I missing something important?

If we go down that path then we really should rename Technology to
Sandbox or Incubator. Otherwise it just gets confusing.

I think it's important to have something like an explicit sandbox or an
incubator. The name "Technology" is misleading to people.

If the problem really is getting initial committers for a sub-project
then the development process should be revised. The last update already
made components to sub-projects. It is already possible to create new
projects with new initial committers. Maybe this should also be possible
for sub-projects.

We already have incubators for a lot projects. A possibility would be to
grant incubators an exclusive option which would allow to create
sub-project in an incubator project with new initial committers.

-Gunnar

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