From: tools-pmc-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx
[mailto:tools-pmc-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxx] On
Behalf Of Bjorn Freeman-Benson
Sent: Monday, October 22, 2007
11:42 AM
To: Ed Merks
Cc: Tools PMC mailing list
Subject: Re: [tools-pmc] RE:
[ve-dev] Contribution on VE with XML editor
Ed,
Yes, there's always that risk (of annoying someone - apparently I should know
better than most - ha ha). But I think the intent of the Board's rules on
incubation are to make sure that any downstream consumer is 100% aware of the
IP risks they are taking by consuming a given framework. Thus having a strongly
labeled "incubation" VE, even if it is not < 1.0, should satisfy
that intent.
It would be a mistake (I think), if our rules forced a project to damage its
user base by resetting the version number just because the people on the
project are being reset.
- Bjorn
Ed Merks wrote:
Bjorn,
That sounds reasonable, but it sounds like it might only defer the issue
which would come back when VE releases and graduates again. It's not
entirely clear the extent to which we could intepret the rules in a
flexible way without incuring someone's wrath. The board might feel things
we do violate the spirit or intent of what the rules they've approved...