RE: What happened to the Apache Labs

["Dennis E. Hamilton" <de...@acm.org>]

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> From: Raphael Bircher [mailto:rbircherapache@gmail.com]
> Sent: Sunday, January 1, 2017 13:01
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> Subject: What happened to the to the Apache Labs
> 
> Hi all
> 
> I looked at the apache Labs from time to time, and I see nearly no
> activity there. If I got it right, the Apache Labs should be a starting
> point for new software projects from ASF Committer. I find this a good
> idea, and wonder why it's so calm there. I would have interests in the
> lab, because I have a project who would fit in.
[orcmid] 

I can't answer about the quiet.  

I suggest you review the bylaws at <http://labs.apache.org/bylaws.html>.

Three factors stand out:

 1. It is not permissible to create releases from a lab.
 2. There is sharing of a single SVN repository, <http://svn.apache.org/repos/asf/labs/>.
 3. The Labs PMC decides on the state of a lab and whether it is time to take it into the incubator or elsewhere.

Also, there appears to be a single JIRA project, LABS, with an [informal?] naming technique to identify individual-lab issues.

Raphael, I'm curious how that contrasts with creating a public GitHub project providing open-source code under the Apache License 2.0 and manages its codebase in compliance with what the ASF requires of a project (e.g., NOTICE files and acceptable licenses on dependencies).

 - Dennis



> 
> Regards Raphael
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