[Swift-devel] Re: Welcome Swift as an incubator project

[Mike Wilde]

Thanks, Jen, thats great news.

We'll discuss how to take the steps below.

- Mike


Jennifer M. Schopf wrote, On 6/15/2007 7:45 AM:
> Hi Mike-
> 
>    We are please to accept Swift as an Incubator Project in the 
> dev.globus incubation process!  This mail contains information on your 
> mentor, getting set up in the dev.globus infrastructure, and next steps. 
> Current process guidelines can be found at 
> <http://dev.globus.org/wiki/Incubator/Incubator_Process>http://dev.globus.org/wiki/Incubator/Incubator_Process 
> .
> 
> Your mentor is currently Jennifer Schopf (jms at mcs.anl.gov). Your mentor 
> will act as a bridge between your project and the Incubation Management 
> Project, and should be able to answer any basic questions you have. They 
> will also help you during the quarterly reviews and in understanding how 
> to escalate to a full Globus Project.  Your mentor needs to have write 
> access for the wiki page, but does not need to have CVS commit access 
> unless you would like them to. If you would like to propose a different 
> mentor for any reason, please let me know, and we can discuss options.
> 
> We have requested three mailing lists for you, according to the Globus 
> project guidelines ( 
> <https://dev.globus.org/wiki/Guidelines#Communication>https://dev.globus.org/wiki/Guidelines#Communication 
> )- swift-dev, swift-user, and swift-commit, with you listed as the 
> owner. The initial password will be set to “incubator” for all of them, 
> and they are currently operational.  It now falls to you to enroll the 
> members of these lists since they come completely empty – they’re 
> standard majordomo lists, basic subscription is done by simply sending 
> (to <mailto:majordomo at globus.org>majordomo at globus.org)
> 
> approve <passwd> subscribe <listname> <email_address>
> 
> approve <passwd> subscribe <listname> <next_email_address>
> for your various lists and subscribers. All of your committers should be 
> subscribed to all 3 lists. We also strongly encourage them to subscribe 
> to <mailto:announce at globus.org>announce at globus.org.
> 
> Your CVS/SVN module will be set up for you. Please mail 
> <mailto:infrastructure at globus.org>infrastructure at globus.org (be sure to 
> have CVS in the subject line in addition to anything else you’d like) 
> with the complete list of committer names, desired names for accounts, 
> and ssh public keys, and they will email back access instructions when 
> these are set. Be sure to include your project name in the mail.
> 
> Your wiki page has been set up with the common template and is located 
> at http://dev.globus.org/wiki/Incubator/Swift. If you need to add wiki 
> committers, please mail 
> <mailto:infrastructure at globus.org>infrastructure at globus.org (be sure to 
> have WIKI in the subject line in addition to anything else you’d like)  
> with your list of wiki committers’ names and their desired account names 
> for the dev.globus.org wiki. Be sure to include your project name in the 
> mail.
> 
> In order to set up bugzilla space on the Globus bugzilla (for example, 
> to keep track of your roadmap items, track bugs, follow enhancement 
> requests, etc), the person you would like to be responsible for your 
> bugzilla in Globus-space should get an account at bugzilla.globus.org, 
> and then send that account name and the name of your project to 
> <mailto:infrastructure at globus.org>infrastructure at globus.org (be sure to 
> have BUGZILLA in the subject line in addition to anything else you’d 
> like).  They will then give that account authority to create subproducts 
> and such for your product and you will then be able to create the list 
> of components, cc: lists, and descriptions as you see fit.
> 
> One of the hurdles you’ll need to pass in order to become a Globus 
> project is the licensing. Licensing information, including both of the 
> licenses needed and a guideline document, can be found here 
> <http://dev.globus.org/wiki/Guidelines#License_and_Contributor_Agreements>http://dev.globus.org/wiki/Guidelines#License_and_Contributor_Agreements 
> In a nutshell every committer for your project will need to sign an 
> individual license, and anyone who is doing this as part of their day 
> job will also need a corporate license signed. Those doing it on their 
> own free time should include a letter stating this fact. All licenses 
> when signed should be mailed to Jennifer Schopf, Argonne National Lab, 
> 9700 S. Cass Ave, bldg 221, Argonne, IL 60439 USA.
> 
> The next step in the incubator process will be a check on where the 
> startup projects are. This is likely to be happening around mid July, 
> and your mentor will contact you prior.
> 
> Thanks again for your participation, and bearing with us while we get 
> the process up and running. Please don’t hesitate to contact me or your 
> mentor with any additional questions.
> 
> 
>    -Jennifer Schopf, on behalf of the Incubator Management Project
> 
> 
> 
> 
> ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 
> 
> Dr. Jennifer M. Schopf
> Scientist, Distributed Systems Lab
> Argonne National Laboratory
> jms at mcs.anl.gov  http://www.mcs.anl.gov/~jms
> 
> 
> 

-- 
Mike Wilde
Computation Institute, University of Chicago
Math & Computer Science Division
Argonne National Laboratory
Argonne, IL   60439    USA
tel 630-252-7497 fax 630-252-1997