Incubation process for new projects

[dselman]

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Nikolay Vlasov (AWS) has developed some very interesting code to run Cicero templates on AWS infrastructure, using S3 (deployment), Lambda (execution), SQS (event emission) and QLDB (state storage).

Existing code: https://github.com/frbrkoala/accord-qldb-lambda

I would like to propose that the TSC create a process for onboarding new projects in general, and this project in particular. I am happy to act as sponsor for the project, if required.

Apache calls this process "incubation", while Hyperledger uses the term "labs", but the goal is the same — to provide increased visibility to interesting projects, allowing them to attract additional end-users, contributors and maintainers. Once a critical mass of those three communities is reached (details TBD) the project "graduates" to become a fully-fledged sub-project.

Context

Note that Apache also has the concept of "Labs", but it sets an even lower bar than Apache incubation, in that no existing code base is required.

[jolanglinais]

Interesting idea! I like Hyperledger's model from what I see. Sounds pretty cool, looking forward to discussing at the next call!

[martinhalford]

Still need to define the "Exit Criteria"

[martinhalford]

Need to document process of Incubation project. Martin to follow-up as Lambda project progresses.