Sakai 3 Incubating

This has been some time in coming, but Sakai 3 as a whole is now in incubation. It wasn't too long ago that "Sakai 3" stood as a category within which other projects were being incubated (e.g. K2, Groups), but we've come to the realization that although this compartmentalization may have made it easier to think about the issues piecemeal, it wouldn't be helpful for producing the earliest iterations of a product that needs to hang together.

The challenge for the product council in taking Sakai 3 on these terms is obviously the size of the issue. In the 2.7 release decisions the framework and the broader context was already set, and we were looking only at implications if a new piece were to be slotted into place alongside the rest. We have no such luxury with Sakai 3. A release readiness decision in this case is as big as the entire product.

At the same time we'll be weighing Sakai 3 against new standards, some of which will differ in kind as well as degree from the guidelines that ruled the earlier days of Sakai's history. Developing and clarifying these standards in cooperation with our expert sub-communities should be a central activity for the product council in the months ahead. Now that Sakai 3 is formally in incubation we can begin that work in earnest.

-Clay