I don't think it's a loophole. It appears to be by design. The Sandbox guidelines (https://github.com/cncf/toc/blob/master/process/sandbox.md) clearly state that one of the goals of Sandbox is to:

Yes, that’s how I read Eduardo’s question as well - one of ensuring a loophole doesn’t exist. - Lee Sent from my mobile

I think Eduardo's point is that it looks like getting to incubation through sandbox is easier than just entering directly via incubation. I don't think that should be the case.

(in reponse to Justin's comment) Though Harbor may not be the only solution to a private registry, thousands of users choose Harbor to manage container images in their production

To add to what Chris said, and responding directly to: "since it would be easier to go with sandbox and then jump into incubation, than do direct to incubation (which is harder). “ The above is not

We decided not to put any timelines on anything in the beginning as each project is going to be different at its maturity stage. There are projects that may have decent adoption but low maintainer

Hi, Why Sandbox projects don't have a minimum time of requirement before to try to move to incubation ? I see that Harbor joined as a Sandbox project on July 31 and just after 3 months moving forward

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-1 nb I understand the need for container registries in a containerized environment, but I'm not sold Harbor being the solution for most people's needs when they need to run their own

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+1 binding From:Chris Aniszczyk To:CNCF TOC, Date:2018-11-06 06:27:26 Subject:[cncf-toc] [VOTE] Harbor moving to incubation The Harbor community has requested to move to the incubation maturity level

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