+1 for for webservices.apache.org and ws.apache.org as the umbrella for all WS work in Apache.
+1 for a single set of committers - I think we can all be responsible while at the same time promoting code sharing and interactions between related communities.
Nirmal.
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Tom Jordahl wrote:
> I would think that each of the sub projects would have its own set of
> committers. I don't think I should have the rights to muck with the
> WSIF code just because I know what I am doing in Axis.
>
> Given that we expect the number of projects involving web services to
> only increase, I think it would make much more sense that each
> project has its own set of committers, mailing list, CVS tree, etc,
> etc.
>
> I see webservice.apache.org as more of an organizational grouping
> than a 'we are a bunch of people all working on every one of these
> projects'.
>
> I freely admit that there may be Apache organizational principals
> that govern this that I am not aware of....
It is not so much an organizational prinicipal(*) as an evolving
awareness of what works and what doesn't work.
Here's an observation to illustrate the point: Axis has grown rather
big, hasn't it? Inside Axis is WSDL2Java. I have commit access to this
code but Nirmal does not. Why do I have access? I guess the
presumption is that if I were to make a change it is likely to be
acceptable. If not, a test will likely detect the issue and/or I am
likely to support the code I wrote. And failing either of those things,
the change can always be backed out.
Does this apply to Nirmal? I would think so, particularly as his code
will likely become a customer.
We *could* go down the path where the code is partitioned up very finely
with individual access rights to each, but if history is any guide, the
likely result is duplication and invention of isolation layers.
What seems to work is if every community is defined as a separate top
level Apache project. If WSIF and Axis are separate communities, then
lets declare it so and move on. Otherwise, lets declare that and make
it so.
- Sam Ruby
(*) Actually Roy Fielding would disagree with me, as he has been
consistently advocating the direction we are now heading. Some of us
just take a little longer than others to catch on. ;-)
