James keeps hitting the wrong reply button. :-) -- Tom Jordahl Macromedia Server Development
-----Original Message----- From: James M Snell [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2002 3:25 PM To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: Web Services top-level project (was Re: [AXIS/WSIF] proposed new WSIF home page URL) +1 to all of this -----Original Message----- >From: Tom Jordahl <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >Sent: 12/11/02 6:58:10 AM >To: ""'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>" >Subject: RE: Web Services top-level project (was Re: [AXIS/WSIF] proposed new WSIF home page URL) > >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.... > >-- >Tom Jordahl >Macromedia Server Development > > > >-----Original Message----- >From: Sam Ruby [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] >Sent: Wednesday, December 11, 2002 9:24 AM >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >Subject: Re: Web Services top-level project (was Re: [AXIS/WSIF] >proposed new WSIF home page URL) > > >Davanum Srinivas wrote: >> +1 for creating a new project called webservices.apache.org and migrating >> Apache Axis, Apache SOAP, WSIF, WSIL etc. under that as components. >> That means there would be one set of committers, one PMC, one set >> of rules/guidelines etc.. > >Let me expand upon that last statement. Jakarta is an umbrella PMC with >lots of pieces. One such piece was Avalon, which itself had a lot of >pieces. Both resulted in serious community and oversight issues. I can >provide more detailed background if necessary, but sufficie it to say >that there is a strong desire that any new PMC that is created addresses >some of these issues. > >The first thing we need to consider is whether there are WSIF developers >and Axis developers as separate concepts. Example, does a WSIF >developer need to submit a patch to WSDL2Java in order to address one of >"their" needs, or is WSDL2Java community property? > >- Sam Ruby >
