On Wed, 17 Dec 2003, __matthewHawthorne wrote:
> However, I'm not sure that I understand your suggestion about Jakarta > Commons becoming top level, and then being joined by Apache Commons. I > think it should be the other way around -- Jakarta Commons projects > should become Apache Commons projects. It's easier for 1 to join N, than for N to join 1. Rather than have us spend ages trying to modify A-C's rules until we feel like we like the idea, we can just suggest that we grandfather our rules in and invite the A-C people in to help us open our minds. > But in a sense, it can all seem redundant. If Apache Commons then has > projects for all languages, there would need to be at least a small > separation of projects by language, if only for web site listing, or > coding standards, etc. So, there would be a Java branch of Apache > Commons -- which is kind of what Jakarta was in the first place, > Apache's Java project, right? This starts getting us into big long email threads about how to architect a multi-language commons, and I'm not sure we need it yet. Even with a merger, there would only be 2 additional C projects so not enough to have a clue what the future will look like. While we'll have to stop the project being java-centric, just to fit the components on the website and in the mind, we wouldn't have to find a new structure. So there wouldn't be a Java branch of Apache Commons, there would just be Apache Commons. It would be a bazaar of projects which might then choose the Java language as a categorisation, or might choose something else. > So, my point is, I agree that Jakarta Commons might benefit in being > higher up. I'm surprised that Struts isn't a top level project already, > but if it were to be, then that would be another top level project that > depends on JC -- which doesn't quite fit with the charter. > > Although, as I just mentioned, the language issues still confuse me. And it should. I'm essentially proposing we deal with it later on when we have more data. Hen --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
