I agree with Martin, put them on the wiki and it takes away the hassle of having to maintain them. Seems to work well in Struts:
http://wiki.apache.org/struts/StrutsBooks Niall ----- Original Message ----- From: "robert burrell donkin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Jakarta Commons Developers List" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Wednesday, November 10, 2004 9:56 PM Subject: Re: [all] (reprise) links to books (and similar resources) > On 10 Nov 2004, at 21:44, Shapira, Yoav wrote: > > > Hi, > > > >>> the reason why the consensus moved from direct linking from a > > resources > >>> page on the site was that it might appear too much like an official > >>> recommendation which may cause frictions within the community. > > > > FWIW, although I wasn't involved in this discussion (and certainly was > > not part of "the consensus"), I disagree with the above. As long as a > > resources page clarifies that no endorsement or preference is being > > made, and the same page is open to / inclusive of all relevant works, I > > think that's fine. It's like the vendors page off the Jakarta home > > page. > > > > If everyone else thinks otherwise, that's fine, but just know that if > > such a consensus exists, it's at best limited to commons only, and does > > not apply to Jakarta in general (and other Apache TLPs). > > at the time, struts was going through a tough time working out what to > do when some committers very strongly objected to the listing of some > books. the jakarta vendor page has also proved very difficult. a > document in cvs means has to be actively maintained by volunteers and > the content approved (passively or actively). it can be argued that > listing on an ASF page is a form of endorsement (and there's a general > wariness about endorsements amongst some...). > > after long (and often painful) experience with the jakarta vendor page, > i (for one) would not volunteer to create or maintain a page for books, > so i'm probably -0 on including a page in the documentation. > > opinions? > > - robert > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
