On 3/2/06, Rahul Akolkar <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On 3/2/06, Simon Kitching <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > On Thu, 2006-03-02 at 17:50 -0500, Rahul Akolkar wrote: > <snip/> > > > > > > Is that really the only reason? With [proxy] (and [scxml] as well), > > > one of the glaring reasons I see is that they're still in sandbox. We > > > *couldn't* release them right now, irrespective of how daunting the > > > task of cutting a release may be. I'd say, its different. > > > > What you can't do is have binaries built from sandbox code then > > distributed from the official Apache mirrors. And that seems right to > > me; distribution from the official site(s) implies that the project has > > passed Apache's tests for quality -- including having a community of > > developers trusted by Apache to verify and maintain it. > > > <snap/> > > Yes, I'm aware, and completely agree. > > > > The fact that the code is still in the sandbox implies that the project > > has NOT passed those tests. It doesn't mean the code isn't good; it may > > be brilliant. However if there isn't a community of existing apache > > committers looking at the code, Apache doesn't *know* it's brilliant. > > > <snip/> > > ... sure, à la "see the light". > > > > I believe that binaries can still be built from sandbox code and > > distributed from your people.apache.org address, and that the sandbox > > site can point to that location as a source of "unofficial" binaries. > > > <snap/> > > Even better, we have nightlies, thanks to Craig. > > > > If SCXML is factored out of an existing project, then can't you get > > half-a-dozen committers from that project to put themselves forward as > > commons committers then call for the promotion of SCXML followed by a > > release? Approval of existing committers from another Apache project > > won't take long, as long as they really are serious about verifying and > > maintaing SCXML. > > > <snip/> > > Half-a-dozen, such luxuries is Commons talk ;-) You probably need to > have been recently active in Taglibs to know what I'm talking about.
<tongue-in-cheek> So then nobody knows what you're talking about. </tongue-in-cheek> Sorry, couldn't resist. ;-) -- Martin Cooper In any case, based on the growing interest in [scxml] on the > CommonsPeople wiki page [1], which currently shows atleast 5 > committers interested in [scxml] (in theory or more), I'm happy to > give this more time. I probably naively believe that more of us will > see its merit, and I plan on staying that way for a while ;-) > > -Rahul > > [1] http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta-commons/CommonsPeople > > > > Cheers, > > > > Simon > > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >
