On 3/23/06, robert burrell donkin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > jakarta's charter is tied to the java language. IMHO the board is very > unlikely to make the same mistake again (language independent groupings > are preferred). this means that we cannot accept dot net code here > (which is one reason why jakarta is gradually deconstructing itself). > > the board formed a commons project at apache a few years ago. they had > it in mind that commons components might decide to move from jakarta to > commons and new committers might be interested in cross language ports. > it didn't work out that way and the commons project was closed. a lot of > energy was invested in that effort and it is likely to take a lot of > energy to persuade people to give something like that a second chance. > > so, sadly i'm not hope that there is much chance (at the moment) of a > dot net port finding a home here at jakarta.
This is interesting as a, say, .net port of commons-collections is closely tied to commons-collections, or not ? So where should it live ? > apache has changed fast in the last few years: evolving in an attempt to > scale. now new code bases need to come in through the incubator. it's > worth posting a proposal there. it's more language agnostic. Is the incubator also intended for new projects ? I thought it is for bringing existing code bases into Apache ? > but don't be too disappointed if the reaction is more or less: come back > once you have bootstrapped a community. i know that this is the most > difficult part of the process but react positively and try to get as > many community building tips as possible from the folks on list. it's > just possible that you might be able to pick up a developer or two as > well. > > it's definitely possible for this project like this to succeed without > the apache brand and i agree it's worthwhile too. IMHO you probably need > as much energy and knowledge to successfully bootstrap a project within > or without apache. one good resource is http://producingoss.com. use a > blog to promote your project. release often. it takes time to establish > a new project and gain momentum so don't worry if you're plowing a > lonely furrow in the early days. invest time encouraging people to get > involved in your community. spend a few dollars buying a .org domain > (there are cheap now). if you host at sorceforge use subversion 'cos > it's great. A .Net port would IMO have a lot in common (no pun intended) with a Java 5 'port', and there is at least one such project at SourceForge, right ? cheers, Tom --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
