Hi Pei, On Jul 20, 2012, at 1:10 PM, Chen, Pei wrote:
> Hi Chris, > Steve and el. is correct. There was a previously pending release currently > in SourceForge (called 2.6) scheduled some time ago. I understand that -- but things can be changed, no? And if not, why not? > Our plan is to make a clean break from SourceForge after this release to > avoid any duplicate effort as you suggested. I get that -- my main concern now is that there are people developing code on cTAKES at SF.net that were not proposed as Apache cTAKES committers. This will cause problems down the road potentially due to grants/IPs on the code, and clean provenance. I'm also kind of concerned that you guys didn't declare these people on the Incubator proposal, and would like to know the reason. > And going forward we anticipate that all work should be done from the Apache > SVN. Great, my question is, why not now? If you are so close to making a cTAKES 2.6 release at SF.net why not do it here? > We didn't document the actual plan yet on the proposal as to how the actual > migration would occur thinking that it would be part of the incubation > process. Sure -- but you are clearly operating in some documented mode over there at SF.net, no? Why not adopt that mode here at the ASF? I'm not saying that 2.6 CAN'T go out at SF.net -- I'm simply encouraging the Apache cTAKES committers (who also seem to be wearing the SF.net cTAKES hats as well) to consider making 2.6 here -- both from a community perspective, but also from a provenance one, and also from a not duplicating effort one, and finally from an Apache good will perspective. I'll be blunt -- you guys didn't mention this parallel development in your proposal and folks at the ASF VOTEd this project into the Incubator without full knowledge. I don't think it's a blocker to moving forward, but I think we need to get our heads on straight and start having this project undergo development (all phases, not just *NEW*) here at the ASF. That's what I was VOTE'ing for, and signing up for, as your mentor, at least speaking from my own opinion. Cheers, Chris ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Chris Mattmann, Ph.D. Senior Computer Scientist NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory Pasadena, CA 91109 USA Office: 171-266B, Mailstop: 171-246 Email: [email protected] WWW: http://sunset.usc.edu/~mattmann/ ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++ Adjunct Assistant Professor, Computer Science Department University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA 90089 USA ++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++++
