Yeah I'll do that. Is Peter out of town or something I can't get in touch with him. I really wanted his advice before walking this path but it came quickly.
Thanks for the input, I always welcome it from you guys. Alex > > From: Paul Hammant <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Date: 2003/07/14 Mon PM 03:18:55 EDT > To: Avalon Developers List <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Subject: Re: [OT] LDAPd and Avalon > > Alex, > > I encourage your efforts to get LDAPd to Apache, but it is waaay more > complicated and lenghty than you believe. Read up on the XMLBeans > thread(s) from the general list before doing anything else. > > - Paul > > >Avalon Members, LDAPd Members, and Nickola, > > > >Okay it looks good. 4 out of the 5 of the LDAPd guys already replied with a +1 so > >we're well above the 3/4ths majority. We're in if the Avalon PMC votes positively > >on sponsoring LDAPd for the incubator. I guess if and when the PMC votes > >positively on LDAPd we need to have the LDAPd folks fill out this form > > > >http://incubator.apache.org/forms/ASF_Contributor_License_2_form.pdf > > > >and fax or mail it some where but there is no mention of how to submit this to > >Apache on the incubator site. We can deal with this if and when we have to. > > > >Thanks to all, > >Alex Karasulu > > > > > > > >>From: Nicola Ken Barozzi <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >>Date: 2003/07/14 Mon AM 11:51:58 EDT > >>To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >>Subject: Re: [OT] LDAPd and Avalon > >> > >> > >>[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote, On 14/07/2003 16.47: > >> > >> > >> > >>>Nicola, > >>> > >>>Forgive me but I thought I'd change the subject of the email > >>> > >>> > >>Hey, I should thank you :-) > >> > >> > >> > >>>and perhaps if you would like we could move it to a more appropriate mailing list. > >>> > >>>"How does it sound?" You ask, well it all sounds good to me. Avalon is a great > >>>fit and pathway immediately out of the incubator since the server is an Avalon > >>>based server. We should fell right at home with it there and think several > >>>Avalon folks could help join the effort. So I guess the sponsoring PMC we would > >>>need to contact would be Avalon's PMC. Seeing as how you're the Avalon PMC Chair > >>>would you begin the process of sponsoring LDAPd? I don't know what this entails > >>>on your side but I guess its a PMC vote to sponsor right? > >>> > >>> > >>Yes. > >> > >> > >> > >>>I just have a few questions regarding the process and structure of things to > >>>come. First you will be asking the incubator to add us. What will determine the > >>>graduation into Avalon as an Avalon subproject? I'm guessing the formation of a > >>>community around the OS project in line with the Apache Way is the goal. > >>> > >>> > >>Not exactly. Here is how it works: > >> > >>1 - A projects looks for a sponsioring Apache member. > >> Better even, a sponsoring Apache PMC. > >>2 - the PMC asks the Incubator for incubation > >>3 - Incubation - the sponsoring PMC helps and Incubator watches > >>4 - When the incubation is ok, the project is voted out > >> of the Incubator and lands in the requesting Project > >> > >> > >> > >>>Now LDAPd has several CVS projects segmenting the code into logical areas. For > >>>example there is an ldapd-common for common client and server code. There is a > >>>ldapd-client which contains clients and client specific library code. Then there > >>>is ldapd-server which contains the blocks of the ldap server in a package > >>>structure reflecting the blocks. Also there are CVS modules for each type of > >>>backend like modjdbm, modjdbc etcetera. My question is how would all these > >>>different repositories need to be managed would we merge them into one or can > >>>they stay separate. I would rather keep them separate since some people will > >>>have access to clients and others will be server side and library developers. > >>>This is probably why I eventually would like to see this become a top level > >>>project like James. Please don't misconstrue my LDAP vision for sensibility - we > >>>would certainly need incubation time and a good amount of time maturing under > >>>Avalon before reaching such a production grade > >>> > >>> > >>sta > >> > >> > >>> te. I'm just looking forward to a future where I can go to one place to do my > >>> Java LDAP shopping so to speak just like the way I can do it for Java Servlets, > >>> and Java Mail today at Apache. > >>> > >>> > >>I understand. What I'd see is simply an avalon-ldap repository. > >>Inside, you can create the directories you talk about. > >> > >> > >> > >>>I know all the guys at LDAPd would be fine with the move I would still need to > >>>run it by them and take a count. It's the right thing to do. What else would I > >>>need to do to begin the process if the PMC approves the sponsorship? > >>> > >>> > >>If the project and the Avalon PMC both vote ok for it, the Incubation > >>will start. The first thing we'll need are signed papers from *all* code > >>contributors that give Apache the rights. 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