Hi, > -----Original Message----- > From: Farr, Aaron [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Niclas Hedhman [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > Execution > > ========= > > 1. Merlin becomes a TLP with the help of [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > 2. Merlin codebase and documentation is moved. > > 3. Avalon maintain Merlin as a "Related Projects" or similar. > > 4. Merlin will still depend on Avalon, and will maintain its links. > > 4. http://avalon.apache.org/merlin and a few others are maintained as > > redirects. > > 5. Possibly some other details needs resolution, like which pieces are > > actually moved, what shall we do with the org.apache.avalon package > names > > used in Merlin sub-parts, and will any Merlin committers remain > committers > > at Avalon... > > #5 is the tricky part. > > Some things seem obvious to me, like composition and activation should go > with Merlin. But what about repository? It's actually an independent
Put it into depot. > tool, > and a rather nice one. Should it go with Merlin? Stay in Avalon? Go to > the depot group? And what about meta? The implementation should probably > go to Merlin but will we at least have a unified set of meta-tags? And > the > new avalon-logging? Should it stay in Avalon or move with Merlin? Avalon > I'm not saying we have to answer these questions now before we make a > decision. I just want to point out that there would be plenty of details > to > work out. The issues are really there regardless of it being Fortress or > Merlin which is promoted. Right > Also, for the sake of everyone's sanity, if this proposal is the one > accepted, it might make more sense to discuss the details in an IRC > meeting > so we could cut down on excessive traffic on the mailing lists. The real > time communication would allow things to happen faster too. +1 to that lets setup another meeting. This time I USA folks can be late nighters or something. > > > > World Peace and Extinction of All Diseases will follow... > > > > > > What do you all think? > > I'm all for World Peace and Extinction of All Diseases. Of course that > would probably hurt the medical professions. > > I think promoting Merlin to a TLP is just as valid an option as promoting > Fortress/Excalibur to a TLP. Personally, Merlin seems to make more sense > since between the two it's a larger project. What about this crazy idea of 3 TLPs and we dismantle Avalon which has far too much negativity associated with it. But this may be too crazy of an idea. * Framework - everyone interested in framework will be here * Fortress - what was referred to as the cowboys * Merlin - and the city slickers here But we can discuss this in the IRC meeting. > What about Leo's proposal? What does the Leo Gang of Nine think? GoN ~= GoF patterns book - *alex chuckles* Alex --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
