Hi Nick, All What could be the next step in contributing mod_dav_repos to the httpd project?
There are two possibilities in my mind: - writing some kind of proposal for joining apache with the catacomb project - put the mod_dav_repos code in a secure area of the httpd project. I mean some kind of incubation area where the code resists until it fits all rules of the asf If there some kind of standard-process when adding a new module to the httpd project? How could we start? Markus -----Ursprüngliche Nachricht----- Von: Nick Kew [mailto:[email protected]] Gesendet: Montag, 6. Juni 2011 11:45 An: [email protected] Betreff: Re: Catacomb webdav module as part of httpd On 6 Jun 2011, at 08:17, <[email protected]> <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello all, > > the catacomb project exists for quite some time. Catacomb is a WebDAV > repository module for use with the Apache WebDAV module, mod_dav. > Mod_dav already comes with a module that acts like an interface between the > httpd-server and the local hard drive: mod_dav_fs. Catacomb (mod_dav_repos) > is an alternative module that could replace mod_dav_fs. So the catacomb > project is wondering if catacomb could become a httpd-subproject and the main > module (mod_dav_repos) could co-exist with mod_dav_fs. > > Of course the project needs to pass through some kind of incubation process > to adapt code structure and style, and maybe some structural changes need to > be made. > > Catacomb could be found at apache-extras: > http://code.google.com/a/apache-extras.org/p/catacomb/ > > How could this process started? Any thoughts? Thanks for the offer: looks interesting. I did a little work along these lines some years back, but you've clearly gone a lot further in building a production-worthy product. Have you read the materials at incubator.apache.org? Actually contributing a single module doesn't necessarily call for the full incubation process if the current httpd community are happy to adopt it. Though at 98k compressed size for a tarball, your project may be rather big for that! I see you have a good start: the license is right and you have five people listed as committers which (if they're active) suggests a decent level of support. I take it you've discussed this amongst yourselves and are all agreed about offering it to Apache? I'm unlikely to find time this week, but I'll try and take a look at your work, perhaps at the weekend. -- Nick Kew Available for work, contract or permanent http://www.webthing.com/~nick/cv.html
