OK so I have that confused. It seemed like there was a very low threshold to create a new sandbox project (I think that part I remember correctly) but I guess the people advocating for them (who were not committters) had to submit patches.
sean On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 10:37:39 -0800 (PST), Martin Cooper <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > On Wed, 16 Mar 2005, Sean Schofield wrote: > > > I think we are talking about a "sandbox" such as the one used by > > commons. You do not have to be an ASF committer to commit to the > > sandbox but you need to be a committer to start a new sandbox project > > (I think I have that right.) That could be a good way to encourage > > new contributions. > > Erm, no. You *must* be an ASF committer to be able to commit to any ASF > repository. The rule for the Commons Sandbox is that any existing ASF > committer can request commit access, but you still have to have earned > commit privileges elsewhere in the ASF first. > > -- > Martin Cooper > > > > I still think we are getting a little bit ahead of ourselves with some > > of these discussions. There's no harm in discussing these ideas > > (which are all very interesting) but we still have some basics to take > > care of. There is the issue of the next release (I noticed nobody has > > voted on this yet), the lack of documentation, the mailing list and > > cvs migration (from incubator-myfaces) to (myfaces), nighthly builds > > and the lack of a formalized release process. > > > > I know none of these outstanding issues is very exciting but we should > > probably get a few things in order before going very far with new > > proposals. This is not to discourage discussion on these matters, > > just a friendly reminder :-) > > > > sean > > > > > > On Wed, 16 Mar 2005 19:18:08 +0100, Matthias Wessendorf > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > >> > >>> My only comment is to remind people that the ASF and SourceForge are > >>> quite different in the way they work. The ASF is a meritocracy, while SF > >>> tends to be more of a free-for-all. The relevance of this to a component > >>> repository is that just because someone shows up at MyFaces with a new > >>> component doesn't mean that they can necessarily get it added. It would > >>> depend on whether or not they have a history with the project, and > >>> whether the existing community deems that they have sufficient merit to > >>> be invited to join - or whether existing committers are willing to take > >>> responsibility for the component themselves. Of course, SF *can* work > >>> this way as well. It's just not required to do so. > >> > >> I like the Struts way and their *incubator* on SF :-) > >> Some of the inventions that were placed their migrated > >> after a period into the core of Struts. > >> > >> So why not having such a thing for something like "Apache Faces"? > >> Components from encouraged users could first integrated into a > >> SF project, and may come into Apache Faces Components... > >> > >> Just a thought, > >> > >> Sure, time is also a factor for that. But perhaps it is worth > >> to think about something like that! > >> > >> -Matthias > >> > >> > >>> So basically you need to decide how you want a central repository to > >>> work before you can decide whether it should live at the ASF as part of > >>> MyFaces, or live somewhere else such as SourceForge. > >>> > >>> -- > >>> Martin Cooper > >>> > >>> > >>>> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > >>>> Kito D. Mann ([EMAIL PROTECTED]) > >>>> Virtua, Inc. (phone: 203-323-1244 fax: 203-323-2363) > >>>> Author, JavaServer Faces in Action > >>>> (<http://www.manning.com/mann/index.html>http://www.manning.com/mann/index.html) > >>>> > >>>> http://www.JSFCentral.com - JavaServer Faces FAQ, news, and info > >>>> > >>>> "Existence doesn't necessarily mean living..." > >>> > >>> > >> > >> -- > >> Matthias We�endorf > >> Aechterhoek 18 > >> DE-48282 Emsdetten > >> Germany > >> phone: +49-2572-9170275 > >> cell phone: +49-179-1118979 > >> email: matzew AT apache DOT org > >> url: http://www.wessendorf.net > >> callto://mwessendorf (Skype) > >> icq: 47016183 > >> > > >
