Yes, I think that should finally be sorted out ;) And we will try to err to the best of the ASF, promised.
regards, Martin On 5/16/05, Ted Husted <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > On 5/15/05, Sean Schofield <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > It's not a question of what you *think* you can maintain. If you bring an > > > external code base into the ASF repository, you *must be committed* - as a > > > community, not one or two individuals - to maintaining it and resolving > > > any technical issues, not to mention resolving any legal issues *before* > > > it touches the ASF repository. If there is even a hint that this is not > > > the case, you should go through the incubator. > > > > In the case of Jesse's SF code it doesn't sound like incubator is > > required. This is based on Craig's detailed explanation as well as > > common sense. According to Craig it is fine for a few individuals to > > work off list on things and then offer them to the community for > > inclusion. Its up to the PMC to decide whether or not that code > > should then go in the sandbox or could be added directly to the source > > code proper. > > According to Craig, it is fine for *committers* to work of list and then ... > > I haven't reviewed Jesse's SF code. But if it's on the scale of custom > JSP tag, then you might have Jesse file a CLA and accept the donation > directly to the MyFaces project. If the contribution is more than a > tag library, with several interacting tags, then it might be > significant enough to pass through the Incubator. > > Whether you put the component into the trunk, or into a sandbox, is a > separate issue than whether the project or the incubator accepts the > donation. > > Some projects use a sandbox to develop new code and then decide > whether to make it part of the standard distribution (merge it with > the trunk). > > The Incubator Project is the Foundation's "front controller" for > significant, or extra-ordinary, code donations. > > HTH (really I do!), Ted :) >
