On 12/30/05, John Fallows <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Btw, after the code becomes publicly available, I'm convinced that it needs > to spend some time in the Apache Incubator rather than trying to fast track > it out of there too aggressively.
If the intent is to obtain Apache accounts for several ADF developers by virture of an Incubator proposal, then yes, the donation would have to spend several months, perhaps even a year, in the Incubator, while the community is indoctrinated. Of course, there is no guarantee that the Incubator PMC will accept the proposal. > Obviously we'll need to refactor the ADF Faces codebase to meet Apache > MyFaces packaging requirements, but more importantly, there'll be an > opportunity to gain insights from the wider MyFaces community to better > prepare our exit from the Incubator. >From our perspective, these sorts of things, while necessary, are secondary. The key goal would be to determine whether the ADF developers can continue to create and maintain the codebase over the mailing lists, without making decisions behind closed doors, and attract other committers to the product. Technicalities aside, the Incubator PMC will want to see that the community behind the donation has become diverse. So long as the active committers are the original ADF committers, the donation would remain in the Incubator indefinately. Community is the prime directive. If the community is not transparent and diverse, the quality of the code won't matter. -T. > > No one wants ADF Faces to get stuck in the Incubator, but when it does exit, > we will all benefit from having the whole MyFaces community behind it. > > Kind Regards, > John Fallows. > > -- > Author Pro JSF and Ajax: Building Rich Internet Components > http://www.apress.com/book/bookDisplay.html?bID=10044
