+1 On 2/15/06, Manfred Geiler <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > MyFaces PMC members, > Please vote for the acceptance of ADF Faces as a candiate for > Incubation. On positive vote (no binding -1 within 72 hours) I will > send a proposal for Podling status to the Incubator PMC. > > Attached is a snapshot of the proposal. > > Regards, > Manfred Geiler > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > Proposal for ADF Faces, a MyFaces subproject 6 February 2006, The ADF > Faces Team (contributions by: Adam Winer, awiner at gmail dot com; > john dot r dot fallows at gmail dot com) > > (0) rationale > > Apache MyFaces strives to provide an environment where open source > developers can create new components and contribute them back to the > community. > > The goal of ADF Faces is to provide web application developers with a > rich set of user interface components based on the ?JavaServer Faces > specification. > > ADF Faces comes with very high quality components, a dialog framework, > as well as personalization and skinning capabilities. ADF Faces > features include: file upload support, client-side validation, partial > rendering of a page (AJAX-style), data tables, hierarchical tables, > color/date pickers, progress indicators, menu tabs/buttons, wizards, > internationalization and accessibility. A complete list of the ADF > Faces components is available (here.) This project starts with more > than 100 components which have already been documented and thoroughly > tested. > > ADF Faces is a temporary name for this project, what it will be called > in the future is yet to be determined by the Apache MyFaces community. > ADF Faces development started in 2001. Initial development took place > outside the Apache Software Foundation, therefore the ADF Faces team > and MyFaces are applying for incubation. > > (0.1) criteria > > Meritocracy: > > The ADF Faces project will be consensus-based using the mailing lists > and completely transparent. Developers will employ Apache conventions, > such as "+1", when coming to decisions and if necessary voting will > establish the final 'will' of the community. > > Community: > > The MyFaces project and the ?JavaServer Faces standard hold great > promise. A rich set of UI components will significantly accelerate > their adoption. We strongly believe that ADF Faces will gather > significant momentum and enough developers to build a vibrant > community of users and contributors. We look forward to seeing more > components "blossom" as part of the Apache MyFaces project. > > Core Developers: > > ADF Faces was developed by five Oracle employees including Adam Winer > (active member of the ?JavaServer Faces expert group since day one) > and John Fallows co-author of "Pro JSF and Ajax". Developers have > filed the Contribution License Agreement. Oracle has also filed the > Corporate Contribution License Agreement. > > Three PMC members from the MyFaces project are currently planning to > become active ADF Faces developers, others will hopefully follow: > > * Matthias Wessendorf > * Martin Marinschek > * Bruno Aranda > > Alignment: > > ADF Faces aligns perfectly with MyFaces and other ASF projects > utilizing J2EE infrastructure such as Tomcat. Of particular relevance > are projects such as Geronimo, Apache libraries like Jakarta Taglibs > and Apache Maven. > > (0.2) warning signs > > Orphaned products: > > Most of the active developers would like to become ADF Faces > Committers or PMC Members and plan to remain active in the project. > > Inexperience with open source: > > Most ADF Faces developers have been consuming open source projects > extensively and participating in open source mailing lists. In fact > Adam Winer and John Fallows have been actively involved in the Apache > MyFaces mailing list. Our mentors and the MyFaces team have great > experience with open source development and ASF and already sharing > with the ADF Faces team. > > Homogenous developers: > > We understand full well that development discussions need to take > place on the public developers list not behind closed doors. Oracle > will strongly encourage developers across the globe to join the ADF > Faces community. > > Reliance on salaried developers: > > Although ADF Faces was built by Oracle developers, initial interest > from the MyFaces community seems strong. We anticipate several MyFaces > community members to join the ADF Faces effort which will dilute this > project's reliance on Oracle developers overtime. Meanwhile, Oracle > will continue to support the project by dedicating full time > resources, to ensure a smooth transition into Apache. > > No ties to other Apache products: > > ADF Faces runs on MyFaces. > > A fascination with the Apache brand: > > ADF Faces developers believe that by joining the ASF, the community > will continue to grow and continue to attract developers. > > (1) scope of the subprojects > > Although ADF Faces could work well as a TLP, our preference would be > to enter ASF as a MyFaces subproject, but we leave it to the Incubator > PMC and ASF Board to make the final decision. > > (2) identify the initial source from which the subproject is to be populated > > Source- and binary downloads can be found at: > > [WWW] http://people.apache.org/~bdudney/apache-drop.zip > > The source-code is provided under the Apache License, Version 2.0 > > (3) identify the ASF resources to be created > > (3.1) mailing list(s) > > * adffaces-dev > * adffaces-user > * adffaces-commits > * adffaces-issues > > (3.2) Subversion or CVS repositories > > We could either be allowed into the MyFaces sandbox area (with > incubation disclaimers) or we could create CVS/Subversion repository > with one module: > > * apache-adffaces > > (3.3) Issue Tracking > > ADF Faces would have its own release cycle and its own JIRA project. > > * Project Name: MyFaces-ADFFaces > * Project Key : ADFFACES > > (4) identify the initial set of committers > > (4.1) Already ASF committers > > (4.2) Scheduled Apache users > > (4.3) Not scheduled, Contributors > > (4.4) Unknown > > (5) identify apache sponsoring individual > > * Champion: Manfred Geiler (MyFaces PMC Chair, Officer) > * Sponsor: MyFaces PMC > * Mentor: Craig McClanahan (ASF Member, Struts PMC, Jakarta PMC, > Incubator PMC) >
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