> You mentioned that this decision was because of time and resources. > There is no reason to doubt, of course. Stan, don't get me wrong. I > appreciate your contributions and thank you for your offer to commit > the 1.2 stuff. Perhaps you where a little bit frustrated to get not > much support from the community the last weeks. Ok, our fault. But, > hey, this is Apache open source land. Many of us have day jobs not > directly related to MyFaces.
No, it had nothing to do with frustration on my part. I totally understand what it's like to do open source on nights and weekends. I don't fault anyone at MyFaces. It really wasn't my decision to make. But, there was no way to make an argument that spending 60 hours a week on MyFaces was a good use of my time. I have a responsibility to do right by my employer. > However, supporting Apache MyFaces further on would have been a strong > signal from JBoss to the open source community. Too bad. I do differ with you there. You don't get more "open source community" than JBoss. We live it, breathe it, eat it, and feed our children with it. We've proven that you don't have to just do open source on nights and weekends. You can make it your day job. More developers should insist on spending their time doing what they love instead of being stuck in boring IT jobs. To that end, I will now be able to work on open source projects that expand the usefulness of JSF in general. I'm sorry if the MyFaces core impl suffers, but the overall community actually benefits. I want to reiterate - this has nothing to do with our opinion of MyFaces or Apache. The whole effort just wasn't making a lot of sense. I still think MyFaces is cool, for lots of reasons. > > Regards, > Manfred > > > > On 5/9/06, Stan Silvert <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > I have some news for everyone. The JavaOne Committers/Contributors > meeting > > is cancelled - at least for me. I won't be attending JavaOne this year. > > Since nobody from JBoss will be at the MyFaces meeting, I don't think > JBoss > > will be able to sponsor the event. If you still want the meeting to > happen > > I will find out if the room is cancelled or not. If the room is > cancelled > > then maybe another company can pick up the cost. It wasn't very > expensive > > (I think around $500). > > > > > > > > Also, JBoss has decided to use the RI instead of MyFaces for JBoss 5. > The > > decision was purely one of time and resources. By shipping the RI we > will > > be able to pass the JEE 5 TCK sooner. It also means that I can be > > reassigned to other JSF-related projects. > > > > > > > > There is some good news: > > > > 1) I will commit the 1.2 code that I have already written. It is > > fairly substantial and should give MyFaces a good head start on 1.2 > > compliance. > > > > 2) Though I won't be as active as in the past few months, I'll > still > > keep an eye on MyFaces work as time allows. > > > > 3) JBoss is upping its involvement in the JSF community. I can't > say > > much at this point about that. You probably already know about JBoss > Seam, > > but there is more cool JSF stuff where that came from. > > > > > > > > Best regards, > > > > > > > > > > Stan Silvert > > > > JBoss, Inc. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > callto://stansilvert > > > > > > ________________________________ > > > > > > From: Stan Silvert [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] > > Sent: Thursday, April 06, 2006 7:54 PM > > To: MyFaces Development > > Subject: JavaOne MyFaces Committers/Contributors meeting > > > > > > > > In addition to the dinner, it sounded like there was interest in a > MyFaces > > "Committers and Contributors" meeting. > > > > > > > > Please let me know if you are coming and if you are willing to lead a > > discussion. > > > > > > > > I got JBoss to sponsor the meeting and we now have a room booked for 20- > 30 > > people at the Hotel Palomar (across the street from the Marriott). We > are > > booked on Wednesday, the 17th: > > > > - 20-30 people classroom style so you all will have desks > > > > - afternoon from 1pm to 5pm > > > > - 3pm break with refreshments - sodas and water. Maybe some light > > snacks? > > > > - LCD projector, one microphone, a screen and wireless mouse > > > > > > > > I'm open to the format, but I was thinking we could do it BOF-style with > > some short presentations and lots of Q&A. Here are some suggestions for > > topics: > > > > > > > > Project History and Overview (Manfred, would you be willing to do this > one?) > > > > Project Infrastructure (SVN tips?, MVN tips?, How stuff is organized. > Future > > Plans for component unification?) > > > > Tomahawk > > > > Tobago > > > > ADF > > > > The JSF Community and Ecosystem > > > > JSF Portlets (I'll do this one if folks are interested) > > > > JSF 1.2 > > > > > > > > Again, please respond if you will attend and if you can lead a > discussion. > > > > > > > > Stan Silvert > > > > JBoss, Inc. > > > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > > > callto://stansilvert > > > >
