+1 on Nathan's suggestion on name.
On Sat, Mar 15, 2014 at 3:06 AM, Nathan Marz <[email protected]> wrote: > How about we make a folder under root called "other" in which everything > non-core can go. We can do further subfolders if we want called "examples" > and "connectors" - I don't care either way. I think this will first of all > make it clear these things are not part of the core project, and it will > also prevent the root of the source from getting cluttered with too much > stuff. > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:16 PM, Ted Dunning <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Taylor, > > > > You guys have been doing a generally excellent job. I was just chiming > in > > on the chance that there was doubt. > > > > > > On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 4:09 PM, P. Taylor Goetz <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > Thanks Ted, > > > > > > We're being very careful when pulling in additional code by taking > steps > > > to preserve commit history (chain of evidence), and when necessary, > > > initiate the IP clearance process (haven't had to yet). > > > > > > > Cool. > > > > > > > The latter is kind of a gray area as far as I can tell from questions > > I've > > > asked on general@. It seems to be a judgment call based on the size of > > > the contribution. > > > > > > > It is exactly that. > > > > > > > > > > If there's anything else we can do to make sure we get these things > > right, > > > or do a better job, please let us know. > > > > > > > So far, things are going swimmingly, due in no small part to your > efforts. > > > > > > > > > > > > -Taylor > > > > > > > On Mar 13, 2014, at 4:03 PM, Ted Dunning <[email protected]> > > wrote: > > > > > > > > Having a committer sign off on each addition has a very large role at > > > > Apache. One of the key aspects of Apache software releases is that > all > > > of > > > > the code is traceable back to the original contributor and there is a > > > > logical chain that allows Apache to stand behind the licensing of the > > > code. > > > > > > > > This licensing and chain of evidence is a big part of what makes open > > > > source palatable to risk averse businesses. It is really important > to > > > > maintain. > > > > > > > > Storm has a very good record of doing this before being part of > Apache > > > > which makes integration into Apache processes easier, but it is > > important > > > > to hang on to that careful approach. > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > >> On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 12:58 PM, P. Taylor Goetz < > [email protected]> > > > wrote: > > > >> > > > >> Exactly. > > > >> > > > >> That's why I proposed that anything that's brought in require at > least > > > on > > > >> committer to "sponsor" it: > > > > > > > > > > > > -- > Twitter: @nathanmarz > http://nathanmarz.com >
