On Sat, Apr 7, 2012 at 8:33 AM, Kevin Kluge <kevin.kl...@citrix.com> wrote:
> Brett, thanks for the comments. I put some responses in line. > > > -----Original Message----- > > From: Brett Porter [mailto:br...@porterclan.net] On Behalf Of Brett > Porter > > Sent: Friday, April 06, 2012 4:53 PM > > To: general@incubator.apache.org > > Cc: general@incubator.apache.org > > Subject: Re: [PROPOSAL][RFC] CloudStack for the Apache Incubator > > > > Hi Kevin, > > > > I made a couple of minor edits. > > > > A few more suggestions... > > > > I think you could drop the last sentence of the rationale. The ASF > doesn't > > have any strategic goals to cover particular technology area. > > Sure, will remove it. > > > > > Th alignment section looks fine as is, but it's not strictly necessary to > > speculate on other projects you might use. There's no requirement to > > depend on other ASF projects instead of other suitable choices. > This was actually nice to see because it showed just how many ASF projects the software depends on but as you say it's not necessary. > > The addition of the dependency and license tables is informative, but I'd > > leave the actions and remarks for a status page later - as others have > said > > these problems can be resolved in incubation. > > +1 > That's good. The presence of those columns makes the proposal a bit of a > moving target -- either we edit them as we make progress on the > unacceptable dependencies or the document becomes out of date. I will > remove them and start a separate, active document to track progress. > > > > > On that note though - I believe java mail and the server API are > available > > under compatible licenses. > > > > You've mentioned there are original contributors now less involved in the > > code. Are they likely to still be involved in other activities that are > part of the > > decision making of the project? > > Yes, Will and Sheng are both influential. Will does engineering > management at Citrix and so has input on the day-day activities of many of > the initial committers. Sheng provides input on longer term direction for > the project based on his observations across the industry. Both will have > opinions on how the project should be run. > > -kevin > > > > > > Thanks, > > Brett > > > > On 05/04/2012, at 4:03 PM, Kevin Kluge <kevin.kl...@citrix.com> wrote: > > > > > I updated the proposal at > > http://wiki.apache.org/incubator/CloudStackProposal. I have included > the > > embedded source dependencies, binary dependencies, and contributor e- > > mail addresses. There are some open questions in the dependencies (e.g., > > treatment of dependencies that have no discernible license), but my > > impression is that these issues do not need resolution before entering > > incubation. Please correct me if that's wrong. > > > > > > I believe the proposal is now complete, pending additional feedback. > These touch up changes pretty much complete the proposal and we're ready to kick off a [VOTE] thread. Thoughts? -- Best Regards, -- Alex
