Hey Ted,
In the interest of accuracy, I think your summary of the Jakarta project is a little narrow. If you look at the charter on the website, it states:
The goal of the Jakarta Project is to provide commercial-quality
server solutions based on the Java Platform that are developed
in an open and cooperative fashion.
Specifically, Jakarta is _not_ limited to servlet-based technologies.
- Morgan
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Husted [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 6:33 AM
> To: Jakarta General List
> Subject: What is Jakarta?
>
>
> Since Java-Apache has apparently never actually been charted by the
> ASF, why not ask the board go ahead and charter it like the
> recent PMCs
> for PHP, Perl, and TCL, e.g.
>
> " ... the Apache Java Committee be and hereby is responsible for the
> creation and maintenance of software related to the Java programming
> language ... but excluding Java Servlet-related software which is the
> responsibility of the Apache Jakarta Committee;"
>
> This could lead to something like :
>
> < java.apache.org >
>
> Alexandria - a CVS/Javadoc/Source code/Documentation
> management system.
>
> Ant - a Java based build tool.
>
> CJAN - [early planning stage - method for distributing Java
> components]
>
> JMeter - a desktop application load test functional behavior and
> measure performance.
>
> Logj4 - a tool to help the programmer output log statements to a
> variety of output targets.
>
> ORO - a set of text-processing Java classes that provide Perl5
> compatible regular expressions.
>
> RegEx - a regular expression package for Java.
>
>
> < jakarta.apache.org >
>
> JServ - a servlet engine implementating the Java Servlet 2.0 API.
>
> JSSI - a Java servlet that implements the <SERVLET> tag as
> specified by
> the Java Web Server.
>
> Tomcat - the Reference Implementation for the Java Servlet 2.2 and
> JavaServer Pages 1.1 APIs.
>
> Watchdog - validation tests for the Servlet and JavaServer Pages
> specifications
>
>
> Avalon - a common framework for server applications
>
> JAMES - an enterprise mail server (Java Apache Mail
> Enterprise Server).
>
> Jetspeed - an enterprise information portal.
>
> Slide - a WebDAV content management system.
>
> Jyve - a servlet-based FAQ-O-Matic system.
>
>
> ECS - the Element Construction Set generates elements for various
> markup languages.
>
> Struts - a Model 2 (MVC) application framework.
>
> Taglib - a JSP taglib repository.
>
> Turbine - a servlet-based framework for experienced Java developers.
>
> Velocity - a template engine providing an alternative to Java Server
> Pages (JSPs) or PHP.
>
> </>
>
> This addresses Jakarta being "out of scope", and mitigates
> the question
> of whether a single PMC can oversee so many subprojects.
>
> The new Apache Java PMC (consisting of active committers from those
> subprojects) can then focus on the best way to organize and expose the
> smaller toolsets, which may also be useful to the XML products.
>
> Also, was the following ever discussed at the members meeting, and if
> so, what was the outcome?
>
> > 1) should the PMC report directly to the board
> > 2) should the PMC consist entirely of ASF members
> > 3) should the PMC chairperson be an ASF member
> > 4) should the PMC composition be set by the board
> > or delegated to the project after the initial PMC creation
> > 5) should the appointment of the PMC chairperson be
> > restricted to candidates proposed by the project
>
> I'm about to make another pass at the proposed guidelines, and want to
> be sure we are in compliance with any recent resolutions.
> I've read the
> ASF board minutes, but haven't found the "member" minutes.
>
> -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY USA.
> -- Custom Software ~ Technical Services.
> -- Tel 716 425-0252; Fax 716 223-2506.
> -- http://www.husted.com/about/struts/
>
>
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