Right, but the Jakarta PMC chairman objects to that definition. Sam would rather make the scope fit the project, rather than the project fit the new, much more restrictive scope. Right now, the Jakarta project does not fit its current scope, and I think that's what most folks object to.
Really, if you limit the scope of the Jakarta project to Servlet-based technologies, the list of in-scope projects is very short:
Are Jakarta projects Serlvet based?
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Ant (out of scope)
ECS (out of scope)
Log4J (out of scope)
ORO (out of scope)
Regexp (out of scope)
Slide (partially in scope)
Struts (partially in scope)
Taglibs (in scope)
Tomcat (in scope)
Velocity (partially in scope)
Watchdog (in scope)
If you make the definition of Jakarta this restrictive, I'm afraid that a) projects like Slide and Struts, which only deal with servlets in part, may not gain enough support, and b) developers might be discouraged by such a dramatic shift in focus.
If we enforce the current charter, at least more of the current projects are in scope:
Are Jakarta projects Server based?
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Ant (out of scope)
ECS (out of scope)
Log4J (out of scope)
ORO (out of scope)
Regexp (out of scope)
Slide (in scope)
Struts (in scope)
Taglibs (in scope)
Tomcat (in scope)
Velocity (in scope)
Watchdog (in scope)
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Ted Husted [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 06, 2001 11:05 AM
> To: Jakarta General List
> Subject: RE: What is Jakarta?
>
>
> On 2/6/2001 at 9:56 AM Delagrange, Morgan wrote:
> >Specifically, Jakarta is _not_ limited to servlet-based technologies.
>
> The wording is from the ASF board resolution:
>
> <
> http://apache.org/foundation/records/minutes/1999/board_minute
> s_1999_09_
> 16.txt >
>
> I believe that this is the "charter" Roy Fielding refers to in his
> message regarding Jakarta being out of scope.
>
> <
> http://www.mail-archive.com/ant-dev%40jakarta.apache.org/msg01987.html
> >
>
> *********** REPLY SEPARATOR ***********
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> >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.
> >
> >- Morgan
>
>
> -- Ted Husted, Husted dot Com, Fairport NY USA.
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