At 12:39 04.01.2002 -0500, you wrote: >Ceki G�lc� wrote: >> >> +1 on the principle of merging Jakarta and XML. However, you realize >> there are technical considerations such as the look and fell of the >> merged web-site. More importantly, what would be the scope of the merged >> XML+Jakarta? > >The more important question is what is the community model. As the XML >bylaws are clones of the Jakarta ones, I would venture to say that they are >fairly compatible. > >> How should we call the combined project? ApacheGrabBag? SourceForgeII? > >Jakarta. > >[Note: answer above is merely to show that the proposal is not a serious >one] > >One thing I would like people to think about. I see viceral reaction at >times to putting things in commons. Or in Avalon/Turbine/Struts, etc. And >often there is lengthy debates about whether something belongs in Jakarta >or not. Yet, curiously, there seems to be little consideration as to >whether something belongs in Apache or not. > >How many people here know what the Apache board does?
Yah, they have cocktails, go to the beach and barbecue. >Here's a concrete example to illustrate the issue: I've always been under >the assumption that at some point a few people in Jakarta land would take a >sustained interest in contributing code to Gump, at which point, I would >propose it to be a formal subproject. What? Contribute to Gump to make it more powerful and nagging? I rather iron my old shirts before scratching that itch. Is it possible that Gump is complete such that no one has anything valuable left to contribute? >At the present time, it looks like >there is a greater possibility of interest of contributing by people in XML >land. This lead to a bit of soul searching, and I came to conclusion that >if that were to come to pass, I would follow the community. After all, >what does it really matter whether the code is jakarta-gump or >xml-whatever? Go for it. -- Ceki G�lc� - http://qos.ch -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
