On 1/6/02 1:59 PM, "Peter Donald" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > With the the high threshold of entry I doubt jakarta will ever be in the same > category as sourceforge - I can't see that as anything but a strawman that is > brought up every now and again ;)
Here is the threshold of entry as stated by Sam today : On 1/6/02 11:50 AM, "Sam Ruby" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Similarly, if POI or any other code base > actively wanted to join Jakarta and we felt it was compatible with the > community, then I would fight to make whatever adjustments to the charter > that were required to make this happen. First, I don't necessarily disagree. The point of discussion in Sams statement is the phrase "we felt it was compatible with the community". As the community grows, I think the notion of 'compatible' gains a larger surface area, which means that by waiting around long enough, any project is acceptable as the surface area will eventually grow such that your location in 'parameter space' is near enough. It's stepwise in a way : the best argument about POI so far is that Lucene can use it, so now we extend from Lucene to POI. (Again, welcome POI :) That assumes that the community can be sustained to an arbitrarily large size. I wonder if it can (I don't know), I wonder if the risk is worth the possible upside, and I wonder if now isn't an appropriate time to consider this issue :) -- Geir Magnusson Jr. [EMAIL PROTECTED] System and Software Consulting "Now what do we do?" -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
