On Wed, 20 Mar 2002, Ceki Gülcü wrote: | | Isn't the "overview" document trying to substitute itself for the | documentation that is already in subprojects (or should be)?
No. It's an overview of what's "inside" of jakarta. Great! | The cornerstone of the Jakarta and Apache Software Foundation in | general is that "management" delegates responsibility for a given | subproject to each subproject, intervening as little as possible. | | Your introduction also raises further worries. Jakarta does not need | more publicity. Everybody knows Jakarta. What is needed is improving | the quality of each *subproject*. Marketing gimmicks are not helpful and just | waste precious time. I don't agree. I still haven't browsed around all those projects and subprojects. I think this idea is great. Give me a two-line lowdown of what the stuff is, so that I can decide whether it is worth clicking on for my own part. Jakarta's cryptic names doesn't exactly say much, do they? | | More importantly, who is to decide what project has what maturity? I find | the "overview" document a little too interventionist, perhaps less in content | than in sprit. Until these concerns are addressed, here is my -1. Why not put it in the public and see what happens?? [btw: WHY don't people cut away the shit they don't reply to?? It's SO annoying.. ] -- Mvh, Endre -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
