Hi, OJB deserves to be a peer to other projects alongside ant, avalon, struts etc
A somewhat better idea IMO would be to use OJB + Torque as a trampoline for a new top-level project "db.apache.org" (or insert something more snappy if you want). So much like xml.apache.org deals with XML, db.apache.org will deal with databases (maybe even collaborate with xml.apache.org/xindice in future). While this new db project is gestating we can cross link it extensively from the jakarta website. After they get off the feet we talk to it the same way we talk to xml.apache.org ? On Fri, 3 May 2002 07:33, Geir Magnusson Jr. wrote: > I hate to interrupt all the good fun over standards, bike sheds, and > general good community feelings, but I would like to solicit community > opinion on something unrelated to DVSL or Jon Stevens (both of which I > like, btw...) > > Recently, it was proposed that ObjectBridge be brought to Jakarta as a > subproject. > > Costin suggested, and I supported, that a subproject of wider scope be > created to allow the collection of similar technologies into one larger > subcommunity (that isn't an exact quote, but I think he'll agree in general > with that.) > > The idea would be to bring in ObjectBridge, but create a Commons-like > environment in which other projects can be brought. Call it DB-Commons as > a working name. > > There are some good reasons, including community alignment, inter-project > synergy (there, I used the word in an Apache-related post), and ease of > discovery for new users and developers. > > Off the top of my head, in Jakarta we have lots of db related tools already > (Torque, commons-dbcp, and I am sure others...), and having a db-focused > subproject in which they can be brought to with a lower barrier than > 'fullsubproject' might be very benficial. > > We already have the successful Commons model to use as a starting point. > > Anyone have any comments? -- Cheers, Peter Donald -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
