On Tue, 2005-10-11 at 14:36 -0300, [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: >> >> Hello, my name is João, i'm a Brazillian Java developer.
>hi João >> In this email i will describe the general proposal for my project, the >> JFTP4I (Java FTP for Integration). My intentions are basically to put >> my project inside the Jakarta/Apache umbrella. >the way these things are done now is through the incubator >http://incubator.apache.org/. please take some time to read the >documentation on the site. >i don't want to dampen your enthusiasm but i'd like to offer a realistic >assessment of some of the obstacles you may find upon your way... >jakarta's been self consciously shrinking over the last few years (it's >just too big and too complex) with a lot of old sub-projects graduating >to lop level status. it's more difficult now to persuade people that new >sub-projects should be accepted. (of course, this doesn't mean that >JFTP4I couldn't aim for top level or for a sub-project of another >project) >there's quite a deal of ceremony associated with incubation now: it >requires time, dedication and effort to succeed (up and beyond creating >a successful open source project). the aim of incubation is to try to >help the new project to learn apache ways and adopt systems which we >believe lead to healthy long term projects but the process is still >evolution and there are some rough edges left still... Yeah, i saw. I'm just a little confuse about how to find the right Champion to help me with the right sponsor :-P. Anyway tks for the guidelines. João >> For that i give you a detailed description of my project. >> >> Project Description: >> >> The JFTP4I is a new idea for the concept of using FTP for integration >> purposes. Here in Brasil (and i think very much in the rest of the >> world), all the legacy systems are basically using FTP as a way of >> integrating different platforms running under TCP/IP. >i wouldn't have thought associated dynamic applications with ftp but now >you pointed it out, it can see why a project like this makes sense :) ><snip> >> The project has already started (exists), and is hosted in the >> sourceforge.net. I have 3 friends helping me develop the solution. The >> FTP engine, trace, and Log are already done, and we are now working in >> the transaction and delegation parts for the requests. You can found a >> alpha version to be download in the following link: >> http://sourceforge.net/projects/jftp4i >> Obs.: I don´t now if you guys can actually download the code, but if >> this is important, and you could not download the source, please >> contact me and i will be glad to send to you. >> PS.: This is not another FTP Server, this is actually a framework that >> uses a FTP engine to dinamically generate content. >BTW http://producingoss.com/ is a good read for people starting open >source projects... > >all the best and good luck with jftp4i > >- robert --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
