Hi, I agree with this.
Jakarta's niche should be to provide a central repository of Java-based components and libraries filling a variety of functions. When I got started with Java web dev about 5 years ago I evaluated every component of Jakarata to see if it could help my startup. Made a big difference to have a central resource of useful but lesser-known libraries, all under a business-friendly license. As a developer, I also appreciate Jakarta's role in providing an organization framework for small libraries that fit well under the Apache umbrella but may not be worth an individual's effort to run as a TLP. Apache provides a lot of advantages for a project, there's no reason to force people to go use Sourceforge for small libraries. Historically, Jakarta has included more significant applications (like Tomcat) but I don't see that as necessary. I read about "big open source apps" in books, magazines, articles and go directly to their web site. Tomcat, Subversion, Hibernate, and so forth. An index of such items is mildly useful but not critical. The trend of moving these to the broader Apache site is the right direction. WILL On 4/11/06, Stephen Colebourne <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > --- Henri Yandell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > I think our scope is: > *********************************************************************** > > Components that are, > > > > a) written in and/or for the Java environment > > b) too small in the long-term to be their own > > independent communities > > > *********************************************************************** > > This is what I put on the wiki a while back (framed in > website-friendly language not scope-friendly > language): > > Jakarta provides a diverse set of Java-based > components which aim to make day-to-day development > easier. The focus is on reusable, small-scale, > single-purpose libraries that can be used directly by > your application or by larger frameworks. > > The key points were: > - Java-based > - reusable > - small-scale > - single-purpose > - libraries > > Stephen > > > --------------------------------------------------------------------- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > > -- Forio Business Simulations Will Glass-Husain [EMAIL PROTECTED] www.forio.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
