On 5/22/07, Craig McClanahan <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
PS: Yes, of course, there are passionate believers in the development of particular libraries. Are there enough to make a viable community for *any* of the libraries on their own? Or enough that care about the Commons ecosystem as a whole to satisfy Apache's notions of "community"? It is not clear to me (any longer) that a "commons" type environment fits Apache culture (as it is currently being discussed) at all.
You're right, it probably doesn't. Towards that end, we should encourage Commons components with robust communities to apply for top-level status, so that they can report directly to the Board and have their own mailing lists. The "one list" rule is a great equalizer and should help keep the Commons from becoming another Jakarta. To support smaller communities throughout the ASF, we may need to adjust our notion of Committer and PMC Member to include not only people who can write and apply patches, but to embrace power users too. -Ted. --------------------------------------------------------------------- To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
