--- Sam Ruby <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Goal 1: achieve a single active SOAP implementation.
+1. The earlier we merge Wasp and Axis Dev community and get them to work on one +codebase the better. > > Goal 2: grow a larger "web services" community building upon this common > code base +1. We need to target the web services protocol stack (UDDI/ebXML/WSDL etc...). > Like avalon, turbine, tomcat, and ant; we can and should organize > separate code bases which build upon this common base into > "sub-sub-projects". > > If it is felt that the name "axis" is too prejudicial, then by all means > lets rename the project. But when all is said and done, the name we > come up with should (1) be the name of the common soap code base that we > all participate in, and (2) should be the name of the common -dev > mailing list that defines the community. > > One thing I want to specifically call out here: just as xml.apache.org > subprojects are not artificially limited in scope to only support Apache > XML parsers or Apache XSLT processors, sub-sub-projects of whatever > common name we come up with will not be limited to only supporting this > soap stack. > > Summary: what matters most is the community. At times we will certainly > disagree over technical issues, but over time the code base with the > largest active development community will attract both the largest > mindshare and marketshare. +1000. The more varied the representation, the better chances of community succeeding. > At this point, I'd like to suggest that discussions continue on axis-dev. > These discussions can include coming up with a new name, contributions of > fragments or complete soap implementations, and contributions of code bases > which build upon a soap stack... Thanks a ton Sam for initiating discussion on such an important issue. > - Sam Ruby > ===== Davanum Srinivas - http://jguru.com/dims/ __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Yahoo! GeoCities - quick and easy web site hosting, just $8.95/month. http://geocities.yahoo.com/ps/info1 --------------------------------------------------------------------- In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
