Berin, Sorry, I didn't know that committers--instead of only the PMC--are able to vote on accepting XMLBeans. (I have not subscribed to xml-apache-general until today!) Let's extend voting a week or two longer, to get votes from at least 30 or so committers.
Offhand, I had some concerns about this technology which I gave to my FOP team: http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=fop-dev&m=105784381703729&w=2. Hence, my vote is -1. I'm somewhat troubled by the voting options (listed below): There should be an -1 option to refuse XMLBeans into XML-Apache, period, without further comment; similar to what already exists for +1. The requirement to "address reservations [in order to make XMLBeans acceptable for inclusion into XML-Apache]" in order to vote a -1 is odd. One should not need to to write a white paper on how to redeem XMLBeans in order to (paradoxically) reject them! [ ] I agree with and support this proposal (+1) [ ] Indifference (-1 < x < +1) [ ] I object and suggest a way to address my reservations (-1) -1 should be changed to: I reject adding the XMLBeans project to XML-Apache. This will give a voice to those committers who perceive that XML-Apache picking up XMLBeans would be like General Motors deciding to resume the Edsel after Ford determined it to be a failure. For those who feel XMLBeans to be dead weight, a distraction that XML-Apache doesn't need. But to satisfy the current requirement for voting -1, here is one way to address my concerns: Can we get Craig McClanahan's opinion of this technology--he basically leads Jakarta Tomcat and Struts and is quite "high up" at Sun. He has zero affiliation, AFAIK, with BEA. I have great respect for his integrity and opinion--and if he endorses this technology, that's good enough for me! OTOH, if he feels XMLBeans to be "not the best", not something worth investing our time on, I would continue to recommend XML-Apache passing on this technology (i.e., -1). Thanks, Glen Mazza FOP Team --- "Peter B. West" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Just a reminder that all fop committers are entitled > to vote on this. > Peter > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Closure of XMLBeans vote > Date: Tue, 15 Jul 2003 16:50:30 +1000 > From: Berin Lautenbach <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Reply-To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > To: XML PMC <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Apache XML General > > <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > > Peoples, > > A fairly large number of people have voted on this, > but there are still > a number who haven't. > > I propose that we close voting on Friday (18/7) this > week. I will tally > votes (a formality at this stage) and post the > results during the weekend. > > Assuming the voting situation remains as is (and it > would need a _lot_ > of -1s to overcome the current vote), we can then > formally request the > incubator take on XMLBeans on behalf of the XML > project. > > Let me know if there are any problems with this > approach. > > Cheers, > Berin > > > -- > Peter B. West > http://www.powerup.com.au/~pbwest/resume.html > > __________________________________ Do you Yahoo!? SBC Yahoo! DSL - Now only $29.95 per month! http://sbc.yahoo.com --------------------------------------------------------------------- In case of troubles, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
