As I understand it there is the potential for Jakarta projects to apply to "jump-ship" now, irrespective of the outcome of the reorg.
> -----Original Message----- > From: Serge Knystautas [mailto:sergek@;lokitech.com] > Sent: 24 October 2002 18:07 > To: James Developers List > Subject: Re: Straw poll : FW: Projects to nudge into top-level ( was > Re:Concern about the futureof Apache. ) > > > I think it could help James to have it promoted, but am not sure about > the impact of making that many projects higher level. The value of that > top status is diminished if you allow too many. As an alternative, you > could split jakarta into the three categories specified on the home page > (libraries/tools/API, frameworks/engines, and server applications). To > me it depends on the priorities driving the reorg... whether it's to > keep jakarta for more fledging code, to improve communication between > projects, to improve visibility for more mature code, or what have you. > > Anyway, I'm on the mailing list (well, the new community@ list), and if > there is a move to push some jakarta projects to top level, I'd like to > see James moved as well. I'm just not sure yet if that exact reorg is > the best. > > -- > Serge Knystautas > Loki Technologies - Unstoppable Websites > http://www.lokitech.com > > Danny Angus wrote: > > I don't know how many, if any, commiters are also on the reorg@ > list, but I thought I'd FW this mail in case you're not. > > > > To sumarise theres a feeling abroad that Apache should be less > vertical and more horizontal in its organisation, that Jakarta is > unbalancing things by being so big, and that "The Apache Way" is > being diluted as a result (don't flame me I'm just passing it on ;). > > > > To address this there has been a proposal that sub-projects can > be elevated to full "xxxx.apache.org" project status, and as you > can see from the appended message James has been suggested as a candidate. > > > > This would involve James having its own PMC, and reporting to > the board, and would benefit from higher percieved "status". > > Alternatively there is also a move afoot to allow > self-categorisation of projects, removing the benefit of "status" > from the action of elevation to full project. > > > > Now.. I don't know how long the internal machinations of reorg, > or the Board will take, and I would be a fool if I second guessed > the outcome, but out of curiosity are we generally in favour or > opposed to being a top level project with our own elected PMC? > > > > (I'll save my own opinion 'till I hear some others) > > d. > > > -- > To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:james-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:james-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org> -- To unsubscribe, e-mail: <mailto:james-dev-unsubscribe@;jakarta.apache.org> For additional commands, e-mail: <mailto:james-dev-help@;jakarta.apache.org>
