I have been thinking about this, and trying to address what my issue is. Then I read the following on the wave-dev list:
"It might be worth looking at what Lucene does vis-a-vis language ports: It looks like the ports (to Python, .NET, C, etc.) are separate projects, but the main lucene.apache.org page provides convenient links to each of them. <http://lucene.apache.org/> I don't see any reason something similar couldn't happen with Wave... take the C# Server that was being discussed, for example... it could enter the Incubator as a project in it's own right, with the two projects providing mutual links to each other, and with a "gentleman's agreement" between the developers to consult as necessary to deal with protocol compatibility, etc. Just a thought..." I felt like this entirely captures what is going on with libcloud, and if _this_ is the intention as to how libcloud operates, my issue in regard to the Java impl goes away. The java impl can stay as it is, as a simple incomplete port in a sandbox. If it reaches a sufficient level, it can become a 'clone subproject', or, be extracted out into its own project, whether under incubation or as a TLP depending on community maturity. The remaining issue expressed by Ant was regarding over-reliance on one person, Paul. I have mulled further on this, and have also come to the conclusion that, for me, this is a non-issue. I have viewed Paul as a driving force in the project. However, take him away, and we still have active participation from others (maybe not 'lead' but participation, and ASF projects do not require a leader to succeed). Also, reviewing some simple metrics show that he is not over-dominant: <50% of commits[1] and a small proportion of Jira issues[2]. Therefore, were this vote presented to the incubator PMC, I would now vote +1. Upayavira [1] http://www.ohloh.net/p/libcloud/contributors [2] https://issues.apache.org/jira/secure/ConfigureReport.jspa?versionId=-1&issueStatus=all&selectedProjectId=12311030&reportKey=com.sourcelabs.jira.plugin.report.contributions%3Acontributionreport&Next=Next
