[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> In order to achieve that ( tension-free ) goal I am proposing that
> "ownership" of the agora is shared among all projects, and each component
> in agora can be started by any project ( without any restriction - if the
> code was good for the project and acceptred by it's commiters, it's ok for
> agora ). I.e. - no bariers for entry, they don't have to justify why their
> way to do it is valid, even if other projects believe it should be done
> otherwise or it's duplicated.
The sandbox CVS in the current Commons proposal is open to all Jakarta
committers.
20. A CVS repository will be available to all Jakarta committers as a
sandbox for new packages. Before release to the public, a sandbox
package must be accepted to the library, or sponsored by another
Jakarta subproject.
> And the other rule ( that for each component, control is shared among
> projects using it ) is intended to solve tensions like the ones between
> tomcat and catalina ( i.e. a group/project feeling "ownership" of a
> component that is supposed to be shared ) - this rule should make it
> possible that after multiple components doing the same thing are present,
> project can merge them and choose among them, again without the feeling
> of "that's mine and this is yours" - you use it, it's yours too, you can't
> claim "your component brakes my code" anymore.
This is not expressed in the proposal. If it is important to you, please
submit a patch so that we can vote on it.
-Ted.
