On Wed, 14 Mar 2001, Ted Husted wrote:
> The two ideas are:
>
> (1) Any Jakarta committer is entitled to karma to the sandbox, and can
> work on whatever they like there. No questions asked.
>
> (2) A codebase developed in the sandbox can't be released to the public
> from the sandbox. To release the code to the public, you would have to
> move it to another Jakarta CVS, where a subproject could vote to release
> it.
>
> The sandbox could just as easily be part of the Jakarta backbone site,
> but it making it part of the Commons proposal seemed like a convenient
> way to set it up.
>
The "sandbox" part, and not being available to the public, was the part I
understood. However, point 20 of the revised proposal reads (caps
identify the part I'm having a problem with):
A cvs repository will be available to all Jakarta
committers as a sandbox for new packges. Before
release to the public, the sandbox package must be
accepted to the commons, OR SPONSORED BY ANOTHER
JAKARTA SUBPROJECT.
What does "sponsored by another Jakarta subproject" mean? It looks from
the wording of 20 that you can bypass the acceptance to the commons that
is described in 17. Is that actually the case?
Craig
> "Craig R. McClanahan" wrote:
>
> > In point 20, I understand how a sandbox project can get accepted by the
> > Commons (see 17), but what does "or sponsored by another Jakarta
> > subproject" mean? Does that mean I can bypass the voting in 17 if my
> > subproject's committers are willing to support the code, or what?
> >
> > Craig
>
