[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
> What's the problem ? Is the library the guardian of Apache quality, the
> only absolut experts in components ? Are jakarta projects some stupid
> entities who can't be trusted to release something to the public ?
The problem is that the sandbox is not a subproject, it is a CVS
repository.
The ASF has deputized Jakarta subprojects to release products using the
Apache brand.
Before a product is released to the public, it must receive majority
approval of all the committers to that product. This is our fail-safe.
In the Commons, packages are being developed in small groups, but the
entire subproject still has to sign-off on a release. The packages will
be versioned, and safe to use by other products.
If the codebases you want to develop here are to be released and
distributed by one or more subprojects, as part of their codebase, then
I believe everyone is fine. But I believe the point of distribution has
to be one (or more) of the subprojects, or this may not be a legal use
of the Apache brand.
Of course, if Roy Fielding were to say otherwise, then I would have no
qualm.
-Ted.
