[Jakarta Wiki] Update of JakartaBoardReport-current by MartinvandenBemt
Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on Jakarta Wiki for change notification. The following page has been changed by MartinvandenBemt: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta/JakartaBoardReport-current -- === Status === - Chair to summarize Jakarta-wide news + the current state of affairs. + It has been a while since I reported the last time. In june 2009 I announced + that I wanted to be replaced because of time constraints, with no one + volunteering. After that however I got caught up with what was happening in my + personal life and also was shutdown for over 3 months, which ended up in a + long period of silence. + Now all major personal events (positive I might add, so please don't worry) + have passed, I however still find myself fighting to find time (and energy) to + spend at Apache. + + In the light of this, I hand in my resignation as VP Apache Jakarta. + To my relieve a discussion about the (in reality already effective) vacancy + started and some people stood up to volunteer to take over the position. + + I myself regret the long absence and silence and I hope it didn't cause to + much worry and problems. + === Releases === - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@jakarta.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@jakarta.apache.org
Re: [Jakarta Wiki] Update of JakartaBoardReport-current by MartinvandenBemt
If everyone is ok with it, I will send the current state of this page as the board report ? Mvgr, Martin - Original Message - From: Apache Wiki wikidi...@apache.org To: general@jakarta.apache.org Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 9:45:42 PM GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Bern / Rome / Stockholm / Vienna Subject: [Jakarta Wiki] Update of JakartaBoardReport-current by MartinvandenBemt Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on Jakarta Wiki for change notification. The following page has been changed by MartinvandenBemt: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta/JakartaBoardReport-current -- === Status === - Chair to summarize Jakarta-wide news + the current state of affairs. + It has been a while since I reported the last time. In june 2009 I announced + that I wanted to be replaced because of time constraints, with no one + volunteering. After that however I got caught up with what was happening in my + personal life and also was shutdown for over 3 months, which ended up in a + long period of silence. + Now all major personal events (positive I might add, so please don't worry) + have passed, I however still find myself fighting to find time (and energy) to + spend at Apache. + + In the light of this, I hand in my resignation as VP Apache Jakarta. + To my relieve a discussion about the (in reality already effective) vacancy + started and some people stood up to volunteer to take over the position. + + I myself regret the long absence and silence and I hope it didn't cause to + much worry and problems. + === Releases === - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@jakarta.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@jakarta.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@jakarta.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@jakarta.apache.org
Re: [Jakarta Wiki] Update of JakartaBoardReport-current by MartinvandenBemt
Martin van den Bemt wrote: If everyone is ok with it, I will send the current state of this page as the board report ? Reconsider the June 2009 ;-) - Jörg Mvgr, Martin - Original Message - From: Apache Wiki wikidi...@apache.org To: general@jakarta.apache.org Sent: Monday, May 18, 2009 9:45:42 PM GMT +01:00 Amsterdam / Berlin / Bern / Rome / Stockholm / Vienna Subject: [Jakarta Wiki] Update of JakartaBoardReport-current by MartinvandenBemt Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on Jakarta Wiki for change notification. The following page has been changed by MartinvandenBemt: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta/JakartaBoardReport-current -- === Status === - Chair to summarize Jakarta-wide news + the current state of affairs. + It has been a while since I reported the last time. In june 2009 I announced + that I wanted to be replaced because of time constraints, with no one + volunteering. After that however I got caught up with what was happening in my + personal life and also was shutdown for over 3 months, which ended up in a + long period of silence. + Now all major personal events (positive I might add, so please don't worry) + have passed, I however still find myself fighting to find time (and energy) to + spend at Apache. + + In the light of this, I hand in my resignation as VP Apache Jakarta. + To my relieve a discussion about the (in reality already effective) vacancy + started and some people stood up to volunteer to take over the position. + + I myself regret the long absence and silence and I hope it didn't cause to + much worry and problems. + === Releases === - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@jakarta.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@jakarta.apache.org - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@jakarta.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@jakarta.apache.org
[Jakarta Wiki] Update of JakartaBoardReport-current by MartinvandenBemt
Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on Jakarta Wiki for change notification. The following page has been changed by MartinvandenBemt: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta/JakartaBoardReport-current The comment on the change is: Fix typos -- === Status === - It has been a while since I reported the last time. In june 2009 I announced + It has been a while since I reported the last time. In june 2008 I announced that I wanted to be replaced because of time constraints, with no one volunteering. After that however I got caught up with what was happening in my personal life and also was shutdown for over 3 months, which ended up in a @@ -14, +14 @@ spend at Apache. In the light of this, I hand in my resignation as VP Apache Jakarta. - To my relieve a discussion about the (in reality already effective) vacancy + To my relief a discussion about the (in reality already effective) vacancy started and some people stood up to volunteer to take over the position. I myself regret the long absence and silence and I hope it didn't cause to @@ -23, +23 @@ === Releases === + Not to my knowledge - A list of the released versions/distributions since the last board report. - - === Community changes === - - New committers, pmc persons, asf members and departures. - - === Infrastructure news === - - Changes to the projects infrastructure. Migrations to Subversion, new vmware instances etc. === Subproject news === - - News related to various subprojects, if they have news. Volunteers for subproject news are desired, otherwise the Chair is responsible for finding out said news (and should mark that they had to do so). BCEL - To unsubscribe, e-mail: general-unsubscr...@jakarta.apache.org For additional commands, e-mail: general-h...@jakarta.apache.org
[Jakarta Wiki] Update of JakartaBoardReport-current by MartinvandenBemt
Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on Jakarta Wiki for change notification. The following page has been changed by MartinvandenBemt: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta/JakartaBoardReport-current The comment on the change is: Finish up on board report -- === Status === - Chair to summarize Jakarta-wide news + the current state of affairs. + The downsizing of Jakarta continued this quarter. + HttpComponents became TLP and has finished moving all the resources to their own TLP. We wish them all the best with their new identity! + Slide was retired (see Slide section for more details), with a notice on the Slide page (see http://jakarta.apache.org/slide/). + + The main focus this quarter will be (re)starting discussions about the future of the mature components/libraries like ORO, Regexp (maintained) and ECS and BCEL (not maintained). === Releases === @@ -15, +19 @@ === Community changes === + No changes in the community - New committers, pmc persons, asf members and departures. - - === Infrastructure news === - - Changes to the projects infrastructure. Migrations to Subversion, new vmware instances etc. === Subproject news === - News related to various subprojects, if they have news. Volunteers for subproject news are desired, otherwise the Chair is responsible for finding out said news (and should mark that they had to do so). + BCEL - BCEL + No activity this quarter. Since there is a lack of developer and user community, we should definitely retire BCEL this quarter and also point the users to possible alternatives. A discussion will be started about this. BSF + There is an outstanding request for the TCK for scripting. Geir expressed the concern that + this TCK could be part of the JDK 1.6 TCK and not independ. We are sitll waiting for + the definitive answer on this. + Cactus + Development has picked up after Apachecon Atlanta and Petar is working towards a release. + ECS + + No activity and not maintained. As with BCEL it is probably best to retire the project or see if it can find a + home at Apache Commons. HttpComponents @@ -45, +54 @@ The HttpComponents Wiki still has Jakarta in it's name, but it is a separate Wiki. - JCD + JCS + + No developer activity going on at this moment, though there is user activity on + the dev and user lists. JMeter @@ -53, +65 @@ ORO + Since the mature nature hardly any activity (it is maintained). There are still a lot of users and bug reports are actively monitored and acted upon. Since the library nature of the subproject it is definitely worth investigating if Apache Commons can be the new home for this library. + Regexp + + See ORO. Slide @@ -72, +88 @@ Taglibs + Development is still taking place, although not at a high priority. Bug fixing took place on the Standard Taglib and there is the intention to make a final release after all bugfixing is done. + - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Jakarta Wiki] Update of JakartaBoardReport-current by MartinvandenBemt
Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on Jakarta Wiki for change notification. The following page has been changed by MartinvandenBemt: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta/JakartaBoardReport-current The comment on the change is: New current report New page: == March 2008 Board Report == === Status === Chair to summarize Jakarta-wide news + the current state of affairs. === Releases === A list of the released versions/distributions since the last board report. === Community changes === New committers, pmc persons, asf members and departures. === Infrastructure news === Changes to the projects infrastructure. Migrations to Subversion, new vmware instances etc. === Subproject news === News related to various subprojects, if they have news. Volunteers for subproject news are desired, otherwise the Chair is responsible for finding out said news (and should mark that they had to do so). BCEL BSF Cactus ECS JCD JMeter ORO Regexp Taglibs Retired Projects ''Slide'' - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Jakarta Wiki] Update of JakartaBoardReport-current by MartinvandenBemt
Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on Jakarta Wiki for change notification. The following page has been changed by MartinvandenBemt: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta/JakartaBoardReport-current -- - == Month Year Board Report == + == June 2007 Jakarta Board Report == === Status === - Chair to summarize Jakarta-wide news + the current state of affairs. + Another 2 projects have left Jakarta to live on their own : POI and Turbine + and both of almost (or completely) finished the move. I like to wish the + projects the best and a very good and long lasting future. In a seperate + mail there is a TLP proposal for commons, which on acceptance will mean + that the biggest part of the Jakarta community have no direct ties anymore + with Jakarta. The focus after commons will be on the projects left at + Jakarta and see if there is possibility for them to go TLP or when + that is not viable or possible, find a suitable solution for those projects. + My explicit wish is that there will be no deadline for projects to move so + there will be enough time to find the best solution, instead of the quickest + solution. We owe that to all the people in those projects who invest a lot + of time and energy in those projects. + One of the big discussions that took place was about the future of Jakarta + and the thing we in majority agreed on (at least the people who spoke up) + is that it is worth to save the Jakarta brand. Since I prefer to spend + the energy and time I have in the projects that are left at Jakarta, I + decided not to invest time on what will happen to the Jakarta brand at this + time, simply because they deserve my time and energy and out of respect for + the projects that still currently have their existance at Jakarta. + If the board decides to not esablish the commons TLP, we need to go back + to the drawing table. + + All in all : a lot is happening and a lot is going to happen in the months + to come. If there is reason to do so, I will provide extra board reports + besides the quarterly schedule. + + Reports prefixed with MvdB are written by me. === Releases === @@ -22, +48 @@ * Ben Speakmon was voted in as a Commons Committer * Alf Hogemark was voted in as a JMeter Committer * Asankha C. Perera was voted in as a !HttpComponents Committer + * M. Johnson (although not new, his account was created just now, + because of CLA problems). (POI) * PMC Members * Thomas Vandahl was voted on to the PMC - * (??? A vote for Nick Burch to join the PMC passed, but the formalities were not completed ???) + * Danny Angus was persuaded to come back on the PMC. + * Ant Elder was voted on the PMC. + + Fixed the bookkeeping on the addition of Nick Burch to the Jakarta PMC (that + was reported in the December 2006 report. === Infrastructure news === - Changes to the projects infrastructure. Migrations to Subversion, new vmware instances etc. + The only things currently happening is the move of infrastructure for the Turbine and POI TLP projects. === General project news === - The Jakarta PMC has started to review all Jakarta projects whether they contain + The Jakarta PMC has started to review all Jakarta projects whether they - or rely on cryptographic software and if they must be marked as described on http://apache.org/dev/crypto. + contain or rely on cryptographic software and if they must be marked as + described on http://apache.org/dev/crypto. This is an ongoing process and - This is an ongoing process and we expect some corner cases where we will need legal advice. + we expect some corner cases where we will need legal advice. === Subproject news === - News related to various subprojects, if they have news. Volunteers for subproject news are desired, otherwise the Chair is responsible for finding out said news (and should mark that they had to do so). BCEL + No activity. + BSF + MvdB :Silent quarter. A talk for Apachecon US was accepted (Rony Flatcher), + which will hopefully increase the user base (observation : since the user + list is also pretty quiet it can mean that BSF is bug free or it needs + more users) + Cactus + MvdB: + The ip clearance finally passed, so Petar is now able to (re)integrate + his code into the cactus codebase. + Commons + + A commons TLP resolution was sent to the Board at the same time of this board report. 31 March 2007 - vote passed to promote the JCI (Java Compiler Interface) to a proper component (from the Sandbox). @@ -133, +178 @@ ECS + Nothing happened on the ECS front. + HttpComponents Work on the first alpha of !HttpClient 4.0 has made good progress. We expect to release client-alpha1 and the matching core-alpha5 shortly. @@ -144, +191 @@
[Jakarta Wiki] Update of JakartaBoardReport-current by MartinvandenBemt
Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on Jakarta Wiki for change notification. The following page has been changed by MartinvandenBemt: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta/JakartaBoardReport-current New page: == Month 2007 Jakarta Board Report == === Status === Chair to summarize Jakarta-wide news + the current state of affairs. === Releases === A list of the released versions/distributions in this month. === Community changes === New committers, pmc persons, asf members and departures. === Infrastructure news === Changes to the projects infrastructure. Migrations to Subversion, new vmware instances etc. === Subproject news === News related to various subprojects, if they have news. Volunteers for subproject news are desired, otherwise the Chair is responsible for finding out said news (and should mark that they had to do so). BCEL BSF Cactus Commons ''Attributes'' ''!BeanUtils'' ''Betwixt'' ''Chain'' ''CLI'' ''Codec'' ''Collections'' ''Configuration'' ''Daemon'' ''DBCP'' ''!DbUtils'' ''Digester'' ''Discovery'' ''EL'' ''Email'' ''!FileUpload'' ''IO'' ''Jelly'' ''Jexl'' ''JXPath'' ''Lang'' ''Launcher'' ''Logging'' ''Math'' ''Modeler'' ''Net'' ''Pool'' ''Primitives'' ''SCXML'' ''Transaction'' ''Validator'' ''VFS'' ''Dormant'' ''Sandbox'' ECS HttpComponents ''including Commons!HttpClient'' JCD JMeter ORO Regexp Slide Taglibs - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Jakarta Wiki] Update of JakartaBoardReport-current by MartinvandenBemt
Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on Jakarta Wiki for change notification. The following page has been changed by MartinvandenBemt: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta/JakartaBoardReport-current -- - == Month Year Board Report == + == March 2007 Jakarta Board Report == === Status === - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Jakarta Wiki] Update of JakartaBoardReport-current by MartinvandenBemt
Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on Jakarta Wiki for change notification. The following page has been changed by MartinvandenBemt: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta/JakartaBoardReport-current -- - == March 2007 Jakarta Board Report == + == Month Year Board Report == === Status === @@ -8, +8 @@ === Releases === + A list of the released versions/distributions in this month. - * 13 February 2007 - Commons Fileupload 1.2 Released - * 17 March 2007 - Commons !HttpClient 3.1-rc1 Released - * 18 March 2007 - Commons Transaction 1.2 Released - * 18 March 2007 - Jakarta Regexp 1.5 released === Community changes === + New committers, pmc persons, asf members and departures. - Ant Elder - Voted as a committer for the BSF. - === Infrastructure news === @@ -29, +25 @@ BCEL BSF - - Ant Elder - Voted as a committer for the BSF. Cactus @@ -67, +61 @@ ''Email'' ''!FileUpload'' - - The release 1.2 of Commons Fileupload 1.2 introduces a new streaming API, which allows to use the library with arbitrarily large files and an extremely low memory profile. ''IO'' @@ -111, +103 @@ ECS HttpComponents - ''including !HttpClient'' +''including Commons!HttpClient'' JCD @@ -120, +112 @@ ORO POI - Gearing up for a release of 3.0, which hopefully will be in a month or so's time. Regexp - Released 1.5 version of Regexp which brings number of known issues down to 3. Dev and user lists are quiet. Slide - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Jakarta Wiki] Update of JakartaBoardReport-current by MartinvandenBemt
Dear Wiki user, You have subscribed to a wiki page or wiki category on Jakarta Wiki for change notification. The following page has been changed by MartinvandenBemt: http://wiki.apache.org/jakarta/JakartaBoardReport-current The comment on the change is: New current report New page: == Month Year Board Report == === Status === Chair to summarize Jakarta-wide news + the current state of affairs. === Releases === A list of the released versions/distributions in this month. === Community changes === New committers, pmc persons, asf members and departures. === Infrastructure news === Changes to the projects infrastructure. Migrations to Subversion, new vmware instances etc. === Subproject news === News related to various subprojects, if they have news. Volunteers for subproject news are desired, otherwise the Chair is responsible for finding out said news (and should mark that they had to do so). BCEL BSF Cactus Commons ''Attributes'' ''!BeanUtils'' ''Betwixt'' ''Chain'' ''CLI'' ''Codec'' ''Collections'' ''Configuration'' ''Daemon'' ''DBCP'' ''!DbUtils'' ''Digester'' ''Discovery'' ''EL'' ''Email'' ''!FileUpload'' ''!HttpClient'' ''IO'' ''Jelly'' ''Jexl'' ''JXPath'' ''Lang'' ''Launcher'' ''Logging'' ''Math'' ''Modeler'' ''Net'' ''Pool'' ''Primitives'' ''SCXML'' ''Transaction'' ''Validator'' ''VFS'' ''Dormant'' ''Sandbox'' ECS HttpComponents JCD JMeter ORO POI Regexp Slide Taglibs Turbine - To unsubscribe, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] For additional commands, e-mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
[Jakarta Wiki] Update of JakartaBoardReport-current by MartinvandenBemt
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